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Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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HSE Agency Staff Data
Carol Nolan
121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses recruited to fill vacancies at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5861/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
Carol Nolan
122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency nurses at Portlaoise hospital in 2018. [5862/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
Carol Nolan
123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency nurses at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5863/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Carol Nolan
124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatients awaiting orthopaedic treatment at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5864/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Carol Nolan
125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatients awaiting orthopaedic treatment at Portlaoise hospital. [5865/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Carol Nolan
126. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of nurses at hospitals in Tullamore and Portlaoise. [5866/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Hospital Services
Carol Nolan
127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new beds announced in the winter plan have not been opened at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5867/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Carol Nolan
128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Laois on waiting lists for home help hours and home care packages. [5868/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Carol Nolan
129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours and home care packages. [5869/19]
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Arts Centres
Carol Nolan
212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the shortfall of €1.6 million in funding required for the commencement of building works in respect of a community arts centre in Tullamore, County Offaly, will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5870/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Carol Nolan
365. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [5215/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
366. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for six months or more for speech therapy. [5216/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
367. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 12 months or more for speech therapy. [5217/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
368. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 18 months or more for speech therapy. [5218/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
369. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list in excess of 24 months for speech therapy. [5219/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
370. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for six months or more for occupational therapy. [5220/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
371. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 12 months or more for occupational therapy. [5221/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
372. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 18 months or more for occupational therapy. [5222/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
373. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list in excess of 24 months or more for occupational therapy. [5223/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Carol Nolan
374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in counties Laois and Offaly. [5224/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospitals Data
Carol Nolan
375. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5225/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospitals Data
Carol Nolan
376. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at Portlaoise Hospital in 2018. [5226/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Staff Data
Carol Nolan
377. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of respiratory specialists at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5227/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Staff Data
Carol Nolan
378. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of respiratory specialists at Portlaoise hospital. [5228/19]
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
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Industrial Disputes
Carol Nolan
366. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with a union (details supplied) to resolve the ongoing issues which have led to paramedics going on strike. [4072/19]
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
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Industrial Disputes
Carol Nolan
397. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to resolve a dispute (details supplied). [4196/19]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Special Areas of Conservation Designation
Carol Nolan
1221. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reintroduce compensation, which was previously paid to farmers affected by the designation and associated restrictions up to 2012, regarding agricultural losses incurred in respect of the permanent designation of special areas of conservation and special protected areas under the national farm plan scheme; and when she envisages its implementation. [1562/19]
Tue, 20 Nov 2018
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School Accommodation Provision
Carol Nolan
222. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school extension at a school (details supplied). [48260/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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VAT Exemptions
Carol Nolan
162. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to exempting counselling and psychotherapy services from VAT in circumstances in which the practitioner is a registered practitioner but is not a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
Carol Nolan
421. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for funding made under the rural CCTV scheme; the number approved; the number that have issued since 1 January 2017; and the number of approved applicants that have local match funding in place but have not yet received grant aid. [45444/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Carol Nolan
671. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason Lyme disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the criteria for adding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45439/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Disease Incidence
Carol Nolan
672. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve diagnostic screening and testing for Lyme disease here and to monitor and record data on all cases of Lyme disease and not just the more extreme form, that is, neuroborreliosis. [45440/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Carol Nolan
673. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for and been approved funding treatment for Lyme disease under the directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare scheme or the treatment abroad scheme. [45441/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Disease Management
Carol Nolan
674. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve treatment for Lyme disease here to mitigate the need for persons to travel abroad. [45442/18]
Tue, 6 Nov 2018
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Wage-setting Mechanisms
Carol Nolan
1105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put safeguards in place to protect employees in the hospitality and tourism industry such as hairdressers to ensure that the 4.5% increase in the VAT rate from 9% to 13.5% will be passed on to customers and will not result in a reduction of wages for those in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45446/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Home Care Packages Administration
Carol Nolan
372. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of home care package funding to CHO area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41889/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Home Care Packages Provision
Carol Nolan
373. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of home care package funding for dementia care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41890/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Mental Health Services Funding
Carol Nolan
374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of mental health service funding to CHO area 8 will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Mental Health Services Provision
Carol Nolan
375. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of mental health service funding to extend delivery to a 24-7 service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41892/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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VAT Rate Application
Carol Nolan
51. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his plans in budget 2019 to reduce the rate of VAT on non-oral animal medicines from the current rate of 23% to a rate of 5% as allowable under Directive 2006/112/EC. [41424/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Tax Code
Carol Nolan
52. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if provision will be made in budget 2019 to decouple agricultural property from commercial property; and his plans to make provision for stamp duty rates in line with the current residential rates of 1% and 2%. [41425/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Teachers' Remuneration
Carol Nolan
68. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be restored in budget 2019 for middle management teaching posts in national schools. [41417/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Disadvantaged Status
Carol Nolan
69. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding resources will be provided in budget 2019 to reduce class sizes in DEIS schools. [41418/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Teachers' Remuneration
Carol Nolan
70. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if pay equality will be restored for teachers in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Capitation Grants
Carol Nolan
71. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made in budget 2019 to increase the capitation grant to primary schools. [41420/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Minor Works Scheme Payments
Carol Nolan
72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made in budget 2019 to increase the annual minor works grant to primary schools. [41421/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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School Staff
Carol Nolan
85. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made in budget 2019 to provide teaching principals with one day per week administrative relief substitution cover. [41414/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Agriculture Industry
Carol Nolan
171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if provision will be made in budget 2019 to provide low-cost loans to farmers. [41473/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Electricity Generation
Carol Nolan
190. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the level of grant aid in budget 2019 for domestic solar energy systems; and his further plans to reduce the current average nine year wait time for a return on investment to a more attractive five year payback period. [41422/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Electricity Generation
Carol Nolan
191. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce an incentive scheme in budget 2019 to subsidise the cost of connecting agriculture solar energy suppliers to the ESB Networks grid in order to incentivise producers to contribute non-storable surplus to the grid in the absence of export tariffs for the supply of solar energy for same. [41423/18]
Wed, 10 Oct 2018
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Local Improvement Scheme Funding
Carol Nolan
230. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans in budget 2019 to continue the local improvement scheme; and his further plans to increase the level of funding available in the next round. [41416/18]
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
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Schools Data
Carol Nolan
90. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-DEIS primary schools with two special classes other than autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes designated for pupils with special educational needs; the number of these schools that have a teaching principal; and the number that have an overall school enrolment between 113 and 175 inclusive that have a teaching principal. [39225/18]
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
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Schools Data
Carol Nolan
91. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-DEIS primary schools with two special classes other than autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes in which the overall school enrolment is between 113 and 175 inclusive; the number in which the principal has administrative status; the name, address and roll numbers of these schools; and the criteria on which these positions of administrative principal were sanctioned. [39226/18]
Thu, 20 Sep 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Carol Nolan
148. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he expects to have sight of the chief medical officer’s report on the clinical and technical implication of using transvaginal mesh implants in surgical procedures [38165/18]
Thu, 20 Sep 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Carol Nolan
149. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the transvaginal mesh implant clinical protocols in place for surgical training, reporting and registration of procedures, reporting and publication of guidelines; and if the protocols in place meet the recommended standards of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [38166/18]
Thu, 20 Sep 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Carol Nolan
150. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of transvaginal mesh implant removals that have been performed here; if these were full or partial removals; the number that were publicly or privately funded, respectively; and the number as a percentage of total implant procedures performed in this regard. [38167/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Labour Court Recommendations
Carol Nolan
410. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is putting in place to yield in whole or in part the pension claims of community employment supervisors in budget 2019 and to honour Labour Court Recommendations LCR 19293 and LCR 16000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Carol Nolan
528. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression to new premises of a school (details supplied); and the further status of the project within either the planning or forward planning unit of his Department. [33544/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Garda Deployment
Carol Nolan
838. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Laois-Offaly division from January 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [33478/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Garda Deployment
Carol Nolan
839. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Laois-Offaly division from January 2009 to date by rank, district and sub-district in tabular form. [33479/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Garda Station Opening Hours
Carol Nolan
840. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of Garda stations (details supplied) in the Laois-Offaly division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [33480/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Garda Resources
Carol Nolan
846. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles allocated to the Laois-Offaly division for each year from January 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. [33553/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Carol Nolan
1565. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to ophthalmology services for periods (details supplied). [33462/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Health Services Staff Data
Carol Nolan
1566. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE in counties Laois and Offaly; and the number of persons under 18 years of age awaiting access to treatment for periods (details supplied). [33463/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Health Services Staff Data
Carol Nolan
1567. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical child psychologists currently providing services to children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly. [33464/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Disabilities Assessments
Carol Nolan
1568. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting an assessment of need. [33465/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Health Services Staff Data
Carol Nolan
1569. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists employed in counties Laois and Offaly to provide dentistry services to primary school children; and his plans to improve the service. [33466/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Audiology Services Data
Carol Nolan
1570. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to audiology services for periods (details supplied). [33467/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
Carol Nolan
1571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to CAMHS services for periods (details supplied). [33468/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Speech and Language Therapy Data
Carol Nolan
1572. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to speech and language therapy services for periods (details supplied). [33469/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Occupational Therapy Data
Carol Nolan
1573. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to occupational therapy services for periods (details supplied). [33470/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
Carol Nolan
1574. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the fair deal scheme; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33471/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Carol Nolan
1689. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, to fill the vacancy created in March 2018 by the departure of a consultant dermatologist (details supplied); and if there are plans to outsource the doctor's patient list for treatment to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [34173/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Carol Nolan
1690. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for urgent treatment for more than three years will be authorised. [34174/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Mental Health Act Review
Carol Nolan
1693. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the reform of the Mental Health Act 2001; if it will provide both for mental health patients' right to have control over their own treatment and the regulation of community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34196/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Farm Inspections
Carol Nolan
1922. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints submitted following farm inspections since January 2015 in circumstances in which such a complaint related either to the process of inspection related to procedures or methods of inspection or related to an inspector; and the number which related to an aspect of a farm inspection by county and nature of complaint. [33531/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Carol Nolan
2330. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints received in respect of the operation of the ECCE scheme three entry points for enrolment categories of persons (details supplied). [33499/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Carol Nolan
2331. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints received in respect of the proposed changes in the ECCE scheme reduction of three entry points for enrolment to a single entry point from categories of persons (details supplied). [33500/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Carol Nolan
2671. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children under 18 years of age who have been residing in emergency accommodation in counties Laois and Offaly; the number who have been in residence for periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33537/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Waterways Ireland Funding
Carol Nolan
2788. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe in which she will provide complete funding to Waterways Ireland to restore the walkway on a weir (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33416/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Waterways Issues
Carol Nolan
2789. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when restoration works will commence on a weir (details supplied); when it is proposed that the works will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33417/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Carol Nolan
547. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the chief medical officer’s report into the investigation of claims regarding transvaginal mesh complications will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30335/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Carol Nolan
548. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the HSE for transvaginal mesh removal in the UK through the treatment abroad scheme; the number approved and denied, respectively; the grounds for refusal in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Carol Nolan
549. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if proposals have been made to commission scanning, imaging or ultrasound devices in hospitals to detect polypropylene transvaginal mesh or sub-urethral sling complications; his plans to train or recruit specialised radiologists and or technicians to carry out this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30337/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Illness Benefit Data
Carol Nolan
545. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims for illness benefit and disability allowance that have been made and approved, respectively, in the two and a half year period since the introduction of JobPath in July 2015 to December 2017; and the comparison with the two and a half year period January 2013 to June 2015 prior to the introduction of JobPath. [26642/18]
Tue, 22 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Carol Nolan
363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for juvenile arthritis treatment in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and the waiting times for same. [22123/18]
Tue, 22 May 2018
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Hospital Staff
Carol Nolan
364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization, WHO, recommendation for paediatric rheumatologists for a population the size of Ireland is six; the ratio of patients to paediatric rheumatologists; and his plans to recruit additional doctors. [22124/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Carol Nolan
412. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21273/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Carol Nolan
110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their overall local communities is not being properly recognised at the end of their careers in spite of a Labour Court ruling in their favour; his further views on whether the Government may be undermining the Labour Court by ignoring its recommendation; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [18716/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Special Educational Needs
Carol Nolan
250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Offaly has been refused funding for the central activity space element in its funding application for a new autism spectrum development unit. [17952/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Closed-Circuit Television Systems
Carol Nolan
102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of grant applications received under the community based CCTV scheme since its launch in 2017; the number of applications approved; the value of those allocations; the obstacles encountered in the roll-out which may militate against take-up of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16927/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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GLAS Payments
Carol Nolan
1043. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will receive the balance of GLAS payments due since December 2017. [14942/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Brexit Issues
Carol Nolan
14. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to negotiate additional PEACE IV funds for the existing programme and seek agreement for a new PEACE programme to address the challenges of inter-community conflict and cross-Border relationships in view of instability resulting from the Brexit withdrawal process. [8719/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
101. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if special provision has been made in the procurement process to facilitate existing service providers to tender collectively as a consortium in relation to the Garda youth diversion projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if social benefit clauses have been written into the notice of tender to ensure that the additional wrap-around services which Garda youth diversion clients avail of due to their delivery in a wider youthwork setting will be provided for under the new service delivery model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the procurement document for Garda youth diversion projects stipulates a provision for a transfer of undertakings from existing service providers to the recontracted service providers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13493/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
104. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the procurement document in relation to Garda youth division projects will make special provision for or give weighting to tendering bodies that undertake to sub-contract existing service providers to ensure continuity of service in existing divisional areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13495/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to defer the publishing of the procurement notice until all parameters regarding the transition from the existing service providers have been explored and every reasonable option to enable them to form alliances or consortia to competitively tender has been examined and communicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13497/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Carol Nolan
272. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to defer the publishing of the procurement notice until all parameters regarding the transition from the existing service providers has been explored and every reasonable option to enable them to form alliances or consortia to competitively tender have been examined and communicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13496/18]
Tue, 27 Feb 2018
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Rural Resettlement Scheme
Carol Nolan
66. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to establish a rural resettlement scheme to stem outward migration from rural areas. [8722/18]