Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Data

Niall Collins

317. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public sector staff from her Department seconded to work in the public sector in other EU member states; the schemes available for such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50985/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

106. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the public events, by county, that he attended since 1 May to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50280/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the public events he attended, by county, since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50284/18]

Ministerial Functions

Niall Collins

143. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the public events he attended, by county, since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50283/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

173. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50288/18]

Schools Facilities

Niall Collins

186. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for astro pitches on the grounds of a school (details supplied); if provision will be made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50116/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

196. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50281/18]

School Accommodation

Niall Collins

223. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address matters raised about a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50881/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

234. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50287/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

273. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public events she attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50276/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

339. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50285/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

521. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50275/18]

Greyhound Industry

Niall Collins

529. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact the recent ban on greyhound racing in Florida will have on the Irish greyhound industry; if he will carry out a formal impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50558/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

552. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50278/18]

Public Bike Schemes

Niall Collins

568. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a number of queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/18]

Ministerial Functions

Niall Collins

574. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50291/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

606. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public events she attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50277/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

627. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the public events he attended, by county, since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50289/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

655. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the public events she attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50282/18]

Regeneration Projects

Niall Collins

691. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason projects that do not have the benefit of planning permission are being grant aided under the urban regeneration and development scheme announced on 26 November 2018 while other shovel-ready projects are not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50135/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

696. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the public events he attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50286/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Niall Collins

697. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rights of appeal that exist to Rebuilding Ireland home loan decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50297/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Niall Collins

698. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if shared rights of way are sufficient criteria to refuse a Rebuilding Ireland home loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50298/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Niall Collins

725. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason a proposal to build ten social and affordable housing units in Mountcollins, County Limerick, was not approved; if he will review this decision in view of the fact that the village needs investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Niall Collins

731. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the public events she attended by county since 1 May 2018 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50279/18]

Minor Works Scheme Payments

Niall Collins

82. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will issue to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49841/18]

Northern Ireland

Niall Collins

103. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the Independent Reporting Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49986/18]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Niall Collins

104. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the cross-Border crime task force; the budget of the task force in 2018; the number of permanent staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49987/18]

Schools Health and Safety

Niall Collins

54. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date to investigate the role and responsibilities of project managers, architects and other professionals with regard to the structural and fire safety issues identified at a number of schools constructed by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49451/18]

State Pension (Contributory)

Niall Collins

268. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount a person (details supplied) on a reduced State pension (contributory) with 35 years of stamps and credits can expect to receive following the review of the State pension (contributory) due to take place in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49747/18]

Brexit Supports

Niall Collins

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs associated with the Getting Ireland Brexit Ready forums in tabular form including events due to take place over the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49092/18]

Brexit Supports

Niall Collins

121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advertisement agencies that have been secured by his Department to promote the Getting Ireland Brexit Ready forums and other Government Brexit-related promotional material across print media, broadcast media and online media; the costs associated with the use of such agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49093/18]

Brexit Supports

Niall Collins

122. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the media budget allocated for promoting Government-related Brexit events and supports; the budget allocated for print media, broadcast media and online media, including publically funded and commercial media in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49094/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

47. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to address the ongoing repression of peaceful protesters by the Ortega regime in Nicaragua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48719/18]

Gambling Sector

Niall Collins

48. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the reason a gaming licence was granted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48666/18]

School Staff

Niall Collins

92. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the principals who served in a school (details supplied); the periods they served since the school was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48807/18]

Overseas Development Aid

Niall Collins

97. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop a roadmap to reach the ODA to GNI 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48016/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

102. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent comments by an organisation (details supplied) that the EU migration policy is trapping thousands of refugees in appalling conditions in Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48014/18]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

116. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to put new formal structures for dialogue in place between Ireland and the UK in recognition of the need to maintain close ties post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48017/18]

UN Security Council

Niall Collins

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s efforts to win a seat on the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48018/18]

Passport Applications Data

Niall Collins

152. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons from Great Britain and Northern Ireland who have applied for an Irish passport in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [48253/18]

Syrian Conflict

Niall Collins

156. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation of detainees in a prison (details supplied) going on hunger strike; the efforts being made at EU level to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48312/18]

Election Monitoring Missions

Niall Collins

157. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria for selection for OSCE election observation missions; the weightings attached to the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48313/18]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Niall Collins

252. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of persons (details supplied) in respect of the ongoing menace of scramblers which is causing much distress and anger; the actions he will take to deal with the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47888/18]

Visa Agreements

Niall Collins

307. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise the visa requirements for Colombian visitors particularly in view of increased diplomatic relations with Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48251/18]

Refugee Data

Niall Collins

308. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons Ireland has committed to accepting here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; the number of persons who have been admitted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; the number of unaccompanied minors admitted here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48252/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

145. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the potential threat to a person (details supplied); the actions he will take in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/18]

EU Issues

Niall Collins

149. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at EU level to protect the territorial integrity of Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46969/18]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Niall Collins

150. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that Irish persons may be eligible for E3 visas in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46970/18]

Visa Agreements

Niall Collins

151. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered the possibility of a Palestinian sponsored visa programme in circumstances in which persons have a sponsor here that has agreed to provide employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/18]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Niall Collins

332. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report from the Minister for State with responsibility for the drugs and alcohol strategy on actions proposed in respect of his commitment to support the continuation of community action on alcohol projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

482. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46586/18]

Local Authority Functions

Niall Collins

621. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a decision will be made regarding a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46743/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

33. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take in view of reports that the LGBT community are being targeted in Tanzania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46309/18]

Foreign Policy

Niall Collins

34. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the current political situation in Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46310/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Niall Collins

35. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/18]

British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference

Niall Collins

36. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Niall Collins

37. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a deal agreed between Myanmar and Bangladesh to start repatriating Rohingya refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46313/18]

Foreign Policy

Niall Collins

38. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the political situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46314/18]

Motor Insurance Claims

Niall Collins

52. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

153. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46012/18]

Election Monitoring Missions

Niall Collins

150. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to plans to send international observers to observe the upcoming elections in Bahrain in view of the deteriorating human rights situation there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44959/18]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Niall Collins

717. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to a group (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the group in respect of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45603/18]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Niall Collins

942. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a check will be carried out on an application by a group (details supplied) under the sports capital programme; the reason the application was rejected; if his attention has been drawn to the concern of the group in respect of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45794/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Niall Collins

948. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason she has changed the criteria of eligibility for the ECCE scheme recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44734/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Niall Collins

950. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application by a person (details supplied) will be examined for entry to the ECCE scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44738/18]

Irish Language

Niall Collins

1219. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form in addition to the funding announcements made in budget 2019 regarding each item. [44837/18]

Health and Safety Regulations

Niall Collins

359. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Health and Safety Authority regarding progress on the review under way of the aspects of legislation relating to the regulation of fairground equipment and funfairs and specific legislative provisions relating to fairground equipment. [44439/18]

Health and Safety Regulations

Niall Collins

365. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the specific actions taken and progress made since he indicated that his Department is reviewing its role in the aspects of legislation relating to the regulation of fairground equipment and funfairs and specific legislative provisions relating to fairground equipment [44438/18]

Health and Safety Regulations

Niall Collins

366. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the safety certificates his Department has received in respect of funfairs in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/18]

Human Rights Investigations

Niall Collins

98. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) has been raised at EU level; the action taken by the EU in relation to this matter; if he has raised this issue with the Saudi Embassy in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44082/18]

Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity

Niall Collins

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have seized gaming machines from premises operating under an amusement licence or operating as a private members club; the details of seizures by council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/18]

Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity

Niall Collins

121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of revenue due to the lack of proper gaming and gambling legislation to the economy. [44073/18]

Gambling Legislation

Niall Collins

195. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the agency and the State and the relevant legislation responsible for the monitoring of the home licence to carry out gaming activities on a premises. [44071/18]

Money Laundering

Niall Collins

196. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the money laundering acts to include bookmakers and all forms of gaming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44072/18]

Vehicle Clamping

Niall Collins

283. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal basis upon which an organisation (details supplied) clamps cars parked in its car park in Newcastlewest, County Limerick and charges a €90 release fee; if this amounts to illegal impounding of a person's car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/18]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Niall Collins

109. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason more than a thousand persons over 75 years of age had to wait more than 24 hours in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick during January to August 2018. [43588/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

180. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43310/18]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Niall Collins

181. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43311/18]

EU Issues

Niall Collins

182. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the action the EU is taking in view of breaches of fundamental European principles by Poland and Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43312/18]

Middle East Issues

Niall Collins

183. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if financial support to assist the Yazidi, including support to assist with therapy and treatment, has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43341/18]

Middle East Issues

Niall Collins

184. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken at European level to assist the Yazidi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/18]

Human Rights

Niall Collins

185. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the public consultation paper on Ireland's international development policy makes no reference to LGBT issues; if he will review this in view of the ongoing discriminatory and violent treatment of the LGBT community in particular countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43343/18]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

279. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for a new school building (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43479/18]

Hospital Facilities

Niall Collins

473. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43867/18]

Humanitarian Aid

Niall Collins

98. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that an Irish aid agency (details supplied) has been ordered to cease working in Pakistan; if he has raised this issue formally with Pakistani officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42795/18]

Garda Deployment

Niall Collins

36. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42410/18]

Irish Aid

Niall Collins

75. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason, in the context of an organisation (details supplied) acting under contract as an agent of Irish Aid, missionary organisations have not yet received their approved grants for 2018 to support their development and humanitarian projects in Africa, South America and Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/18]

Overseas Development Aid

Niall Collins

129. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated ODA/GNI target in view of budget 2019 and the increased allocation to overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42250/18]

Brexit Expenditure

Niall Collins

130. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the moneys allocated in budget 2019 to his Department for Brexit related matters; the way in which these moneys will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42251/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Niall Collins

473. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of a recruitment process (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/18]

Working Family Payment

Niall Collins

620. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on working family payments will receive a full Christmas bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42011/18]

Customs and Excise Staff

Niall Collins

50. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the status of the recruitment of 450 new customs officials in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Niall Collins

34. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40828/18]

Western Balkans Issues

Niall Collins

35. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Macedonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/18]

Diplomatic Representation

Niall Collins

40. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to opening an embassy in Georgia as part of expanding Ireland's global footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/18]

Visa Waiver Programme

Niall Collins

179. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a visa waiver programme for diplomatic passport holders from Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40990/18]

Illness Benefit Eligibility

Niall Collins

485. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving a regular weekly payment of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40859/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

Niall Collins

503. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in relation to same. [41114/18]

Claims Processing

Niall Collins

505. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she did not consult with an organisation (details supplied) when the redesigned claim and medical certificate forms were introduced for use in the illness and injury benefit schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41230/18]