Parliamentary questions

Housing Provision

Joan Collins

173. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in introducing the pilot scheme for a European cost-rental model of housing (details supplied); and the timeline for the delivery of the first large-scale public affordable cost-rental project at a location. [12055/22]

Electric Vehicles

Joan Collins

231. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport his plans to fit acoustic vehicle alert systems to electric bus vehicles given that the introduction of electric or hybrid vehicles will cause significant issues for pedestrians who are blind or vision impaired. [11700/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

699. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when an updated Covid certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of numerous requests to the HSE. [11189/22]

Disease Management

Joan Collins

774. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a high level taskforce will be set up through the combined auspices of the National Dementia Office and the HSE Integrated Care Programme to scope out the service requirements for those with Huntington’s disease; if so, if he will ensure that a report is available within six months of the taskforce having been set up with a business case and a budget; and time span for implementation [11611/22]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

188. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice when the Second Optional Protocol on The United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child which includes the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography will be ratified (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10251/22]

Film Industry

Joan Collins

307. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of film board funding that has been issued for development grants and production grants in 2021. [9137/22]

School Facilities

Joan Collins

483. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the existing facilities of schools (details supplied) remain open in their current format until all the facilities of a new school are ready. [9859/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Joan Collins

505. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will establish an expert review group to examine a minimum essential qualification of a relevant Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, level 6 qualification or the equivalent when new special needs assistants, SNAs, are hired; and if he will issue recommendations (details supplied) in relation to same. [10010/22]

Departmental Reviews

Joan Collins

76. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-Departmental strategic workforce advisory group in relation to capacity issues in home care provision. [61937/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

182. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the cause of the delay in issuing updated EU Digital COVID Certificates (details supplied). [7677/22]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

362. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 25 January 2022, if he will increase the number of house acquisitions given the low number of acquisitions nationally (details supplied); and if he will include as one of the specific priority acquisitions properties with tenants in situ in cases in which a sale by a private landlord will result in homelessness. [7866/22]

Teacher Training

Joan Collins

462. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will allow trainee teachers to complete an online alternative to their mandatory Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022 online (details supplied). [8257/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

690. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued their EU digital Covid certificate. [7630/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

142. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if workers (details supplied) will be included in the Covid recognition payment. [6867/22]

Health Services

Joan Collins

773. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive their EU Digital COVID Certificate from the HSE. [6609/22]

Industrial Relations

Joan Collins

58. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which her Department and Turas Nua is refusing to attend a Workplace Relations Commission explanatory talks process to resolve a trade dispute which was taking place in counties Laois and Offaly which is one of the areas covered by the request for tender one. [5098/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

104. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the further targeted interventions that she is planning to support social welfare recipients facing serious increases in energy bills. [5093/22]

An Garda Síochána

Joan Collins

121. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the status of the request by this Deputy and the families to establish an independent review of the death of a person (details supplied). [5251/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

136. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if workers in the adult disability services (details supplied) will be included in the once-off, tax free €1,000 bonus payment. [5258/22]

School Accommodation

Joan Collins

67. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the way in which she will address the issue of the lack of autism classes in Dublin 12 (details supplied). [4129/22]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

130. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will have access to therapists. [4130/22]

School Staff

Joan Collins

275. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will continue banked hours for all additional educational needs after mid-term (details supplied). [4099/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

356. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if general practice nurses will be included in the recognition payment of €1,000 (details supplied). [4103/22]

Housing Schemes

Joan Collins

75. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to assist families who need three-bedroom homes at an affordable cost (details supplied). [3315/22]

Departmental Communications

Joan Collins

81. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department sent a memo to Dublin City Council in November 2021, informing the Council to cease the acquisition housing programme given that a family (details supplied) has received a tenancy termination notice and is in danger of being made homeless. [3187/22]

Departmental Meetings

Joan Collins

543. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when he plans to reschedule a meeting with an association (details supplied). [2978/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joan Collins

563. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the patient list of a doctor; and if the person will be notified of when they will be seen. [3043/22]

Departmental Communications

Joan Collins

215. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department sent a memo to Dublin City Council in November 2021 informing the Council to cease the acquisition housing programme given that a family (details supplied) has received a tenancy termination notice and is in danger of being made homeless. [2737/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport when the pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers will be signed off on (details supplied). [63246/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

1838. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on a vaccine (details supplied); if the G7 countries are supporting the manufacturing of this vaccine which has the potential to produce vaccines for sub-Saharan Africa, southeast Asia and Latin America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2033/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

222. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues of lack of water and adequate sanitation at a site (details supplied); the steps his Department will take to ensure that the budget allocated to Traveller accommodation in the area will be utilised to resolve this health and safety matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61000/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

20. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he and his Department are taken to ensure that access to basic services such as water, sanitation and electricity are being supplied to all Traveller accommodation sites across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58099/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding the lack of water and adequate sanitation at a site (details supplied) in County Mayo at which families have been waiting 21 years for the issue to be addressed; the steps his Department will take to ensure that the budget allocated to Traveller accommodation in the area will be utilised to resolve this health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57469/21]

Health Services

Joan Collins

162. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to resolve the lack of services for assessments of need nationwide, particularly in CHO7 in which persons are waiting for more than 17 months on waiting lists. [57253/21]

Abortion Services

Joan Collins

192. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will action a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the legally mandated abortion review. [59220/21]

Electric Vehicles

Joan Collins

170. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport the actions under the Climate Action Plan that are in place to facilitate electric car charging points in areas in which there are no gardens to accommodate them; and the timeline to accommodate persons wanting to move from fossil fuel to electric vehicles. [58490/21]

Energy Conservation

Joan Collins

222. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if €80 million was allocated to Dublin City Council in 2019 for it's housing retrofit scheme; if this €80 million been allocated to date; and the amount that was allocated in 2020 and 2021. [58299/21]

Social Insurance

Joan Collins

373. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional amount of revenue that would be accrued if employer’s PRSI was increased by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and by 5%, respectively in tabular form. [58500/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

509. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reports that health and safety officers have made since 23 October 2021 in regard to Covid-19 compliance in the hospitality, public houses, café and restaurant sectors; and if he will provide an update on the levels of compliance. [58296/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Joan Collins

14. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person in receipt of the carer’s allowance cannot get the over 65 benefit payment and retain the half-rate carer’s allowance given that when a person reaches 66 years of age they can claim the State pension and retain the half-rate carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58051/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

19. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the increase in the means test for the fuel allowance with immediate effect as of midnight of Budget 2022. [57548/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

106. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the pandemic unemployment payment for those workers who are affected by the restrictions of closure at midnight to the level the payment was at in March 2020. [57547/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Joan Collins

80. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the programme board established to oversee the 32 recommendations of the 2019 Expert Review Group on Traveller Accommodation has recommended the creation at national level of a Traveller accommodation strategic policy committee in every city and county council; if so, when the recommendation will be implemented; and if not, when it will be discussed as part of the 32 recommendations. [57859/21]

Prison Service

Joan Collins

149. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the expected timeline for completion of the new Limerick women’s prison; if it will remain a medium security prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57854/21]

Prison Service

Joan Collins

150. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the number of visits to prisons that took place with a child present in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57855/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a series of matters in relation to the non-checking of Covid-19 certificates in a premises (details supplied) will be investigated. [57730/21]

School Staff

Joan Collins

155. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the steps she plans to take to resolve the scarcity of substitute teachers and the fact that school students are being sent home due to no substitute teachers being available. [57234/21]

School Funding

Joan Collins

160. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the plans that are in place to provide finance to schools that do not have a recommended standard ventilation system. [57231/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

169. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the reason children in primary schools are not wearing masks. [57228/21]

Foreign Policy

Joan Collins

15. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will notify the Israeli government of Ireland’s objection and opposition to the forcible transfer and major dispossession of Palestinian property in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem (details supplied). [56446/21]