Parliamentary questions

Sexual Offences

Joan Collins

502. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent Crime and Abuse Experienced by Sex Workers in Ireland - Victimisation Survey carried out by UglyMugs.ie which found that only 5.5% of indoor sex workers who had experienced crime received any useful help or support from the women's health project; if he is concerned that these findings indicate the project is not meeting its remit to provide aid and support to sex workers; the steps he will take to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44295/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

536. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 is entitled to funding from the Health Service Executive. [44438/13]

Budget 2014

Joan Collins

15. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that child benefit is retained at its current level; that adult social welfare rates are retained at current levels; that family income supplement is maintained in its current form; if she will seek to raise the rates for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and to maintain the budget for the school meals programme. [38874/13]

State Pensions Reform

Joan Collins

25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection from January 2014 workers retiring will not be able to avail of their State pensions until they are 66 years of age, the way persons retiring next year at 65 years of age will engage with social welfare; if she has made provision for these retirees; if they will receive the transition payment to 67 years of age; if they have to sign on for jobseekers, if they will have to be available for work; if they will receive jobseeker's for nine months only and then be means-tested for the last three months; and if she has engaged with employers to make provision for workers to stay working for another year if they wish. [43134/13]

Road Improvement Schemes

Joan Collins

81. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for the hardcore resurfacing of the access road, walkers path from the old monastic carpark at Glendalough up to the old mines at the Wicklow Gap (details supplied). [43709/13]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital

Joan Collins

26. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether at least €3 billion from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, now formally established with €6.3 billion funding from the National Treasury Management Agency, be fast tracked into a jobs stimulus programme for 2014 and 2015. [42823/13]

Employment Data

Joan Collins

91. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation while welcoming the small increase in total employment in the year to June 2013, if he is concerned that the numbers in work for the 25-34 and 20-24 age groups actually declined in the same period. [42823/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Joan Collins

93. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children with Down's syndrome have a low incidence disability and should be included on his Department's list of low incidence disabilities. [38602/13]

Tax Code

Joan Collins

5. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the tax on maternity benefit is a retrospective tax; and if he will review this tax in budget 2014. [41737/13]

Prescription Charges

Joan Collins

242. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for prescription charges (details supplied). [41699/13]

Labour Activation Projects

Joan Collins

396. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the JobsPlus scheme. [41015/13]

HSE Properties

Joan Collins

592. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that a number of sites have been bought by the Health Service Executive and a number of sites are earmarked to be developed in the Dublin 12-8 area, if he will outline the HSE's overall plan for the Dublin 12-8 area, including Our Lady of Lourdes Children Hospital, Crumlin, mental heath facilities, primary health services and so on; and if he will arrange for the relevant HSE officials to meet the local authority, local Deputies, councillors and representatives of community organisations in the area as soon as possible. [40623/13]

HSE Properties

Joan Collins

595. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will report the use of a recently bought site (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive is willing to discuss with the community any benefit the acquisition may have in relation to community amenities. [40645/13]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Joan Collins

870. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the following information on the shared ownership scheme, the number of shared ownership loans per local authority; the number in arrears; and the total amount outstanding on such loans.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/13]

Harbours and Piers Development

Joan Collins

1158. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list, in order of priority, the projects Sligo County Council submitted for consideration for funding under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme; the projects that did not comply with his Department’s criteria; the projects that were approved for funding under the 2013 programme including the level of grant aid approved; the amount of matching funding Sligo County Council will have to provide to avail of the grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36963/13]

Harbours and Piers Development

Joan Collins

1159. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Sligo County Council’s application for funding for Mullaghmore Harbour, under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, was unsuccessful; in what respect did the council's application not meet the qualifying criteria; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to the harbour creating a hazard for boat users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/13]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

1288. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of hospitals that have a protocol for the treatment of sepsis in place [36906/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Joan Collins

1295. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person is entitled to a medical card as their income is below the limit; the reason the person is being discriminated against; if he will restore their medical card; if he will compensate them for the medical bills accrued since the medical card was withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/13]

Traveller Community Issues

Joan Collins

548. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to ensure Travellers and Roma are directly involved in the development of Ireland's national Traveller-Roma integration strategy. [36297/13]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration

Joan Collins

250. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of lenders operating in the Irish property market who are prepared to operate the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgage restructurings which have been initiated by lenders under the mortgage to rent scheme; and the number of split mortgages with the parking of both capital and interest payments which lenders have offered under the mortgage arrears resolution process. [34655/13]