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Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Disability Support Services Provision
Joan Collins
440. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39979/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Joan Collins
603. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if a system can be put in place to resolve this issue. [39895/18]
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
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Social and Affordable Housing Funding
Joan Collins
10. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there have been discussions or agreement on providing capital funding from budget 2019 for a local authority and cost rental housing pilot scheme at an estate (details supplied) or other local authority cost rental housing schemes nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30956/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Private Schools
Joan Collins
126. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the governance of a school (details supplied) is in accordance with Irish law in view of the fact that the school operates as two separate schools via the one legal entity; and if he is satisfied that the funds received by the school regulated by his Department are not being used for the benefit of the primary school which is part of the same limited company. [38922/18]
Wed, 19 Sep 2018
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Private Security Industry Regulation
Joan Collins
84. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the private security company that cleared a premises (details supplied) in Dublin on 11 September 2018 has health and safety clearance; if its employees have been vetted by An Garda Síochána; the name, address and identification of the employees who cleared the premises; if the vehicle used by the security company was compliant for tax and insurance; if the driver or drivers have a full licence; and if An Garda Síochána ensured that the vehicle was road safety compliant. [38026/18]
Fri, 7 Sep 2018
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Legislative Programme
Joan Collins
573. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill. [35438/18]
Fri, 7 Sep 2018
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Transport Support Scheme
Joan Collins
594. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when the health (transport support) Bill will be initiated. [35516/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Missing Persons
Joan Collins
808. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 11 July 2018, if he will address matters (details supplied) relating to the case of a missing person. [33090/18]
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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Budget Measures
Joan Collins
65. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the priorities for budget 2019 are increased spending on public services and increases in basic social welfare payments as opposed to cuts in income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/18]
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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Missing Persons
Joan Collins
272. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) is closed; if it is being treated as a historical missing person case; and if the complete file on the investigation by An Garda Síochána will be sent to the person's sibling. [31406/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Joan Collins
595. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting one year for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Schools Establishment
Joan Collins
92. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 12 June 2018, if primary school children in Dublin 8 and 12 will be able to access a school (details supplied); and if not, the location in which they can access secondary education. [29235/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Special Education Review
Joan Collins
127. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing review of the NCSE is reviewing the need for permanent contracted SNA jobs in schools in the future particularly with the possibility that assessments will not be carried out by SENOs to diagnose medical conditions and needs; and his views on whether there is a need now to allocate permanent SNAs, per an agreed methodology, pupil ratio in schools. [29130/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Schools Administration
Joan Collins
180. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the response to a query (details supplied). [29147/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
Joan Collins
181. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation of a SNA (details supplied); his views on whether in cases in which a SNA has had his or her hours cut by a third, the SNA should be able to apply to go on the panel to seek full-time hours elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Schools Data
Joan Collins
182. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether Ireland is five pupils per class above the EU average, OECD 2017, in primary schools; his plans to progress the reduction started in 2018 to meet EU average class sizes of 20; and his further views on whether DEIS school class sizes need to be reduced. [29160/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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School Staff
Joan Collins
185. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the almost 5,000 middle management posts lost in the recession should now be restored; and the way in which he plans to resolve this issue into the future (details supplied). [29200/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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Departmental Funding
Joan Collins
567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) has received a grant; if so, when it received the grant; and the location in which the housing was built. [27430/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a proposal by a group, details supplied, will be supported as a pilot scheme; if the land will be taken out of Dublin City Council's land initiative proposal; and if funds from capital expenditure in budget 2019 will be provided. [27060/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
39. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the reliance on for-profit private developers to supply social and cost rental models of housing and so on will not deal with the housing emergency now or into the future and that a rights based housing programme, such as that in Finland, should be the model that he pursues, in view of the recent visit and comments of the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26610/18]