Parliamentary questions

Climate Change Policy

Joan Collins

473. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the national dialogue on climate change is being processed; when it will commence; the way in which it will be implemented; and his plans to bring this dialogue into communities and workplaces. [29928/17]

Waste Management

Joan Collins

479. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 23 of May 2017, if the review he referred to regarding an incentivised system in regard to waste management has been completed; if the situation that ensued in 2016 whereby families were charged more for their waste collection than previously will not recur; if there is a provision in the review for infirm or disabled persons who use nappies and so on; and the timeframe for the new system be rolled out. [30075/17]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

635. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 25 May 2017, and in particular the second last paragraph which refers to action 12 of the strategy for the rental sector, if the report is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2017; and if he has a target date of the third quarter of 2017. [30086/17]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

636. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 25 May 2017, and in particular the second paragraph which refers to action 12 of the strategy for the rental sector, the persons who are on this expert group; the terms of reference of the group; and if an organisation (details supplied) has been asked to be on it. [30087/17]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

637. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 25 May 2017, in particular the second last paragraph which refers to action 12 of the strategy for the rental sector, the scale of the cost of the rental agency being considered; and his views on whether it should be aiming at €10,000 to €20,000 per annum. [30088/17]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

638. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 25 May 2017, in particular the reference to action 12 of the strategy for the rental sector, if it will be a semi-State company that progresses the cost rental model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30089/17]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

1397. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if there are staff shortages in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital. [28288/17]

Hospital Complaints Procedures

Joan Collins

1435. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a hospital complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28389/17]

Departmental Information

Joan Collins

43. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to launch information campaigns advising persons of payment pending wages or the fast tracking system for persons that sign off to take up employment or training for a short period, that is, up to 12 weeks, or family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25973/17]

Social Welfare Code

Joan Collins

47. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he was referring to persons who rely on social transfers from his Department to keep them out of poverty when he referred to those who contribute nothing and want everything free. [25931/17]

Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Joan Collins

62. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is encouraging recipients of social welfare payments to become self-employed through the back to work enterprise allowance scheme, in view of the amount of bogus self-employment in the construction sector and the loss to the State related to the wrongful designation of workers (details supplied); and when he plans to cease this practice. [25976/17]

Construction Industry

Joan Collins

65. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated loss in employers' PRSI payments to his Department for the year ending 31 December 2015 in view of the amount of bogus self-employment within the construction sector, which has been identified in a report (details supplied), in which it has identified a loss of €83 million in tax and PRSI payments to the State; and the mechanism he or his departmental officials have put in place to end this PRSI avoidance measure by unscrupulous employers in the construction sector that only engage workers on a bogus self-employed basis. [25975/17]

Construction Industry

Joan Collins

84. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when the report on the intermediary type employment structures and self-employment arrangements will be released; and if this report is essentially bogus self employment in the construction industry. [25930/17]

Unemployment Data

Joan Collins

317. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of craft workers relevant to the construction industry now in receipt of social welfare payments (details supplied). [26024/17]

Unemployment Benefits Data

Joan Collins

318. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a jobseeker's payment under 26 years of age; and the number of persons receiving the payment in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. [25932/17]

Maternity Benefit Applications

Joan Collins

320. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the delays in processing maternity benefit claims; the time it now takes to process the postal claims and online claims; and the number of claims that take two weeks, a month, two months or longer, respectively. [25929/17]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

23. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to set up a national housing company of Ireland; and his plans to develop this type of policy for up to 700 sites owned by local authorities and other State-owned lands, particularly the Dublin City Council land initiative plan at St. Michael's, O'Devaney Gardens and Oscar Traynor Road. [24791/17]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Joan Collins

42. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons in hotel and bed and breakfast emergency accommodation as of 20 May 2017; the number of persons that are in hotels; the number in bed and breakfast accommodation; and the locations in which these families will be housed on 1 July 2017. [24792/17]

Flood Risk Assessments

Joan Collins

163. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an address (details supplied) is mapped as a flood risk area; his views on the situation whereby persons cannot get insurance for a home they are looking to buy in these circumstances; and the options available for the persons involved. [25192/17]

Waste Disposal Charges

Joan Collins

245. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on bin collection companies introducing a pay by weight system on waste over a certain weight; and if this been agreed with him and the waste industry. [25111/17]