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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 (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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the rate of VAT on animal vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the earned income tax credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who have applied for concessionary school transport for the current school year, by county; the number who were granted and refused respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the threshold for the appointment of an administrative principal for rural DEIS schools is higher than other DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the differences in the funding or other supports available under each of the different categories of DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently have rural DEIS status, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42346/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the interim report on the reopening of Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of Garda reserves completing a minimum of 208 annual hours per annum duty obligations; the number of times on average reserves are requested to assist policing in district; the annual cost of Garda reserves; the percentage of reserves formally allocated a duty in the formal duty register; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each district in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to each division in each of the past ten years for the purposes of establishing or supporting text alert, community alert or neighbourhood watch schemes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí over each of the past ten years, by rank and division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some supports for women with breast cancer such as breast prosthesis and post mastectomy bras have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 445. To ask the Minister for Health when the new legislation to provide for transport supports for persons with disabilities will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners availing of a rural general practitioner allowance by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of general practitioners to population by HSE area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to eliminate the discrimination against farmers under the fair deal scheme; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to restore areas of natural constraint payments to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Carol Nolan: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an additional €5 million funding for the sheep welfare scheme will be provided in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42355/17]