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Carol Nolan

Independent Offaly TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,635
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
52,708
words spoken in the chamber
Across 165 contributions
317
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
323
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,635 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 165 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 31 0
February 2025 111 8
March 2025 51 7
April 2025 39 9
May 2025 76 15
June 2025 34 15
July 2025 50 6
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 53 8
October 2025 100 10
November 2025 75 11
December 2025 35 7
January 2026 80 8
February 2026 213 9
March 2026 35 4
April 2026 109 9
May 2026 212 13
June 2026 108 7
July 2026 58 5
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 55 10
October 2026 110 4

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 59 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Offaly 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
732. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of accommodating persons who are the subject of final deportation orders. [74279/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
733. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of formal meetings held between his Department and non-governmental organisations relating to migration policy since January 2025; and if he will provide a schedule of those meetings. [74272/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of State funding provided by his Department and agencies under his remit to organisations engaged in advocacy relating to immigration, asylum, integration or anti-racism initiatives during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74271/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of occasions on which gardaí were unable to respond immediately to emergency calls because no patrol unit was available in the relevant district during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74270/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
736. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for indictable offences while resident in international protection accommodation during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74268/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid in accommodation-related contracts to the twenty largest providers of international protection accommodation during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74267/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
738. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts for international protection accommodation awarded without a public tender process since January 2022 and the total value of such contracts. [74266/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ten electoral divisions with the highest concentration of international protection accommodation per capita and the corresponding figures in each case. [74265/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
740. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants whose whereabouts are currently unknown to the authorities following registration of their claim. [74264/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
741. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants for international protection who have made more than one application in Ireland or elsewhere within the European Union, insofar as such information is available through Eurodac or other systems. [74263/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
742. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently residing in State-provided international protection accommodation who have received a final refusal decision; and the average length of time such persons remain in accommodation after refusal. [74262/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he believes it is necessary to introduce new legislation making it a specific criminal offence to engage in drug debt related intimidation. [74261/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking in collaboration with An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau to target the financial assets of criminal gangs engaged in the illegal drug trade. [74260/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
759. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any organisation whose members or associates are assessed by law enforcement agencies as being involved in organised criminal activity would be permitted to participate in the transition mechanism proposed by the Independent Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment; and if he will outline the safeguards that would…
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
760. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether officials of his Department have held, or intend to hold, direct or indirect discussions with representatives of any loyalist or republican paramilitary organisations arising from the recommendations of the Independent Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment; the organisations concerned. [74154/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
761. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he accepts in principle the recommendation contained in the Independent Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment that the Irish and UK Governments establish an independent, time-bound transition mechanism to engage with paramilitary organisations. [74153/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
779. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out at licensed dog breeding establishments in each of the past five years; the number of non-compliances identified; the number of improvement notices issued; and the number of prosecutions initiated. [73709/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
780. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether consideration is being given to the publication of inspection reports, compliance records and enforcement actions relating to licensed dog breeding establishments; and if not, the reasons for same. [73707/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
781. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of puppies recorded as having been bred in licenced dog breeding establishments in each of the past five years; and the number of licensed dog breeding establishments in operation in each year. [73706/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
782. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has produced, commissioned or received any estimates of the proportion of puppies born annually outside the scope of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if so, the estimates available and the methodology used. [73705/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
785. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of representations received from livestock marts, farming organisations, agricultural co-operatives and representative bodies regarding the reduction in the farmer VAT flat-rate addition since budget 2026; and the organisations from which such representations were received. [73718/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
788. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has assessed the impact of the current differential between the livestock VAT rate and the farmer flat-rate addition on livestock marts; whether a reduction in mart throughput has been identified since the change was introduced. [73717/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
794. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of food imports entering the State from outside the EU compared with domestic production levels in the same categories. [74309/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
795. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department on agricultural land acquisitions in each year since 2020. [74308/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1040. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds occupied by persons medically fit for discharge on the latest available date. [74289/26]