667. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the immediate intervention measures that will be put in place to ensure that Riada House Community Nursing Unit has sufficient staff to provide safe and appropriate care to elderly and vulnerable residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67212/26]
668. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to confirm the current staffing levels at Riada House Community Nursing Unit, including the number of funded posts, the number of vacancies, and the measures being taken by HSE Midlands management to address the impact of these pressures on resident care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67211/26]
669. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the recruitment restrictions, budgetary controls or staffing ceilings that are currently in place within the HSE that affect the ability of Riada House Community Nursing Unit, Tullamore, County Offaly, to recruit and retain sufficient nursing and care staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67210/26]
110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has evaluated the concerns of the liquid fuel sector that the proposed obligation rates in the forthcoming renewable heat obligation scheme are too low to have any impact in reducing carbon emissions. [64737/26]
112. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that the obligation rates proposed in the forthcoming renewable heat obligation scheme will see no additional low carbon liquid fuel being used for home heating. [64739/26]
815. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent to which he has implemented the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2024 report on IPAS contracting, particularly regarding proof of ownership, fire certification, insurance documentation, and planning compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64240/26]
816. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he has introduced to prevent the awarding or renewal of IPAS contracts to companies whose directors or beneficial owners have been associated with criminal gangs, including those implicated in the Drogheda feud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64239/26]
817. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS contracts currently under review or terminated due to concerns relating to ownership structures, undisclosed overseas funding sources, or links to organised criminality, as highlighted in recent media reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64238/26]
818. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to ensure that companies awarded International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) contracts are subject to full criminal background and financial probity checks, in view of recent reports that contracts were previously issued to entities linked to individuals investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau and th…
819. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of legacy IPAS contracts that have been renewed despite documented lapses in planning permission, fire safety certification, or insurance compliance; the rationale for allowing such renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64241/26]
831. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accommodation contracts between IPAS and private companies that have been withdrawn or terminated since 1 January 2025; if he will provide a list of the companies concerned; the centres which they operated; and the reasons for the withdrawal or termination. [64498/26]
959. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have been issued with a deportation order that are currently in IPAS accommodation; and the number being housed in private rental or State owned residential accommodation. [65528/26]
1014. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify whether the National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy can override or qualify statutory child protection obligations; her views on the primacy of safeguarding duties in all publicly funded services involving infants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64329/26]
1128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints from midwives, nurses or lactation consultants regarding the inclusion of a speaker (details supplied); the number of complaints received; and the actions taken in response. [64336/26]
1129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the extent to which gender mainstreaming is being applied within maternal, perinatal and infant feeding policy; if she will provide details of any HSE funded training relating to gender diverse lactation; and if she will address concerns raised by clinicians regarding the appropriateness of such training. [64335/26]
1131. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the standards and criteria used by the HSE when assessing the appropriateness of training content delivered by publicly funded lactation support organisations (details supplied). [64333/26]
1132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that organisations receiving HSE funding do not promote or endorse practices that may present safeguarding risks to infants; the specific oversight applied in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and whether her Department will review the organisations funding in view of recent concerns raised by healthcare pr…
1. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department. [59572/26]
17. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59555/26]
91. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59556/26]
167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will make registration on an NSAI contractors register a mandatory condition for all SEAI supported spray foam insulation works, in order to ensure that grant funded installations are carried out only by trained, competent, and audited installers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62160/26]
169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the proposed obligation rates under the renewable heat obligation scheme; the rationale for setting the initial rates at 1.5% rising to 3%; if he will consider increasing these rates to a more effective level to support meaningful emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the renewable heat obligation scheme; the reason the legislation was not published before the Dáil summer recess as previously indicated; the revised timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62303/26]
171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will assess the potential compliance costs for the liquid fuel industry arising from the renewable heat obligation scheme; the expected impact on consumers; if he will revise the scheme to ensure that costs are proportionate to environmental benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62305/26]
172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the Government’s assessment of low carbon liquid fuels, including HVO, as a viable and affordable decarbonisation option for older rural homes reliant on kerosene; if he will consider policy measures to support their deployment at scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62306/26]