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Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: Go raibh maith ag an Cheann Comhairle as ucht an deis labhartha seo a thabhairt dom anocht. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this issue. I commend my two colleagues, Deputies Pearse Doherty and Ó Laoghaire, for bringing forward this very worthwhile Bill. It brings into effect the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report of 2005, when the issue was examined in...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister should.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: He should take responsibility.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: It will be too late if something happens again.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: I am not. It is reality.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: I will not be going into the gutter with the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: Rural crime is definitely increasing regardless of statistics. The people on the ground will tell one that. Hundreds of people have attended meetings throughout the constituency of Offaly. We have had meetings in Cloghan and Banagher and there was a meeting last night in Coolderry attended by over 200 people in solidarity with Richie McKelvey, the farmer who was savagely attacked. This is...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: I recognise the setting up of the task force as a positive step but far more needs to be done. We have operations that only target motorways but we have heard reports that these criminals are now using back roads into communities. Communities just do not feel safe. Their confidence has been shaken. If we look at the reporting of agricultural crime, we can see that 45% was not reported....

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Crime (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: It is not politics. It is fact. It is reality.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason books have not been supplied to schools for the new subject of politics and society; the reason the earliest guaranteed date for the provision of the books is January 2018; his plans to ensure the books are supplied as soon as possible and in time to allow students to prepare for mock and State examinations in the subject; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug kuvan will be made available for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Tullamore hospital has been without a chiropodist for the treatment of diabetic patients; if the HSE plans to recruit for this post; the timeframe for the position to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48070/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (14 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 10 October 2017, if the same legislation applies to activity parks such as bike parks and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48076/17]

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]

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

Carol Nolan: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional community gardaí will be made available to counties Laois and Offaly in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rural Crime (9 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to combat rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47507/17]

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

Carol Nolan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reported crime figures for Counties Laois and Offaly over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47508/17]

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

Carol Nolan: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the pilot project in respect of the reopening of Garda stations has commenced; the stations that have reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47510/17]