173. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes currently reliant on oil (kerosene) for heating; the proportion located in rural areas without access to the natural gas grid; and the Government’s strategy for providing practical and affordable decarbonisation pathways for these households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62307/26]
175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider revising the renewable heat obligation scheme to ensure that it supports the deployment of renewable liquid fuels into existing home heating systems as the fastest and most practical pathway to emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62312/26]
176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected emissions reduction impact of the renewable heat obligation scheme at the proposed obligation rates; if his Department has modelled higher obligation rates to determine their potential effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62311/26]
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with representative bodies in the renewable heating sector (details supplied) regarding the design and implementation of the renewable heat obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62310/26]
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an updated analysis of the suitability of heat pumps for older rural homes; the estimated cost of deep retrofits required for effective operation; if alternative technologies such as low carbon liquid fuels have been fully evaluated within the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62309…
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will examine the feasibility of establishing a single renewable liquid fuel obligation scheme covering all liquid fuels used in heating and transport, modelled on the renewable transport fuel obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62308/26]
225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence 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. [59557/26]
282. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport 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. [59558/26]
315. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he has estimated the administrative and financial burden that the Railway Safety Bill 2026 will place on volunteer run heritage railways; if he intends to provide any support or exemptions for such operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.' [60803/26]
354. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the reason for extending Freedom of Information Act 2014 exemptions to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety in respect of railway intoxicant testing records under the Railway Safety Bill 2026; the transparency considerations underpinning this amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.' [60798/26]
358. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the extent of consultation undertaken with heritage and tourist railway operators prior to the drafting of the Railway Safety Bill 2026; the dates of such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60802/26]
359. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the justification for retaining copyright over Railway Accident Investigation Unit reports and restricting their commercial use under section 15 of the Railway Safety Bill 2026; the precedent for such restrictions in other safety investigation regimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.' [60801/26]
360. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for granting gardaí accompanying Railway Accident Investigation Unit personnel the power to arrest without warrant under section 17 of the Railway Safety Bill 2026; the number of incidents under existing railway safety legislation where such powers would have been required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60794/26]
361. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if he has carried out an assessment of the impact of the Railway Safety Bill 2026 on volunteer run heritage railways (details supplied) and other designated heritage operations; if he has consulted with heritage railway operators regarding compliance costs, criminal liability exposure, and operational implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
889. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 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. [59560/26]
732. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the proposal from an organisation (details supplied) to permanently remove actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax; if he will consider maintaining exemptions for farm buildings from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/26]
733. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider extending accelerated capital allowances to additional on-farm efficiency items, including calf feeders, milking parlours and animal health monitoring equipment, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56265/26]
734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate on animal vaccines and essential farm medicines to 0% as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56266/26]
735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the proposal from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the CAT Category A threshold from €400,000 to €500,000 and to retain 90% agricultural relief for genuine farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56267/26]
736. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider revising stamp duty on agricultural land in line with residential rates, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56268/26]
737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will address the discrepancy between the livestock VAT rate and the Flat Rate Addition VAT rate, as highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56269/26]
3250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current regulatory framework governing minimum benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides sufficient flexibility for older or vulnerable policyholders who do not require maternity or addiction related mental health cover (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55417/26]
3251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider initiating a review of the minimum benefit regulations to assess whether mandatory maternity and mental health cover should continue to apply uniformly to all policyholders, including elderly customers who have no realistic prospect of availing of such benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55418/26]
3252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received any representations from private health insurers regarding the need for greater flexibility in the application of minimum benefit requirements, particularly in cases where policyholders can demonstrate that certain benefits are unnecessary or unused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55419/26]
3253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that older policyholders may be effectively paying for benefits they neither need nor use due to rigid minimum benefit rules (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to ensure that consumers are not subject to inadvertent mis-selling or inappropriate product bundling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/26]