Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Medical Products

Carol Nolan

497. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision (details supplied) will be reversed [9993/18]

Animal Welfare

Carol Nolan

557. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps have been taken to resolve the difficulties experienced by vets in treating horses in emergency cases in the absence of passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9894/18]

Animal Welfare

Carol Nolan

558. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the issue of the abandonment of lower value horses; if other cost-effective measures will be implemented to promote animal welfare in respect of abandoned horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9895/18]

Animal Welfare

Carol Nolan

559. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the excessive cost of horses being seized and or rescued by State backed welfare organisations which represents a cost of at least €2,000 for each horse [9896/18]

Equine Industry

Carol Nolan

560. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a guarantee (details supplied) will be provided that equines have not yet received prohibited substances since their registration in order that the food chain be protected. [9897/18]

Equine Industry

Carol Nolan

561. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation's (details supplied) licence will be suspended until a matter is resolved and assurance provided by it that its database is rectified and the data uploaded to AIMS is correct. [9898/18]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Carol Nolan

219. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance to entirely offset the higher cost of smokeless fuels after implementation of the smoky coal ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9126/18]

LEADER Programmes Expenditure

Carol Nolan

28. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of payments to third party Leader project promoters since the launch of the implementation phase of the 2014 to 2020 programme to the end of December 2017; and the way in which this compares to payments made during the first 18 months of the 2007 to 2013 programme in terms of actual moneys paid out and as a percentage of the overall fund. [8820/18]

Voluntary Sector

Carol Nolan

45. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase funding for volunteer centres and to upgrade hosted volunteer information services to autonomous volunteer centres. [8720/18]

Regional Development Policy

Carol Nolan

64. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to commission data research and a deprivation analysis of the midlands counties in order to ascertain the validity of designating special status to a defined region and establishing a development commission. [8721/18]

Job Creation

Carol Nolan

65. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the need to establish a task force or commission similar to the Western Development Commission with specific focus on job creation in the midlands region. [2018/18]

Medical Card Applications

Carol Nolan

376. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was denied a discretionary medical card. [5579/18]

Coastal Protection

Carol Nolan

183. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the stalled construction of a seawall at Bunnafolly, Doohoma, County Mayo. [4110/18]

Citizenship Applications

Carol Nolan

266. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce the fee for citizenship for all persons who have been ordinarily resident here for more than ten years and that are married to or a parent of a full Irish citizen. [4108/18]

Citizenship Applications

Carol Nolan

267. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the fee for citizenship will be waived for holders of a means-tested medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/18]

Divorce Process

Carol Nolan

321. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Suckler Welfare Scheme

Carol Nolan

502. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Carol Nolan

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

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Carol Nolan

618. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Flood Prevention Measures

Carol Nolan

69. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Flood Prevention Measures

Carol Nolan

70. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

85. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Regional Development Initiatives

Carol Nolan

128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Business, 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]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Carol Nolan

154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Carol Nolan

155. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Carol Nolan

156. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be available for persons with diabetes on the long-term illness scheme; the reason this treatment is not available on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52444/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility

Carol Nolan

178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be provided to farmers in counties Laois and Offaly who have had their farms damaged in recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52449/17]

Road Projects

Carol Nolan

193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for the N62 Kilbeggan to Tullamore link road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52438/17]

Road Projects Status

Carol Nolan

194. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will provide funding for the inner relief road for Edenderry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52440/17]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Carol Nolan

247. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for the humanitarian assistance scheme as a result of recent flooding in counties Laois and Offaly; the amount available under the scheme; the amount paid out to families in this area to date; the number of applications to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52448/17]

Architectural Heritage

Carol Nolan

312. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to the motion passed at Birr municipal district to take a building (details supplied) into State ownership in order to secure its preservation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52437/17]

Arts Centres

Carol Nolan

313. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the €2 million funding will be available for the arts centre in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52439/17]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

186. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to granting administrative status to a person (details supplied) in a special school; if he will request the NCSE to review the staffing ratio applied to the school in view of the number of children attending the school who have complex needs; if he has examined correspondence sent by a person outlining their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48724/17]

School Textbooks

Carol Nolan

179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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 will make a statement on the matter. [48069/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Carol Nolan

262. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Carol Nolan

336. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Recreational Facilities

Carol Nolan

520. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Flood Relief Schemes

Carol Nolan

72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Education Centre Network

Carol Nolan

93. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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 regulations; the number of submissions received by his Department on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47506/17]

Rural Crime

Carol Nolan

109. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Crime Data

Carol Nolan

110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Data

Carol Nolan

111. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Stations

Carol Nolan

112. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Data

Carol Nolan

113. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Home Help Service

Carol Nolan

193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take in order to address the shortfall in home help hours in counties Laois and Offaly; the amount allocated under budget 2018 for home help in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/17]

HSE Data

Carol Nolan

194. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons on the waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy in counties Laois and Offaly; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47517/17]

Disability Services Provision

Carol Nolan

195. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment under the early intervention team in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of these that have been waiting over six months; the number that have been waiting over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47518/17]

Disability Services Provision

Carol Nolan

196. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for assessment under the school age team in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of these that have been waiting over six months; the number that have been waiting over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47519/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Carol Nolan

197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 July 2017, the status of the provision of the drug Spinraza to persons with muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47520/17]

Disease Management

Carol Nolan

198. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/17]

Rail Network

Carol Nolan

234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47513/17]

Economic Growth Initiatives

Carol Nolan

236. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of proposals to establish the Atlantic economic corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47515/17]

Leader Programmes

Carol Nolan

237. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts that have been signed under the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47522/17]

Leader Programmes

Carol Nolan

238. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects that are at contract stage of the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47523/17]

Leader Programmes

Carol Nolan

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the bodies responsible for entering into contracts under the new Leader programme; if his Department received legal advice on whether the local community development committees are the appropriate bodies to enter into contracts for projects under Leader; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47524/17]

Leader Programmes

Carol Nolan

240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps undertaken by his Department to reduce the bureaucracy associated with the new Leader programme; the steps taken to monitor the impact of these changes; his views on whether these steps are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47525/17]

Leader Programmes

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the operation of the Leader programme will be reviewed; if so, when this review will commence; the consultation process associated with the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/17]

JobPath Programme

Carol Nolan

263. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have received penalties in their social welfare payments as a result of non-compliance with the JobPath programme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47514/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Carol Nolan

117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Ministerial Meetings

Carol Nolan

122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Broadband Service Provision

Carol Nolan

94. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

95. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Teacher Training Provision

Carol Nolan

96. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45513/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Carol Nolan

184. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data

Carol Nolan

216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Carol Nolan

236. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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 delivered. [45508/17]

Tax Credits

Carol Nolan

54. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

VAT Rate Reductions

Carol Nolan

55. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

School Transport Applications Data

Carol Nolan

179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

DEIS Scheme

Carol Nolan

180. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

DEIS Data

Carol Nolan

181. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

DEIS Scheme

Carol Nolan

182. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Garda Stations

Carol Nolan

226. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Reserve

Carol Nolan

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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 statement on the matter. [42364/17]

Garda Deployment

Carol Nolan

228. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Expenditure

Carol Nolan

229. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Garda Strength

Carol Nolan

230. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the 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]

Cancer Services Provision

Carol Nolan

444. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Services for People with Disabilities

Carol Nolan

445. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

General Practitioner Data

Carol Nolan

446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

General Practitioner Data

Carol Nolan

447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Carol Nolan

448. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Carol Nolan

499. Deputy Carol Nolan asked 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]