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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all rural DEIS schools avail of the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore farm assist payments to 2013 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42354/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to open the public consultation process for the draft wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Health and Safety Regulations (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation or regulations in place in relation to the protection of health and safety of children in privately owned recreational facilities such as theme parks, amusement centres and activity parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42351/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: As the Taoiseach is aware, page 42 of the programme for Government commits to work with local authorities, local action groups and local communities to ensure that Leader funding delivers the maximum possible potential and indeed benefits for the communities. A main concern with the new programme designed for Leader is its bureaucratic nature. Groups find it very difficult to access funding...

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: The changes made in 2012 to the State pension mean that over 35,000 people have been left with a smaller pension payment than they would have received had they retired before that year. The vast majority of those affected are women, many of whom are receiving up to €35 less in their pension payments every week. That is wrong and this discrimination cannot be let continue. I commend...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: I want to raise the issue of rural transport. There is a commitment on page 50 of the programme for Government that a report on rural transport will be made available within six months. The issues to be examined are, for example, the sustainability and accessibility of existing routes, in addition to the potential of new routes. This is a huge issue in rural communities, as the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether families and children living in rural areas are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in their education due to lack of high-speed or fibre broadband; if he has raised this matter with relevant Cabinet colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the allocation of special needs assistants is done in a timely manner to facilitate school planning; the actions undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that all art teachers are trained in both the new junior certificate visual art course and the new leaving certificate coursework; the reason no guidelines have been issued to schools on a new marking scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing exam papers to schools that were posted online on 2 October 2017;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting areas of natural constraint scheme payments by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45514/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (26 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the fibre roll-out programme in rural townlands that are outside fibre serviced towns, specifically Bolart, Kilmanaghan, Ballyboughlin, Cloughtanny, Ballycumber, Kilfoylan, Tubber, Kilcurley, Tinamuck and Boher, County Offaly; if fibre will be delivered to these areas; and the date on which it will be...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government, as the Taoiseach is aware, commits on page 98 to ensuring that there is "visible, effective and responsive policing" in all of our communities. We are all very aware of the incident that occurred in Offaly, where a farmer was viciously assaulted following a break-in. Prior to that incident, however, this issue was being raised constantly because rural crime,...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (8 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request to meet with a person (details supplied); if so, if he will meet with the person; and when the meeting will take place. [47171/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (8 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a person (details supplied); if he has considered the requests made by the person on behalf of institutional abuse survivors; his plans to grant these requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (9 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason dredging has ceased on the river Shannon; if this will recommence; if so, the areas that will be dredged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (9 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new regulations which state that a director of education can hold the role for five years were not debated before they were introduced; the consultation process undertaken in advance of the regulations being introduced; the reason the regulations were never brought before the Teacher Conciliation Council; the rationale for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (9 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí to be recruited to counties Laois and Offaly; the number recruited for these counties since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47509/17]