Parliamentary questions

Proposed Legislation

Joan Collins

261. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the loophole under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 concerning the duties of certain bodies exempting the Government from the list of relevant bodies (details supplied) will be closed off in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15770/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

738. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the countries and companies that have joined up with the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool to date. [15761/21]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Joan Collins

1056. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is pursuing the relocation of the 50 persons (details supplied) from Lesvos, Greece; the date on which the relocation will take place; and his plans to assist the allocation of a further 400 persons to Ireland. [15781/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

1177. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if house viewing is considered non-essential under the current level 5 restrictions (details supplied). [15718/21]

Greyhound Industry

Joan Collins

2020. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland lists a greyhound (details supplied) as rehomed when the dog was actually exported to China; and if he will investigate and take action against persons involved in the direct or indirect export of greyhounds to China. [15385/21]

Warmer Homes Scheme

Joan Collins

8. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 13 October 2020, if the issue of repeat upgrades was included in the scheme; and the amount allocated in budget 2021 for such schemes given that a sizable number of persons had minor works done in the past and are being advised that they are not entitled to further upgrades. [12276/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

72. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons (details supplied) who have outstanding renovation works on their home from before 31 January 2021 are exempt from Covid-19 restrictions. [12242/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Joan Collins

706. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of meat plants that have had full Covid-19 testing from 4 January 2021 to 19 February 2021. [10961/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

707. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the positivity rate of Covid-19 in meat factory workers and fruit-picking workers. [10964/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

724. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [11026/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

942. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each group in the revised cohorts, for example, those aged over 65 years with underlying illnesses and so on (details supplied). [11879/21]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

1092. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the European intervention that has been taken to resolve the situation in which 2,500 cows are stranded on the high seas since they left Spain on 18 December 2020 (details supplied); if he will intervene with his European counterparts to organise a quarantine arrangement for these cattle in safe conditions and to have them disembarked from the ships as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12023/21]

Nursing Staff

Joan Collins

278. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the pay arrangements put in place for student nurses in 2020 will be implemented (details supplied). [10670/21]

Intellectual Property

Joan Collins

27. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland will put pressure on the EU to support the intellectual property waiver proposal from India and South Africa at the WTO meeting on 23 February 2021 (details supplied). [9913/21]

Departmental Legal Costs

Joan Collins

398. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs. [9385/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Joan Collins

605. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will not dissolve on 28 February 2021; and if it will be extended for another year (details supplied). [9675/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

769. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE is contacting the pharmaceutical industry to acquire booster vaccines for autumn 2021 to respond to Covid-19 variants. [9438/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

770. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the level of the Covid-19 vaccination programme at which kidney patients are to be offered the vaccine (details supplied). [9440/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

828. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if meetings have been initiated with the UK Government to access surplus vaccines it has pre-ordered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/21]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

131. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the detailed allegations made against a pound (details supplied) and the follow-up of the allegations. [9254/21]

Diplomatic Representation

Joan Collins

142. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 11 February 2021, the date that each embassy applied for permission to operate polling stations for electoral events in their country of origin; the date permission was granted in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9255/21]

Consular Services

Joan Collins

324. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) detained by the authorities in China. [8968/21]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

355. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the details of the plan to open a school (details supplied) as an autism specific school for the 2021-2022 school year; and if safe, socially distanced access to the building will be provided for a group in order to evaluate the building. [7870/21]

Schools Building Projects

Joan Collins

401. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the plans by her Department to provide additional facilities to a school (details supplied). [8245/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

726. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 3 February, if he has been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if members of the Cabinet have been vaccinated (details supplied). [8178/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

727. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 897 of 3 February, if a person (details supplied) and other persons in his Department have been vaccinated. [8179/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

731. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 895 of 3 February, if the CEO of the HSE has been vaccinated against Covid-19; if other members of HSE management have been vaccinated, in particular those who form part of the HSE's senior leadership team and those who are members of the HSE board; and if staff members at the HSE headquarters at Dr. Stevens' Hospital building have been vaccinated (details supplied). [8194/21]

Diplomatic Representation

Joan Collins

125. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is necessary for his Department to agree to foreign embassies operating polling stations in Dublin for electoral events in their countries of origin; if so, the names of embassies that in the past 12 months have applied for permission to operate polling stations; the dates on which they applied; if permission was granted; the date on which each was granted permission; if special conditions were attached to the permission given potential Covid-19 risks involved to the wider community; if citizens of these countries are permitted to travel to Dublin in order to vote; if An Garda Síochána is placed on notice of such permission being granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/21]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

245. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to correspondence from the Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy (details supplied), when community prison link workers will receive pay restoration due to workers of section 38 and 39 agencies, which included workers in the drugs and alcohol task forces and JIs. [7495/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

277. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if guidelines are in place in order that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines will be offered to front-line healthcare workers who are pregnant (details supplied). [7670/21]

Childcare Services

Joan Collins

540. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter in relation to renovation works at a crèche (details supplied). [6629/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

31. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if financial supports for airlines have been considered especially given air travel will be suppressed up to at least late summer 2021. [6139/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

47. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance when he will put in place a community business restrictions support scheme to respond to small business such as travel agencies that have been unable to access the Covid restrictions support scheme. [6158/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

895. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of the HSE has been vaccinated against the Covid-19; if other members of HSE management have been vaccinated in particular those who form part of the HSE senior leadership team and those who are members of the HSE board; if staff members at the HSE headquarters at Dr. Steevens' Hospital building have been vaccinated; and if so, the number (details supplied). [5962/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

896. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he has been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if members of the Cabinet have been vaccinated (details supplied). [5963/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

897. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if any members of the management of his Department have been vaccinated. [5964/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

241. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of positive Covid-19 cases among residents in all nursing homes registered from 14 December 2020 to 17 January 2021; the number that have died; and the number admitted to hospital care and ICU hospital care. [4653/21]

Hospital Facilities

Joan Collins

269. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and ICU beds that make up the 30% of beds acquired from the private hospital sector. [4807/21]

Greyhound Industry

Joan Collins

326. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide the information requested, that is, the names of the greyhounds injured and killed at tracks and the cause of each injury and death including greyhounds destroyed by vets and greyhounds that died as a result of racing fatalities by greyhound track in tabular form. [4691/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

9. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that even at this late stage, the Chief Medical Officer has repeatedly had to make pleas to employers to facilitate home working; his further views on whether there should be fines in place for employers found to be undermining the public health efforts (details supplied). [3594/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Joan Collins

403. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address the ongoing serious human rights violations and lack of democratic institutions in Bahrain; and if the Government demanded the release of the leader of the political opposition in Bahrain (details supplied). [4227/21]

Third Level Education

Joan Collins

602. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the alternatives being put in place to give an alternative for placement in 2021 for social care for second and third year students or reduce the placement hours from 400 to 200 hours (details supplied). [4240/21]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Joan Collins

212. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers and teachers involved if special needs children are brought back to school. [3425/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joan Collins

332. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if family carers are categorised as front-line health workers (details supplied). [3027/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

559. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if parents can have their children privately assessed if they are on lengthy waiting lists for the public assessment; if so, the way in which they are reimbursed (details supplied); and if other services such as speech therapy and so on that can be availed of privately if children are on public lists but cannot avail of these services due to lengthy waiting lists. [2567/21]

National Children's Hospital

Joan Collins

560. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the National Children’s Hospital site will be closed with immediate effect until 31 January 2020 and then be reviewed given the virulent Covid-19 infection rate and the need to halt the rate of infection (details supplied). [2573/21]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

123. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if negotiations will be continued with teachers and parents to provide education services, for example the July provision for children who attend mainstream autism classes and special schools. [1965/21]

Nursing Staff

Joan Collins

751. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to abolishing the nursing registration fee for 2021 (details supplied). [1972/21]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

836. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if pay restoration applies to posts established by the drug and alcohol task forces and funded through the HSE with interim funding for the purpose of its costing exercise for pay restoration; if the HSE included all the posts and projects as section 39 funded (details supplied); if the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are committed to providing the additional funding needed to pay for pay restoration; if not, if the HSE is expecting the projects to find the funding from elsewhere; and if pay restoration is part of the deal as described in the media recently. [44993/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Joan Collins

969. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an addiction clinic; and the reason the HSE would need to move the clinic during renovations. [1240/21]