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Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Child Care Services Regulation
Michael Collins
796. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the guidelines in relation to employing persons under the better start access and inclusion model in view of the fact play schools across the country are refusing the funding offered under this programme due to the recruitment criteria (details supplied). [17562/17]
Tue, 4 Apr 2017
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Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
Michael Collins
340. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the normal qualifying conditions for a Tús scheme can be waived for persons who have been referred through a drug treatment programme such as is the case with a community employment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16001/17]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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Personal Insolvency Arrangements
Michael Collins
102. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reducing the personal insolvency arrangement time from six to three years for persons and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14474/17]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
Michael Collins
103. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider increasing the amount allocated for the reasonable living expenses, in particular for rural families for whom costs are higher; if she will consider allowing the cost of a second car to be included for rural families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14484/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Teaching Contracts
Michael Collins
382. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons teachers employed on a full-time basis for two years or more under a fixed-term contract fulfilling a job share post are not eligible to apply for a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13963/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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An Bord Pleanála
Michael Collins
465. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the body or person to which An Bord Pleanála is responsible; the number of An Bord Pleanála's decisions which were overturned by judicial review in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Psychological Services
Michael Collins
815. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only one child psychologist is employed by the HSE in Cork south to deal with over 200 referrals per year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/17]
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Importation of Fertilisers
Michael Collins
4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken at EU level to highlight the problems caused by tariffs and taxes on fertilisers (details supplied); the results he has achieved; and the timeframe for when these issues will be resolved. [12572/17]
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael Collins
24. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce details of an aid package to be paid to grain farmers in counties that had suffered from serious weather conditions during the harvest of 2016, further to a vote in Dáil Éireann vote on 19 January 2017 in which a majority of the members of the Dáil voted for such a package to be put in place. [12186/17]
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Seaweed Harvesting Licences
Michael Collins
145. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there was no environmental impact assessment or public consultation carried out by his Department before issuing a ten year kelp harvest licence to a company (details supplied) [12664/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Protected Disclosures
Michael Collins
159. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a disclosure can be made by a member of the public regarding the Courts Service of Ireland under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [10240/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Direct Provision System
Michael Collins
163. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the remaining recommendations made in the report of the working group on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and other supports for asylum seekers; when it is expected that all the recommendations will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10313/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Public Sector Pensions Legislation
Michael Collins
488. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore public service pensions fully by mid-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Michael Collins
290. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is putting any protections in place for employees on a defined benefit pension scheme whose employers are trying to move to a defined contribution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7109/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Hospital Staff
Michael Collins
348. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the under-staffing in Cork University Hospital, which is resulting in bed shortages and cancellations of elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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Job Creation
Michael Collins
4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland and Industrial Development Agency jobs created in west Cork in 2015 and 2016 (details supplied). [6645/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Michael Collins
267. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Cork South-West constituency in 2015 and 2016. [4698/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Michael Collins
268. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which was allocated to the Cork South-West constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016. [4699/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Michael Collins
269. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4700/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
Michael Collins
461. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to have the Freestyle Libre device, a life-changing device for diabetics, made available through the long-term illness scheme. [3800/17]