Parliamentary questions

Construction Contracts

Joan Collins

37. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reintroduce direct labour on building sites, particularly on Government funded projects and then roll out to private building contracts. [39262/14]

State Examinations

Joan Collins

193. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that both secondary school unions the TUI and ASTI are opposed to the introduction of the new junior certificate and that the joint managerial body has called on her to drop school based assessment for the terminal exam for a five-year period; if she will engage with the unions and the JMB, joint managerial body, and issue a public response. [39572/14]

Community Welfare Services

Joan Collins

20. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the new community welfare office will be in place to service the Crumlin-Drimnagh-Walkinstown area (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and the location of same. [38990/14]

Community Welfare Services

Joan Collins

22. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the staffing levels that will be in place if and when a new community welfare office opens in Crumlin, Dublin 12 (details supplied). [39002/14]

Environmental Policy

Joan Collins

40. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the tonnage of toxic chemical marker that has been added to the fuel supply which, when burned, can be released into the environment. [39020/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

197. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [39193/14]

Midwifery Services

Joan Collins

199. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding resources to set up a direct helpline to assist women accessing a midwife (details supplied). [39200/14]

Road Safety

Joan Collins

371. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that driver fatigue is the cause of one in five road accidents here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin Bus currently have scheduled driving rotas whereby bus drivers on route number 7 from Donnybrook and on route number 27 from Ringsend are driving for over five hours, and in some cases for over six hours, without a break, bearing in mind that a driver who transports live animals must take a break after 4.5 hours of driving under the Road Traffic Acts, yet Dublin Bus drivers are fatigued from driving for over 5.5 hours and up to six hours in some cases. [38974/14]

IBRC Bonds

Joan Collins

51. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of bonds, from the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and of the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption, that have been sold by the Central Bank of Ireland in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the predicted additional quantum to be sold by the end of 2014. [38315/14]

IBRC Bonds

Joan Collins

52. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the position of the European Central Bank on the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and of the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption; if he or his Department has had recent discussions with the ECB regarding these bonds and if the ECB has expressed the view that its concerns about these bonds would be somewhat mitigated if the bonds were sold into the sovereign bond market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38316/14]

IBRC Bonds

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if there is no net benefit to the Exchequer if the Central Bank of Ireland disposes into the sovereign bond market the €25 billion of bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012; if he will fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption, in view of the net surplus at the CBI remitted to the State, and that the interest paid by the CBI to the European Central Bank on these bonds is nugatory. [38323/14]

IBRC Bonds

Joan Collins

54. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to the ongoing legal challenge to the lawfulness of the promissory notes used to capitalise the former Anglo Irish Bank, the Irish Nationwide Building Society and the Educational Building Society the risks of the Central Bank of Ireland disposing, in advance of the conclusion of this court case, of the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption, his views on whether it is prudent to copperfasten the legitimacy of these bonds by disposing of them in the sovereign bond market when the sole lender is the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/14]

IBRC Bonds

Joan Collins

55. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the contact he and his Department has had with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the disposal and in particular, the accelerated disposal, of the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38325/14]

Registration of Nurses

Joan Collins

110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health in view of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland voting to increase the retention fee for 2015 from €100 to €150 (details supplied), if he is prepared for a crisis in staffing levels in the Health Service Executive in 2015 [38342/14]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Joan Collins

154. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure Ireland meets its stated commitment of allocation of 0.7% of GNI to overseas aid. [38532/14]

Data Protection

Joan Collins

215. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish citizens must entrust their personal data to Irish Water (details supplied); the reason citizens of this State should commit their personal data to an organisation with no independently verified information security system. [38345/14]

Insurance Coverage

Joan Collins

398. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of an independent midwife's (details supplied) indemnity cover without due process. [38291/14]

One-Parent Family Payments

Joan Collins

96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of extra places for education and training, child care places for over sevens and job placement since 2011 and 4 July 2014 directed towards parents on lone parent family payments. [30737/14]

One-Parent Family Payments

Joan Collins

399. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if paid work is seen as a route out of poverty; the reason lone parents are now financially penalised if they are in part-time work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31514/14]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Joan Collins

530. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal including details of viability, full renovation costs and updated drawing which his Department sought from the local authority in Sligo in 2013 for the proposed refurbishment of the Gate Lodge at Doorly Park, County Sligo, in order to allow it to be used as a resource house by the local community in the Doorly Park-Martin Savage Terrace area; if his Department will make funding available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31617/14]