Parliamentary questions

School Funding

Joan Collins

105. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the process used for advertising for the STEM grant in December 2023; and the process for the selection of schools for the STEM grant. [5868/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Joan Collins

116. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if all DEIS schools that applied for the recent STEM grant received the grant; the number of DEIS schools that applied for the STEM grant; and the number that were successful. [5887/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Joan Collins

121. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if DEIS schools were weighted in comparison to non-DEIS school funding/finances in the application process for the recent STEM grant funds. [5877/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

234. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 17 January 2024, if the case will be reviewed, given the person (details supplied) did not receive the payment.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5831/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

299. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists attached to each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5833/24]

Adoption Services

Joan Collins

460. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social work staff who are employed by the Adoption Authority of Ireland and by TUSLA’s National Adoption and Tracing Service, respectively, broken down by the number of staff at each grade. [5506/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

566. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant maxillofacial surgeon at St. James's Hospital; and the average waiting times to see the consultant. [5635/24]

Health Services

Joan Collins

567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of dementia day centres located within CHO7; the capacity of each of these centres; and if each of the centres are opened five days a week. [5636/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

568. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title working in the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital. [5637/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

569. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of student midwives offered a full-time contract with the HSE in the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022 and 2023; of the number of contracts offered; the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [5638/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

570. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric urologist registrars working in CHI Crumlin in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5639/24]

Health Services

Joan Collins

512. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of funding for vital diabetic services by the HSE; and the reason such services have been withdrawn (details supplied). [3834/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Joan Collins

755. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [56776/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

882. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the circumstances of the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined to ascertain if more persons are affected, with a view to ensuring that persons in these circumstances receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56751/23]

Departmental Policies

Joan Collins

103. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider raising employers PRSI to the EU average. [51736/23]

State Pensions

Joan Collins

104. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that benchmarking of the State pension will be included in Budget 2025 as per the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 (details supplied). [53990/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a ‘cost-of-disability’ payment will be introduced in Budget 2025 (details supplied). [53989/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Joan Collins

134. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that core social welfare rates will be raised to at least the rate of inflation since 2013 when once-off cost-of-living payments end, so that core social welfare rates have not been cut in real terms since 2013 (details supplied). [53993/23]

Departmental Data

Joan Collins

146. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many speech and language therapists are currently working in each health district of Dublin city and county; how many positions are currently vacant; and how current numbers compare to each of the past ten years. [53980/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

147. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently waiting for a speech and language assessment in each health district of Dublin city and county; and how long are they waiting. [53981/23]