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Carol Nolan

Independent Offaly TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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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 16 Oct 2025 · to Health
335. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to secure a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56145/25]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Health
362. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children habitually resident in Ireland that have travelled to the United Kingdom for HSE-referred transgender-related healthcare since the start of 2020; the locations and names of the services to which they travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56268/25]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Health
363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the training provided by the HSE from 2019 onwards to medical staff involved in carrying out late term abortions; if HSE medical staff have travelled abroad to receive such training since 2019; if so, to provide details of same, and the expense incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56269/25]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Health
364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the HSE’s National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy with respect to the drafting of terms of reference for use in developing national guidance on mixed sex accommodation in hospitals; to provide an update on the working group established to examine best practice in other jurisdictions, and any local policies that have…
Carol Nolan Written 15 Oct 2025 · to Justice
238. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider supporting the withdrawal of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees from the Oblasts of Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ternopil, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi areas which have been excluded by the Swiss Federal Council as they are deemed to be peaceful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55805/2…
Carol Nolan Written 15 Oct 2025 · to Health
294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
416. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to assist in the urgent case of a school (details supplied) waiting for project works to begin that were approved in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54649/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
432. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the serious and ongoing concerns being experienced by a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54729/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school in which no children with ‘primary care needs’ are enrolled will not receive SNA allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55150/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
473. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason it is acceptable that level 1 needs, as identified and prescribed by qualified professionals, are not recognised within the new NCSE framework; the reason professional reports are no longer required as part of the process; who will determine the needs of a child has under this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55151/2…
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
474. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the NCSE will ensure that the SNA allocation process adequately identifies and supports children whose needs are not immediately visible in the classroom, for example, autistic children who mask their distress, in order that they are not effectively excluded from access to education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55…
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
499. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene in the urgent case of a school in County Offaly (details supplied), that has had works approved since 2018 but which has yet to have a contractor appointed. [55302/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Housing
614. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the Shannonbridge power station beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 30 November 2023, if he is now in a position to provide an answer to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
826. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
894. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property or land in County Offaly from 2021 to date in 2025; the total value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55357/25]
Carol Nolan Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
168. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Public works would support and fund the provision of mobility scooters so that those with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and mobility issue can have access to sites like Emo Park, Lough Boora in County Offaly; if he is aware that such mobility scooters are provided at th…
Carol Nolan Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Housing
234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to planning authorities and An Coimisiún Pleanála to ensure wind turbine noise is properly managed to protect public health (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54499/25]
Carol Nolan Oral 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
6. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider placing a pause on all wind energy developments until the new wind energy guidelines are published; when he expects the revised guidelines to be published and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52740/25]
Carol Nolan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Finance
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address an organisation’s concerns and requests regarding insurance discrimination impacting cancer survivors (details supplied). [54011/25]
Carol Nolan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Social
259. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a person's application for the bereaved widows pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54164/25]
Carol Nolan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
271. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the names of the international protection accommodation contractors for whom the recent Comptroller and Auditor General report could find no proof of ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54009/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Defence
49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason his Department only signed a contract for the delivery of four Airbus H145M helicopters, delivery of which will begin on a phased basis in Q1 2027, when the Department was aware that the Air Corps EC-135s are presently at the end of their useful service life; if he will accept that it would have been preferable to have begun the contract ne…
Carol Nolan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport his views around the challenges being experienced by unaccompanied learner drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53830/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Finance
127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to outline his response to the increase in illegal tobacco products in circulation in Ireland, and the increased tax losses to the exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53051/25]