Parliamentary questions

Insurance Coverage

Joan Collins

186. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the refusal by two insurance companies to insure a house (details supplied) in Dublin 9 that they claim is a flood risk area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4411/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Joan Collins

361. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of a payment for a medical test by a person, details supplied, who has a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/16]

Credit Unions

Joan Collins

87. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if the Government is accepting the €2 billion offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions to build social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3644/16]

Pension Provisions

Joan Collins

100. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a pension for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [2915/16]

Health Screening Programmes

Joan Collins

337. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of the reintroduction of school screenings for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/16]

Health Screening Programmes

Joan Collins

348. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health why there is no BreastCheck clinic in the Dublin 12 area, given that a person in Crumlin who has to get a regular annual BreastCheck has been informed she has to attend at Tallaght hospital or St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin 4. [2972/16]

Departmental Offices

Joan Collins

164. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if his Department was refurbished recently; the work done; and the cost. [2298/16]

Community Services Programme

Joan Collins

28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the annual grant allocation from Pobal to meet the bills community service programmes, such as the Cherry Orchard Equine Centre (details supplied), will face due to the welcome increase in the minimum wage, given that she has received correspondence from 65 programmes highlighting this serious issue, many of which do not have the wherewithal to meet this increase in costs. [1189/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments

Joan Collins

32. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if homeless persons receiving supplementary payments for a 15-month period were paid the Christmas bonus in 2015, given that as supplementary payment is the only payment the State pays to homeless persons, the logical outcome is that they should have received it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1197/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Joan Collins

943. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost per square metre incurred by each local authority outside of Dublin for road resurfacing of regional roads in each of the years 2010 to 2015; if his decision to set maximum costs for surface dressing of regional roads in 2011 helped to reduce excessive costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Joan Collins

49. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has been informed of non-entitlement to the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45743/15]

Capital Assistance Scheme Applications

Joan Collins

589. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how long he has been considering (details supplied) a proposal from Dublin City Council on the refurbishment of a block of units at Jamestown Court, Inchicore, Dublin 8, and when he will respond to it. [45234/15]

Petroleum and Gas Exploration

Joan Collins

609. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 1 December 2015, who made the oral agreements with the companies involved; and when they were made. [45039/15]

Gas Exploration Licences

Joan Collins

610. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 1 December 2015, if any oral or tacit agreements have been made regarding the unconventional gas exploration and extraction research project currently underway. [45040/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Joan Collins

665. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the board of Iarnród Éireann has so many directors from the United Kingdom; and how directors are nominated or selected (details supplied). [45426/15]

Rail Services Provision

Joan Collins

666. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann to change its name from Irish Rail; why it still uses former addresses for communications purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45427/15]

Garda Deployment

Joan Collins

98. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda Síochána numbers in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44339/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

6. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 22 October 2015 in which he stated that he had put in place maximum permissible waiting times for inpatient, day-case and outpatient treatment of 18 months by 30 June and 15 months by year end, why there are 13 patients waiting for spinal surgery, two of whom have come to this Deputy's attention, who are waiting since July 2014 in Galway University Hospital; his views on whether scoliosis patients with 70% to 80% spinal curvature should be subject to these waiting times; if there should be a maximum permissible waiting time of three to six months for these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42902/15]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

44. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on whether patients waiting for spinal, hip and knee surgery should be placed on shorter maximum-permissible waiting lists for inpatient and day case treatment, and outpatient appointments of three months in any hospital [42901/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Joan Collins

14. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has met with Respond Housing Association regarding the closure of a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 on 12 December 2015. [42643/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Joan Collins

35. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 that has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence since 2012; if he has met with Respond Housing Association, as he stated; his plans to prevent this crucial refuge from closing on 12 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42642/15]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on establishing a Traveller agency to drive urgent improvements in Traveller accommodation and to implement existing Traveller health, education and employment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37697/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Joan Collins

138. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 190 and 195 of 20 October 2015, if she will clarify that, as the JobBridge intern is not an employee of the company, the intern is covered by the host's employer liability insurance; and if she or the relevant JobBridge authority has viewed the host's insurance policy to ensure its validity and that it provides specific cover for the intern, both on-site and off-site of the employer. [42475/15]

Family Resource Centres

Joan Collins

369. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on proposals from the family resource centres, FRCs, that funding for the family resource programme is ring-fenced within the Túsla - Child and Family Agency programme; that funding is also secured to meet the basic operational costs of running FRCs; that FRC projects be funded to ensure each is resourced with three full-time-equivalent employees; ensuring the continuation of funding to support the family resource centre national forum, enabling FRCs to speak with one voice, access to suitable training through regional support agencies and the workforce development system and evaluation systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/15]

Health Services Charges

Joan Collins

408. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of an extra cost of €2 patients attending the Inchicore health clinic have to pay for their blood samples to be sent to St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42495/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration

Joan Collins

584. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his commitment to raise the cap from €220,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme, and if this commitment will come into force in the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

599. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 12 November 2015 and given his statement regarding oral agreements in relation to petroleum prospecting licences, if the companies involved have ever been informed in writing that no such licences were required. [42486/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

600. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 12 November 2015 and in view of his acknowledgement of agreements being done orally with companies (details supplied) regarding petroleum prospecting licences, and the link with the Environmental Protection Agency research project, if any oral or tacit agreements have also been carried out in relation to the unconventional gas exploration and extraction research project currently under way. [42487/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

601. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 12 November 2015 and given his statement on oral agreements in relation to petroleum prospecting licences when these deals were made; who made them; and if the companies involved have formally accepted them. [42488/15]

Hospital Procedures

Joan Collins

178. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if it is or ever has been the practice of any Irish maternity hospital, especially the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in Dublin 2, to record surgeries, including emergency surgeries, visually as a matter of course (details supplied). [41959/15]

Building Regulations Compliance

Joan Collins

534. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that when planning permission was granted for the Johnston Court development in Sligo it was a condition, under Part V of the Planning Act, that six of the 30 apartments in the development would be made available for social housing; that when the apartments were completed in May 2008 Sligo County Council drew down €1,232,000, 90% of the cost from his Department to pay for them; that despite this 90% funding being provided seven years ago, and despite the fact that in excess of 1,000 households are on the housing waiting list in County Sligo, the purchase of the apartments has not yet been completed and they remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Joan Collins

30. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the impact the proposals from the Irish League of Credit Unions to invest €2 billion for social housing will have on the balance sheets of the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40351/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Joan Collins

31. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on lifting the crude and inflexible lending restrictions imposed on credit unions. [40386/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Joan Collins

147. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a grant for a hearing aid is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Joan Collins

74. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the requests her Department made for a person (details supplied) to be applying for 200 to 300 jobs a week; and her views on the other issues that are raised in the timeline. [40094/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

465. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in Galway University Hospital. [40656/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance

Joan Collins

567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts he has allocated to Sligo County Council for adaptations and extensions to social housing, for each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance

Joan Collins

568. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts Sligo County Council has drawn down for adaptations and extensions to social housing from his Department, for each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/15]

School Funding

Joan Collins

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if she will arrange to meet the principal and teachers to discuss the continuous problems the school is facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39969/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

202. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 19 May 2015 and a previous parliamentary question, when the companies involved were informed that no petroleum prospecting licence was required; if moneys for applications for the licence were returned to the companies involved; the date of same; and, given that moneys were received from the companies involved, when he was specifically advised, and by whom, that the licences were not needed. [39913/15]

Hydraulic Fracturing

Joan Collins

97. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that consultants (details supplied) who are currently working for the oil and gas industry are the main contributors to the Environmental Protection Agency's co-ordinated research study, which is advising the Government on hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37243/15]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Joan Collins

167. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the community employment scheme. [39519/15]

Construction Contracts

Joan Collins

191. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers registered with the Revenue Commissioners as self-employed for the purposes of electronic relevant contracts tax within the construction industry; the number of workers who are employed on a P60 basis within that sector; and his views on the loss to the State of employer's PRSI payments and whether this money can be considered as akin to a family income supplement for the rich rather than as a contribution to rebuilding the country (details supplied). [39514/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Joan Collins

201. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that in a museum beside Leinster House, a contractor (details supplied) engaged by the main contractor only engages construction workers on a self-employed basis; and the reason the Government is allowing companies like this to openly exploit workers with no qualifications in the industry. [39515/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Collins

466. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of remarks made (details supplied) regarding the recouping of portions of the costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39466/15]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Joan Collins

54. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the modular housing proposals are an adequate response to this humanitarian crisis, given that over 700 families and over 1,500 children are now living in emergency accommodation and hotels, and given that up to one family per day is becoming homeless, as per a report from an organisation (details supplied). [35498/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Joan Collins

162. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of a jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) ceased. [37231/15]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus still applies to the same social welfare payments as in 2014; and if she will provide a list of the payments it applies to. [37518/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Joan Collins

234. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [38047/15]

School Enrolments

Joan Collins

946. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision by the Canal Way Educate Together national school, Basin Lane, to only accept one stream of junior infants from 2016. [37601/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Joan Collins

947. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of Ard Scoil Éanna secondary school roll number 60990G on the Crumlin Road in Dublin 12 has contacted her Department to offer the facility for divestment to an alternative educational body. [37602/15]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Joan Collins

1041. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of housing units at Jamestown Court, Inchicore, Dublin 8 for which planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council in June 2015 for eight units; and if the proposals are acceptable, when the necessary sanction will be provided to enable the refurbishment work to proceed. [37467/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

1127. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the granting of onshore options licences granted to companies (details supplied) to prospect onshore in the north-west carboniferous basin and the Clare basins complied with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/15]

Census of Population Data

Joan Collins

1195. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way a person (details supplied) can access the 1926 census; and if it is possible to access one page only, under supervision. [37917/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Joan Collins

16. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health given that on 13 May 2015 this Deputy received a reply further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 6 May 2015, and was informed by University Hospital Galway that from 21 January 2015 to 13 May 2015 one scoliosis patient out of nine had undergone surgery, and given that this Deputy was informed that significant progress is being made in relation to ensuring the required resources are in place in the context of bed availability, access to diagnostics, purchase of special spinal equipment and access to theatre, the reason a person (details supplied) who is on the list since July 2014 is still waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36653/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in University Hospital Galway. [36585/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Joan Collins

3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Cuan Álainn women's refuge centre in Tallaght in Dublin 24; that since 2012 it has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence; if he has met with Respond housing association, as stated by him on 7 October 2015; his plans to prevent this crucial refuge for women from closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/15]

Child Care Proceedings

Joan Collins

28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which has released its third report; his views on whether the project is producing invaluable information and data on child care cases in the courts; and the way he is utilising these data. [35516/15]

Child Abuse Reports

Joan Collins

29. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the One in Four annual report released on 7 October 2015; his views on the resources needed to respond to child sex abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35513/15]

Child Care Services Funding

Joan Collins

30. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which states that child care costs in Ireland are the highest in the European Union, at 35% of income spent here compared with 12% of income on average in the European Union; his views on the report's indication that 0.2% of Ireland's gross domestic product is invested in the child care sector and support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/15]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Joan Collins

39. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the serious funding crisis in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, whereby 5,000 children, some at significant risk, are awaiting allocation of a social worker, with some children being left at risk of serious harm according to a briefing document from the agency's chief executive; how his Department is addressing this serious crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35512/15]

School Completion Programme

Joan Collins

87. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report from the Economic and Social Research Institute on the funding of the school completion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36233/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Joan Collins

108. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the need for more quality affordable child care; his views on the need to increase funding for these community-based not-for-profit facilities or provide them with a derogation respecting the mandatory Further Education and Training Awards Council level 5 qualifications, as stands now (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Joan Collins

190. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position for persons on JobBridge and Gateway schemes, if they are involved in an accident in the workplace (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36450/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Joan Collins

195. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36480/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Joan Collins

90. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding newly qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35815/15]

VAT Rebates

Joan Collins

42. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.79 of 30 September 2015, if the individual concerned, as a citizen of the European Union, may make a claim for a value added tax refund from the Revenue Commissioners, or equivalent agency, in the European Union state in which the appliance was purchased, given that the mobility appliance in question is not available for purchase in this State; if not, his plans to legislate in regard to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Joan Collins

296. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons living with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/15]

School Funding

Joan Collins

408. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if the direct funding to this and other schools in the same position will be delivered. [35759/15]

School Funding

Joan Collins

410. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35796/15]

School Enrolments

Joan Collins

411. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35809/15]

Tax Code

Joan Collins

249. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of tax breaks, in tabular form, outlining what they are designated for; and the amount of moneys provided in these tax breaks in 2012; 2013; and 2014. [34105/15]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Joan Collins

3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's strategy to combat food poverty; her views on the current level of food poverty in the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33012/15]

Employment Rights

Joan Collins

5. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding pledges made by the Government in 2014 to remove an anomaly in the insolvency payments scheme, whereby employees of a limited company which does not go into either liquidation or receivership are not covered by this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33029/15]

Poverty Data

Joan Collins

10. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the survey on income and living conditions, SILC, 2013, which was published earlier this year and clearly shows that those persons living in households with one adult and one or more children had the highest deprivation rate at 63.2% and the highest consistent poverty rate at 23%, and the measures she will take to remove these families from this crisis. [33026/15]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Joan Collins

15. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's role in alleviating the current housing crisis. [33028/15]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Joan Collins

28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending children's allowance to those secondary school students who turn 19 years of age before their leaving certificate, as the cut-off at 18 years of age is a huge burden to those parents, particularly in low-income families; and the cost of reinstating a payment for these students. [33025/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Joan Collins

29. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the increasing call from housing and homeless agencies for an immediate increase in rent supplement levels to bring them into line with current market rents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33027/15]

VAT Rebates

Joan Collins

79. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the position of value added tax refunds on aids and appliances used by disabled persons in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [33493/15]

Tax Relief Costs

Joan Collins

261. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the total value of tax reliefs claimed by landlords of private rental accommodation under the allowable headings against the tax paid on their rental income in 2013 and 2014. [33226/15]

Chaplaincy Services Provision

Joan Collins

555. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views that State-funded contracts are awarded on a sectarian basis by public bodies; if there are public procurement guidelines available which would ensure value for money within the third level education sector. [33378/15]

Chaplaincy Services Provision

Joan Collins

556. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1198, 1199 and 1286 of 22 September 2015, if she is aware that the institutes of technology are in breach of public sector appointment criteria or the employment control framework for the sector regarding the recruitment of chaplains; the amount of that funding allocated to the institutes of technology by the Higher Education Authority; and if she will provide a breakdown of the institutes of technology which are in breach of public sector appointment criteria or the employment control framework. [33381/15]

Chaplaincy Services Provision

Joan Collins

557. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1198, 1199 and 1286 of 22 September 2015, the steps that she and the Higher Education Authority will take to ensure that the institutes of technology that are in breach of the public sector appointment criteria or the employment control framework will abide by these criteria; and her plans to hold these institutes to account. [33382/15]

Rail Network

Joan Collins

150. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an explanation for the decision not to proceed with the DART underground project regarding north County Dublin and as an overall plan for the city transport network. [32368/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Joan Collins

248. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that thousands of children of lone parents will potentially have no adult supervision, except expensive child care costs, with the cut in the one-parent family payment in respect of those of seven years and older; her plans to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27317/15]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Joan Collins

487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council on 22 April 2015 for funding to complete the planning permission process, the detailed design and tender documentation production for the proposed Rosses Point pier and pontoon scheme; if the council advised his Department on 22 April 2015 that the council had submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for the proposed scheme on 27 March 2015; if his Department has made a decision on the application for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30596/15]

Local Authority Finances

Joan Collins

1519. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received any formal request for financial assistance from Sligo County Council in respect of road strengthening works costing €174,212, which the council incurred in preparing for the recent visit of members of the British royal family to Sligo; his plans to provide funding to Sligo County Council to cover any of the costs associated with the royal visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32237/15]

Prospecting Licences

Joan Collins

1556. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 19 May 2015, if the three companies granted options licences were not searching for petroleum, as defined as gas, oil and so on in the 1960 Mineral Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31841/15]

Departmental Funding

Joan Collins

928. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received any request for financial assistance from Galway City Council and Sligo County Council in respect of costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family; if his Department had budgeted for the visit; the funding his Department plans to provide to Galway City Council and Sligo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28632/15]

Victim Support Services

Joan Collins

3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the fact that all core funding for Rape Crisis Network Ireland has been cut and transferred to Tusla; and his views on the loss of valuable information to the Government and support for services for rape victims with the closure of the Royal College of Nursing. [27633/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Joan Collins

6. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the 0.2% of gross domestic product investment in early-years services by comparison with the average of 0.8% across OECD countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27318/15]

Area Based Childhood Programme

Joan Collins

12. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on his Department resourcing the area based childhood programme when the matched funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies is withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27320/15]

Family Support Services

Joan Collins

25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions he has put in place to ensure parents have access to proven parenting courses in their local area. [27316/15]

Departmental Funding

Joan Collins

195. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has received any request for financial assistance from Galway City Council and Sligo County Council in respect of costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family; if his Department had budgeted for the visit; the level of funding his Department plans to provide for Galway City Council and Sligo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26820/15]

Local Authority Funding

Joan Collins

222. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received any request for financial assistance from Galway City Council and Sligo County Council in respect of costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family; if his Department had budgeted for the visit; the level of funding his Department plans to provide for Galway City Council and Sligo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26819/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [26334/15]

HSE Correspondence

Joan Collins

201. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [25412/15]

Job Losses

Joan Collins

307. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will meet with employees (details supplied) as soon as possible, to resolve a number of issues raised by these employees; and when he will meet them. [24893/15]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Joan Collins

425. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views in relation to the cross-Border directive regarding public patients; and if he will confirm that every general practitioner office, health centre, patient association, hospital, primary care unit, citizen's information centre, children's orthodontist service, and any other outlet that has access to public patients on waiting lists provides this information as part of their contract with health services. [24703/15]

Local Authority Staff Data

Joan Collins

591. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff employed in each level 5 position in each local authority in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24707/15]