Carol Nolan

364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 24 February 2026, whether a cost-benefit analysis or value-for-money audit has been carried out on any of the outsourced services listed in her reply; if so, to provide the key findings and recommendations of each such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28414/26]

365. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 24 February 2026, the estimated additional cost to the Defence Forces of outsourcing second-line aircraft maintenance and civilian technician support in the Air Corps compared with performing these functions in-house, for each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28415/26]

366. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 24 February 2026, whether she has sought or received any estimates of the potential savings that could be achieved by insourcing the long-term outsourced functions (details supplied); if so, to provide those estimates together with the proposed timelines for any such insourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28416/26]

436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to elaborate on his recent statement that the current energy crisis is 'the worst the world has ever seen'; the reports or research he relied on in forming this view; and the reason he believes that recent events are worse than the 1973 oil embargo when oil prices quadrupled almost overnight. [28540/26]

437. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the policy justification for carbon taxes and for their progressive increase every year. [28542/26]

438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the minimum rates of excise, carbon taxes, VAT and any other taxes or levies which the State is required to place on each litre of unleaded or diesel fuel as a matter of European Union law and which the State has no discretion to reduce or abolish. [28543/26]

442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total VAT receipts on unleaded and diesel fuel in each month of 2026 to date. [28612/26]

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason he proposes to amend the relevant tax legislation to provide that all taxation appeals should occur in public; the way in which it can possibly be justified to expose the private affairs or citizens to public scrutiny in circumstances where no allegations of wrongdoing or tax evasion is being made against them; and to explain how, if tax appeal cases are to be held in public, that social welfare appeals and cases in front of the Workplace Relations Commission should also not be held in public. [28614/26]

873. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have opted out of the HSE donor opt-out system since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28536/26]

262. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the reduction in the funding eligibility threshold for applications under the animal welfare nutrient storage scheme from 80% to 60% under targeted agriculture modernisation schemes 3 (TAMS 3), tranche 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27746/26]

263. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the ranking and selection threshold for the animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme to ensure that 100% of eligible applications can access funding under TAMS 3, tranche 10; the additional funding that would be required to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27747/26]

264. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received under the animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme in TAMS 3, tranche 10; the number and percentage of those applications that are now eligible for funding following the reduction to 60%; the total funding allocated to the scheme in this tranche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/26]

265. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase overall TAMS funding to accommodate 100% of eligible animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme applications, given the urgent need for expanded nutrient storage to meet increasing regulatory requirements under the sixth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP), to protect water quality, and to support a future nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27749/26]

266. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact of the reduction in the animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme funding threshold on farmers’ ability to comply with the sixth Nitrates Action Programme, particularly in view of the co-benefits of expanded nutrient storage such as improved nutrient efficiency, maintained grass production and reduced reliance on costly fertilisers amid ongoing geopolitical tensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27750/26]

292. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 26 Mach 2026, the reason she did not answer the second part of the questions asking if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department, through Irish Aid, consistently allocated funding to States and territories who engage in the most extreme forms of Christian persecution; her views on whether this is appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25129/26]

441. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated impact of the proposed Private Wires Bill 2025 on electricity tariffs for domestic consumers and small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/26]

442. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that the Private Wires Bill 2025 will not lead to any form of privatisation of the national electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/26]

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he will put in place to ensure that users of private wires contribute fairly to the fixed costs of the public electricity network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/26]

444. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected reduction in renewable energy curtailment as a result of the Private Wires Bill 2025 and the corresponding estimated savings to electricity consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/26]

445. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Private Wires Bill 2025 is designed primarily to benefit large energy users such as data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/26]

446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full list of stakeholders consulted in the development of the general scheme of the Private Wires Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/26]

447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the provisions in the Private Wires Bill 2025 for private lines for on-street electric vehicle charging and any associated costs to local authorities or the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/26]

448. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the need for urgent additional funding for Bord na Móna bog rewetting and walkway projects to protect employment under the PCAS Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/26]

883. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policy rationale behind carbon taxes on diesel, petrol and home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23577/26]

942. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of recent media reports (details supplied) highlighting significant illicit cigarette seizures in Ireland given that seizures in the first three months of 2026 have nearly equalled the total for all of 2025; whether he accepts that, notwithstanding the Revenue Commissioner's enforcement successes, current tobacco excise rates may be incentivising smokers to seek illicit alternatives and making Ireland a target for smugglers; whether he will take these factors into account in preparing this year's budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25539/26]