Parliamentary questions

Primary Care Centres Provision

Joan Collins

527. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if talks are taking place between health centres (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for the purpose of forming a primary care centre. [28914/13]

Local Authority Finances

Joan Collins

636. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council's unaudited annual financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2012 was to be considered by councillors at the May monthly meeting of the council on the 13 May 2013; if it has been brought to his attention that consideration of the financial statement had to be deferred because councillors were advised that officials from his Department had sought changes in the financial statement; if it is customary for officials of his Department to scrutinise and insist on changes in local authority annual financial statements in advance of the statements being considered by the respective councils; the changes his Department sought in the financial statement and the reason/s for the changes; the statutory authority, if any, his Department has to seek such changes in advance of the financial statement being considered by the elected council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/13]

Local Authority Finances

Joan Collins

637. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager stated at the February monthly meeting that Sligo County Council had not been charging the full cost of services provided by the county council to the borough council each year and that he indicated that the county council has been subsidising the borough council to the tune of approximately €700,000 a year; if it has further been brought to his attention that there is no record of such an annual subsidy in the Books of Estimates presented to councillors by the county manager each year and and that any decision relating to the provision of such a subsidy is a reserved function of the elected members of Sligo County Council and that the elected members never approved such an annual subsidy; if it has further been brought to his attention that the local government auditor was not provided with any information relating to the annual subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/13]

Harbours and Piers Maintenance

Joan Collins

830. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to Mullaghmore Harbour, County Sligo, creating a hazard for boat users; if he has received an application from Sligo County Council for grant assistance to implement a scheme to remove the sand bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/13]

Traveller Community

Joan Collins

44. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to lift the educational attainment levels within the Traveller community in view of the fact that many cutbacks in education funding both directly and indirectly affect those in the Traveller community as highlighted by a recent report by Pavee Point indicates that funding for Traveller education has been cut by 86.6% since 2008. [25701/13]

Local Authority Expenditure

Joan Collins

485. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that in 2008 Sligo County Council sought approval from his Department to the raising of a loan of €6.4 million for a new Sligo museum and an extension to the Model Arts and Niland Gallery, that the total capital cost of the new museum and extension to the Model and Niland Gallery was an estimated €23.5 million, if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the balance of the capital funding was to be provided by way of a contribution of €2 million from the Model Niland Gallery, a grant of €4.6 million from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism ACCESS I and II and Government grants of €10.5 million from the Gateway Innovation Fund and ACCESS III; if the loan was approved by his Department conditional on the balance of the funding being made available from the other sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/13]

Local Authority Finances

Joan Collins

486. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that his Department, in a letter to the Sligo County Manager dated 2 November 2012, expressed concern at the accumulating deficit on the councils revenue account and stated that he would be willing to provide approval for the conversion of the council’s then existing overdraft of €7.5 million to a term loan, and further stated that such a loan would reduce the council’s banking costs and provide an opportunity for the council to reduce its overall debt levels, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that having converted the €7.5 million overdraft to a term loan, the county manager at a council meeting on 4 March 2013 sought approval for a new overdraft of €8.5 million; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council’s revenue deficit increased by a further €2.45 million in 2012; if he is of the view that the ongoing conversion of Sligo County Council overdrafts to term loans is sustainable; if he intends to approve the proposed new overdraft of €8.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25684/13]

Local Authority Staff

Joan Collins

487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the names of members of the local authority national partnership advisory group from 2002 to 2008; and the agencies they represented. [25686/13]

Local Authority Staff

Joan Collins

488. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the board or organisation that acted for and currently acts as the host agency for the local authority national partnership advisory group; the reason information on LANPAG is not generally available or available on the worldwide web; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25687/13]

Residential Institutions

Joan Collins

515. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the issues raised in the "Prime Time Investigates" programme on the Bethany Home and ongoing calls for justice for survivors of the Bethany Home, his plans to put in place a redress scheme for survivors. [24220/13]

Industrial Disputes

Joan Collins

8. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his intention to intervene in the developing dispute between Bus Éireann staff and management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22948/13]

Teacher Recruitment

Joan Collins

135. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will lift the teaching cap in relation to a college (details supplied) in Dublin to allow the college to move into developing new courses, consider Irish certification and fund Irish as English degree courses are funded and consider equality for students with a proper grants system; if he will also consider changing the status of further education colleges in view of the fact that they are under secondary school status and from first hand experience the college does not provide secondary level education, it is much more unique in it's education provision [23117/13]

Foster Care Provision

Joan Collins

246. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 26 March 2013, there were 368 Health Information and Quality Authority audits of the Dublin north west foster care service, there was 34 cases of serious concern, if birth parents who have reported concern of their children in foster care to social services and have not been contacted by social services following the HIQA report, the way these birth parents proceed to clarify their reported concerns; Dublin North West Social Services was closed after the report and social workers have been dispersed, if she will support that the reports of the 368 audits be sent to all the birth parents; and if further action is being taken in any of the 32 cases. [23275/13]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Joan Collins

262. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if there are any supports available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to adapt a car. [23245/13]

Bus Éireann Staff

Joan Collins

281. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees including management in Bus Éireann that earn over €100,000; the level these employees are at; and if any employee including management received a bonus over the past five years. [23298/13]

Bus Éireann Staff

Joan Collins

282. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the annual wages and any pension agreements in respect of a person (details supplied). [23300/13]

Medicinal Products Supply

Joan Collins

89. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the drug Pirfenidone will be made available for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis despite the cost of this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22622/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Joan Collins

203. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in detail the groups he has consulted with, or intends to consult with in relation to the possible sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21890/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any legal considerations, obstacles or obligations, particularly in relation to environmental impact assessments in his consideration of the possible sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/13]

Missing Persons Hotline

Joan Collins

205. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in the 116000 missing child number. [21628/13]