216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Reserve Training and Support Day allocation was exhausted before the end of 2024; if so, the number of reservists who were left unpaid as a result; the steps being taken to mitigate hardship; the measures being introduced to prevent this from recurring in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/25]
217. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will acknowledge that the 21 consecutive day PRSI threshold no longer reflects the operational reality of the modern Reserve Defence Force; if his Department will undertake a review to assess whether this interpretation is compliant with the intent of social insurance law and examine its potential exposure to retrospective employer PRSI and pen…
805. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allocate an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) to prevent harm to students and staff arising from the dilapidated condition of the school yard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45282/25]
847. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the 45 special schools that are to be included in the new National Therapy Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45824/25]
848. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) is one of the 45 special schools to be included in the new National Therapy Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45825/25]
1147. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the review of schemes under the croí cónaithe towns fund, including the ready to build scheme (details supplied); the timeline for its full publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45201/25]
1148. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the promised updated planning guidelines for rural houses for a period of public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/25]
1149. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out concisely the delegated sanction that local authorities have to purchase second-hand acquisitions and the categories of housing involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45203/25]
1150. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the transfer of functions and responsibility for the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) from the Department of Justice to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45204/25]
1151. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase grant assistance to septic tank owners where the system is outdated or defective and poses a potential risk to human health or environmental risk; if he will launch a new public awareness campaign on the issue with a view to increasing funding of grants for high standards of practice and compliance; and if he will make …
1152. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the review of the vacant property refurbishment grant undertaken in 2024, which included the matter of staged payments to successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45206/25]
1153. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of funding to support the turnaround and re-let of vacant local authority homes under the Voids Programme to Offaly County Council for 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/25]
1154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all 31 local authorities are now live on the ICT asset management system; and his views on the broad objectives of the asset management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45208/25]
1167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the findings of the interim review of the rent-a-room scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/25]
1364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarity the entitlements of a widow to her husband’s accumulated contributions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45583/25]
2318. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Portiuncula University Hospital Maternity Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45584/25]
2397. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of person experiencing chronic pain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45817/25]
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2709. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address concerns regarding the eligibility criteria currently being applied to EU fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45463/25]
43. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 8 July 2025, to state, as was asked in the original question, the total number of the 57,012 Palestinians killed who he accepts to have been civilians; the number the Department accepts to have been militants and members of Hamas or other armed groups; and if he will make a statement on th…
44. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all territories internationally which the State recognises as being illegally occupied by another state, as a result of United Nations or European Union recognition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40970/25]
166. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount which has been retained as surplus from the deposit return scheme due to amounts not being reclaimed; what will ultimately become of these funds; whether his Department has considered repaying an amount greater than the amount originally paid as a deposit for a bottle or can, as a means of incentivising people to avail…
661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an exemption on zoned land tax for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41676/25]
662. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if there will be a renewal of existing tax reliefs for agriculture, such as stamp duty reliefs for land consolidation and consanguinity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41677/25]
1409. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the manner in which MEPs who do not serve their full term are replaced; whether the list of replacement candidates submitted in advance of the nomination deadline, and published alongside the notice of poll, can subsequently be amended by the party or independent candidate who originally submitted it; and if he will make a statemen…
1410. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 8 July 2025, the reason rough sleepers are not counted in the monthly homeless statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/25]