Parliamentary questions

Public Service Obligation Levy Application

Joan Collins

32. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to phase out fossil fuel subsidies within the context of just transition; and if he has a timescale in place. [31828/16]

Climate Change Policy

Joan Collins

37. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department targeted universities and companies here to sign up to the global divestment movement. [31829/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Joan Collins

38. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban fossil fuels here and immediately decrease domestic dependency on them by increasing investments in and the use of renewable energy alternatives. [31826/16]

Climate Change Policy

Joan Collins

41. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has reviewed State investment and supports to bring them into line with international climate and sustainable development obligations; and if he has set a timescale to begin mandating the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to divert from fossil fuels, prohibit future investment in the industry and adopt a 100% renewable energy investment policy. [31827/16]

Climate Change Policy

Joan Collins

162. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the Government will fundamentally reverse Ireland's falling 70% short of achieving its 2020 emissions target announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, recently. [32347/16]

Social Insurance Yield

Joan Collins

314. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the present yield of employer's PRSI at the rate of 8.5% and the 10.75% rate. [31642/16]

Home Care Packages Funding

Joan Collins

121. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to invest in home-based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home in budget 2017; and his views on whether an initial investment of at least €50 million plus in the budget is necessary which then must be built on year on year. [30294/16]

Library Services Staff

Joan Collins

296. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chief executive of Sligo County Council has warned that libraries in the county will be subject to rolling closures until such time as his Department approves the filling of vacant library posts; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the chief executive has warned that the planned major enhancement of O’Connell Street in Sligo town will not proceed in the new year until such time as his Department approves the filling of vacant technical posts; if his Department has received a formal request from the council to approve the filling of the said vacant library and technical posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30639/16]

Housing Assistance Payments Implementation

Joan Collins

301. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine an issue (details supplied) and take measures to resolve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/16]

Jobseeker's Payments

Joan Collins

340. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if budget 2017 had increased the €100 and €144 jobseeker's payments by €5; the amount it is costing to increase both by €2.70 and €3.80; and the number of young persons on the €100 payment and the €144 payment. [30864/16]

Social Insurance Data

Joan Collins

242. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount which would accrue to the State if employers' PRSI was increased by 1%, 1.5% and 2% on all businesses and on businesses employing over 20 workers. [29269/16]

Inland Waterways Maintenance

Joan Collins

303. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will investigate dangerously hanging trees on the river embankment of the River Camac in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [29239/16]

Medicinal Products Prices

Joan Collins

375. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if three items (details supplied) were implemented, it would have a significantly positive income effect for cancer patients whose income is immediately impacted upon through their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/16]

JobPath Implementation

Joan Collins

6. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is within the remit of the JobPath scheme to send persons forward for jobs that they are not legally qualified for, with the result that the JobPath participant will have to pay a substantial amount to gain the qualification and take up the job on offer. [28784/16]

Household Benefits Scheme

Joan Collins

10. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate the monthly telephone allowance of €9.50; and his plans to increase the State pension by €25 over a full term of office or by €5 per year. [28786/16]

JobPath Implementation

Joan Collins

18. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by the companies running JobPath and by his Department. [28782/16]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Joan Collins

33. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the conditionalities introduced regarding working lone parents that have resulted in an up to 18% cut in their weekly income. [28783/16]

Child Benefit Payments

Joan Collins

45. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the impact on the income of families of the policy of stopping child benefit payments for schoolgoing children aged between 16 to 18 years of age for July and August and reinstating and backdating the payment for the two months when the child returns to school with a letter of confirmation that the child is attending school in the next term. [23043/16]

Tax Code

Joan Collins

81. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; if he will provide evidence in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/16]

Tax Code

Joan Collins

84. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views of the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and a 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; and if he will provide evidence of same. [29090/16]

Tax Code

Joan Collins

88. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Government will not introduce a financial transaction tax; if a study has been done which included a job-proofing exercise; and if so if he will make that study available. [29129/16]

JobPath Implementation

Joan Collins

151. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that those selected for JobPath are not denied other opportunities that may arise for them, in particular, opportunities arising from the social inclusion clauses in State projects, for example, the construction of the national children's hospital. [28785/16]

Prescriptions Charges

Joan Collins

208. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the prescription charges for cancer patients and the inpatient charge of €75 should be abolished (details supplied). [29077/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Joan Collins

13. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the required funding for the provision of local authority housing in the Dublin City Council administrative area with reference to the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, which acknowledges the extent of the homelessness and housing crisis in Dublin city; the source of funding available to the council by way of grants and/or capital loans and the amounts envisaged over the course of the plan; and the grants and capital loans the council has received to date. [28731/16]

Housing Finance Agency Funding

Joan Collins

14. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the amount which has been drawn down from the €300 million Housing Finance Agency fund; the approved housing bodies and local authorities which have drawn down moneys from the fund; the purposes of each drawdown, that is, whether for social housing build or upgrading social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28423/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Joan Collins

48. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the negotiations between the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Central Bank, the Department of Finance and his Department since 1 June 2016 on the ILCU's offer of €2 billion to facilitate the building of social housing. [28422/16]

Back to School Costs

Joan Collins

24. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent Irish League of Credit Unions report showing that back-to-school costs have risen every year since 2012, with almost a third of parents getting into debt to cover the increasing expenses and some 13% of families cutting back on food spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23034/16]

Mortgage Schemes

Joan Collins

129. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the reason the financial assistance package and the proposed first-time buyer's grant are not being extended to first-time buyers who bought a home since the introduction of the Central Bank mortgage rules. [28612/16]

Housing for People with Disabilities Provision

Joan Collins

243. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the building of social housing with wheelchair access is included in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28614/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

474. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on whether personal assistance hours for persons with disabilities need to be increased by at least an additional 500,000 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Joan Collins

200. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to invest in home-based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home in budget 2017; and his views on whether an initial investment in the budget is necessary of at least over €50 million which then must be built yearly. [27843/16]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Joan Collins

336. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for a foreshore licence in respect of the development of the proposed pier and pontoon scheme in Rosses Point, County Sligo; when the licence will be signed and issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/16]

Library Services Staff

Joan Collins

339. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department received a request for additional resources from the chief executive of Sligo County Council; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chief executive of the council is seeking the additional resources due to a number of factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/16]

Library Services Staff

Joan Collins

340. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department received a request from Sligo County Council to approve the filling of vacant positions in the Sligo county library service; when the request was received; the number of positions for which approval was sought; if the filling of any vacancies were approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26896/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Joan Collins

341. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage reduction in the staffing level in each individual local authority since January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/16]

Back to Education Allowance

Joan Collins

391. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of education allowance of €300, which was paid in addition to the back to education allowance, was abolished in the 2013 budget; if he will now consider reinstating the cost of education allowance or provide a new allowance to assist students to offset the costs of travel, lunches, stationery and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26839/16]

School Closures

Joan Collins

397. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has closed its doors in summer 2016 and is no longer in operation; and if he will contact the patron board with a view to divest this school to his Department to secure it as a non-religious secondary school. [24574/16]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

1064. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the children's outpatient trauma service in Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24573/16]

Sports Funding

Joan Collins

1802. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of recent reports, that football clubs (details supplied) will be ground sharing a redeveloped Dalymount Park under the management of Dublin City Council in the near future, the type of funding his Department envisaged or ring-fenced for the project; his views on the overall project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25647/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Joan Collins

18. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the comments of the Ombudsman when she stated recently her concern that 2,177 children are homeless and living in hotels, hostel emergency accommodation and there is an urgent need to move away from this option; and her plans to resolve this issue urgently. [23041/16]

Child Care Services Provision

Joan Collins

29. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the need for more quality affordable child care, and on maintaining community-based not-for-profit child care facilities for example (details supplied); if she will ensure that they will retain their ethos and not be forced into commercially run childcare facilities with threatened cuts to community employment workers in these facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23033/16]

Aer Lingus Sale

Joan Collins

63. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in view of public comments and commitments by his predecessor at the time of the takeover of Aer Lingus, he has had any contact with Aer Lingus since that time in respect of jobs and working conditions there. [21980/16]

Noise Pollution

Joan Collins

68. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for dealing with EU Regulation 598 regarding airport noise, with particular reference to the competent authority to deal with the issue and the need for the independence of this function. [21979/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Joan Collins

409. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will decide on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); the average waiting time for such applications to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22119/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Joan Collins

410. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department received an application for a carer's allowance from a person (details supplied); when payment of the allowance will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Joan Collins

634. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the canal communities local drug and alcohol task force co-ordinator position, which is vacant at the moment due to a retirement, will be replaced; and when the position will be advertised so that the position is filled as soon as possible. [22343/16]

Trade Missions

Joan Collins

877. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council was not invited to attend the joint trade mission which she attended in the Park Hotel, Sligo on 18 May 2016; if she is further aware that Sligo County Council at its meeting on 13 June 2016 called on the chairman and board of both Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Agency to take the necessary steps to ensure that a representative of the county council is invited to such significant and important events held in Sligo in the future; if she will consider contacting Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to highlight the enhanced role of local authorities in terms of promoting enterprise and economic development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22023/16]

Commemorative Events

Joan Collins

926. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Army presence at the national day of commemoration ceremony held in Sligo on 10 July 2016 was greatly reduced compared with previous years; if he is further aware that the Defence Forces did not provide a colour party of guard of honour for the Sligo ceremony and that three members of the Defence Forces from Sligo were killed in Lebanon while serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force, UNIFIL; if he will request the chief of staff of the Defence Forces to ensure an appropriate Army presence at the national day of commemoration ceremony in Sligo in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/16]

Maternity Protection Entitlements

Joan Collins

286. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 5 July 2016, if an employer disregards the statutory instrument (details supplied) the name of the body to which the employee can raise their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/16]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Joan Collins

314. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when there was a change in the local community programme; and when the Government will pay the difference to redundant workers as a result of a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied). [20791/16]

Health and Safety Regulations

Joan Collins

801. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the outcome of any reports her Department sought from agencies under its remit that related to health and safety and working conditions in the waste industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20838/16]

Maternity Protection Entitlements

Joan Collins

158. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under SI 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection, Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding Regulations 2004. [19372/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Joan Collins

5. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse his Social Housing Strategy 2020 from 70% of social housing needs being met through the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme and rent supplement scheme, RSS, and 30% through local authority and approved housing bodies build, to 70% local authority and approved housing bodies build and 30% through HAP and RSS, given that he has stated that the solution to the housing crisis is to increase housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18710/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Joan Collins

25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in response to the Oireachtas committee report on housing and homeless, he has finalised the offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions of €2 billion with the Department of Finance and the Central Bank to facilitate the building of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18299/16]

European Investment Bank

Joan Collins

49. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he investigated a recent funding from the European Investment Bank for a new Austrian housing bank that will finance the building of approximately 25,000 public rental housing units delivered via municipalities and non-profit providers; if so, if he is seeking a similar investment programme to enhance the proposals from the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and the Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18301/16]

Waste Management

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the type of investigation that should be initiated into the waste industry in view of circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18302/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase the national Traveller accommodation budget from €5.5 million to the 2008 level of €40 million as per the recommendation from the Committee on Housing and Homelessness; and when he will set up a stand-alone agency to oversee delivery of Traveller-specific accommodation. [18307/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Joan Collins

249. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person selected for JobPath is prohibited from applying for a community employment scheme. [17971/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

397. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health why the required services have not been provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [18097/16]

National Broadband Plan

Joan Collins

500. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the companies involved in the tendering process for the recent broadband contract; the criteria involved in drawing up the tender; the companies which got the tender; and how the value of the tender. [18312/16]

EU Meetings

Joan Collins

118. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the details of the Bilderberg meeting held recently in Germany, including who attended, what was discussed, the minutes of the meeting and if he attended on behalf of the Government. [16733/16]

Airport Security

Joan Collins

51. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if normal policing, security and customs protocols will apply to passengers on the flight to Ireland West Airport Knock in County Mayo containing the Vice President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden, in particular to press, staff and the security detail on board the flight. [16466/16]

School Patronage

Joan Collins

212. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views that national schools of all patronages, when seeking State recognition and thereby State funding, legally commit themselves to be bona fide open to children of all religious denominations and none and that the commitment to not discriminate on religious grounds on entry to all of these schools remains the first part of the ethos of all national State-funded schools. [15947/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Joan Collins

283. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 301 and 330 of 24 May 2016, the average waiting time for a person with a disability to meet a job coach in the employability services and how this compares to the average waiting time for a person without a disability getting a quality offer of a job, an apprenticeship or a placement. [15324/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Joan Collins

393. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 301 and 330 of 24 May 2016, the number of school leavers from special education to whom the Health Service Executive offered a funded service in 2016 but who said they did not wish a specialist centre-based service but would prefer a community-based service which connected them to mainstream supports, as per the national disability strategy, and the new directions and comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities. [15325/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Joan Collins

394. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 301 and 330 of 24 May 2016, the number of school leavers from special education who will be without a service in September 2016. [15326/16]

Waste Management Regulations

Joan Collins

282. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate how annual charges can be kept at the rate of inflation or some other mechanism to protect households from an increase (details supplied); and if he will set up an investigation as to how the waste industry is implementing this new statute. [14990/16]

Departmental Correspondence

Joan Collins

338. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason he is continuing to issue letters to urge jobseekers to use financial institutions rather than post offices to collect their payment (details supplied). [14982/16]

Health Services Staff Training

Joan Collins

442. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the validation and recognition of non-Irish qualifications. [14610/16]

Departmental Properties

Joan Collins

599. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to confirm that the Digital Hub has no objection to extending the lease for the Brú Aimsir emergency accommodation on James's Street, Dublin 8. [14730/16]

Departmental Properties

Joan Collins

600. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Digital Hub has an objection to extending the Brú Aimsir emergency bed facility beyond 31 May 2016; and if there is no objection, for how long will it be extended. [14798/16]

Motor Insurance

Joan Collins

648. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding car insurance. [15014/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

22. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for clearing the scoliosis waiting lists in Crumlin children's hospital in Dublin and in Galway University Hospital, including the filling of vacancies. [13669/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Joan Collins

51. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end the two-tier pay scales in the public service. [12535/16]

Public Sector Allowances

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will reinstate the allowances to new-entry teachers. [12536/16]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

223. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately overturn the decision to allow greyhounds to be airlifted to the Canidrome track in Macau in China and ban this practice. [12316/16]

Household Benefits Scheme

Joan Collins

37. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of re-introducing the household package to 2007 and to 2008 levels in tabular form. [11645/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Joan Collins

52. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of returning social protection payments to 2007 and to 2008 levels in tabular form. [11646/16]

Water Conservation Grant

Joan Collins

155. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has ring-fenced funding for the conservation grant; and the amount of same. [12017/16]

Water Conservation Grant

Joan Collins

156. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department allocated out of its budget for the conservation grant relating to Irish Water bills; the number of applications made and grants paid; and the total amount paid in 2015. [12018/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Applications

Joan Collins

252. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a tenant (details supplied) of Sligo County Council on the recommendation of the occupational therapy service in the Health Service Executive applied for the provision of a walk-in shower in January 2014 and that the council made a submission for funding for the works to his Department in February 2015 and a further submission in February 2016; if it normally takes over 12 months to process and approve funding for such works; when he will make a decision on this submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11739/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Joan Collins

326. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has received an application from a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; when he will make a decision on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11740/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Joan Collins

330. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to continue funding to the WALK PEER programme under the disability activation project to ensure the programme remains in place, given that it ceases on 30 July 2016 and that the cost of continuing it is €280,000 per year. [11791/16]

Medical Card Expenditure

Joan Collins

388. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the cost of reintroducing the medical card for persons over 70 years of age to pre-2013 levels. [11590/16]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

407. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is unable to receive the required treatment due to no funding being available from the Health Service Executive. [11239/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joan Collins

62. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of surgery for a person (details supplied) and if he will ensure that the person receives surgery with immediate effect. [9209/16]

Irish Water

Joan Collins

113. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual wage bill for employees in Irish Water for 2015. [9200/16]

Local Authority Housing

Joan Collins

114. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Sligo County Council purchased a house in 2015 to house persons (details supplied); that the council sought his approval for funding in October 2015 to construct an extension to the house, in compliance with the recommendation of the Health Service Executive’s occupational therapy service; that the persons will not be allowed to move into the house until such time as the extension is constructed; if it normally takes six months to process and approve funding for such extensions; if he will make a decision on the council’s submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9214/16]

Public Transport

Joan Collins

486. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount a company (details supplied) has paid in compensation for not providing a service on the days of the strike action by the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union workers. [8328/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Joan Collins

128. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revise her position on rent supplement and increase it due to the huge increase in family homelessness since the beginning of 2016 and respond to the call of the homeless agencies to increase it. [6278/16]

Credit Unions

Joan Collins

180. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 18 November 2015, the position regarding the progression of the proposal from his officials. [6255/16]

Water Services Data

Joan Collins

782. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of public moneys allocated to local authority water and sewerage departments and Irish Water, as appropriate, from either motor tax or local property tax in each of the years 2009 to 31 March 2016. [6231/16]

Sports Capital Programme

Joan Collins

810. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has allocated funding for the Dalymount Park project; his views on the future funding and development of Dalymount Park including the potential role of Shelbourne Football Club within it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5452/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

351. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of patients which are on the waiting list for scoliosis surgery in University Hospital Galway for six, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively. [5049/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

352. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and how long the person will be waiting for surgery. [5051/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

361. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12 for six months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months. [5088/16]

Capital Assistance Scheme Applications

Joan Collins

535. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from Dublin City Council regarding access routes to the site in Jamestown Road, Dublin 8, given that he referred in a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 15 December 2015, that he was expecting the report. [5089/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Joan Collins

89. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has reviewed the offer of €2 billion from the Irish League of Credit Unions to facilitate the building of social housing; the status of the process to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

77. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on survivors of severe acquired brain injury depending on a maintenance programme in nursing home care rather than in proper rehabilitation therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3944/16]

Disability Support Services Provision

Joan Collins

93. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of funding and services for survivors of severe acquired brain injury, including those currently provided, and the number of patients affected; and if he will improve these services in line with best practice with international agreements such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [3943/16]