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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Divorce Process (30 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to undertake a review of the domiciliary clause which prohibits the recognition of pre-1986 divorces which were granted in the UK but are not recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4502/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the existing suckler cow scheme to incentivise farmers and consolidate herds with a payment similar to the French subsidy of €200 per cow. [4503/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: 617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exceptional needs payments allocated in 2017, by county. [4500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (30 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the discretion of payment officers is practised with the same degree of latitude across all jurisdictions. [4501/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: Page 55 of the programme for Government states that the Government is committed to ensuring there is timely access to orthodontic care. I have obtained recent figures from the HSE which show that over 1,854 people in the midlands are waiting for orthodontic care. More than 1,000 have been waiting for one year while 500 have been waiting for more than four years. Many families in the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: Is it true that there is one orthodontist between Laois and Offaly?

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas do Theachta Byrne as ucht an rún seo a chur os ár gcomhair mar tá sé fíor-thábhachtach. Caithfimid an fhadhb seo a fhuascailt chomh luath agus is féidir. As a former teacher who spent 12 years in the profession, including three as an acting principal, I want to point out that this has been an issue for some time. I remember being...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government makes a clear commitment to increase the number of ambulances and paramedics. We know that the optimum time to reach a patient in a life-threatening situation is eight minutes. However, a report commissioned by the HSE last year clearly showed that in rural areas, this target was not being met. 1 o’clock It was met in only one out of 15 cases. As we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. It was very detailed. It does, however, concern me. I know he made the point that the decimation of rural Ireland has not occurred through the recession, but it has got worse, and I know this as a Teachta Dála and someone who has always lived in a rural community. During the recession of the 1980s we had post offices and banks. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: It is not doing it. I have met it twice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: I just want to address the point about IDA Ireland. The fact of the matter is that the local authorities are doing all they can. When I was a councillor, IDA Ireland was called in for a meeting-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister of State seems to be doing so, all the same. He is talking about balanced regional development. The fact of the matter is that it is not happening. The Minister of State has a background in jobs and enterprise. Would he agree with the proposal that a task force be set up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: It is not balanced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister of State should set up a task force.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional drainage schemes will be put in place in counties Laois and Offaly in view of recent floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52446/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional flood defences will be put in place in the midlands as a result of recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 21 November 2017, when his Department will correspond with the school in question; if the status of the school will change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to establish an IDA taskforce in the midlands in order to improve job creation in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (7 Dec 2017)

Carol Nolan: 155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52443/17]