Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services

Joan Collins

1032. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the level of staffing of the Armagh Road children’s disability network team; and the breakdown of staffing (details supplied). [14777/22]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

66. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the opening date for autism classes in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason for the delay in opening the classes; and if they will be open for September 2022. [13665/22]

Housing Schemes

Joan Collins

127. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to upgrade or amend the HAP scheme (details supplied); his further plans to increase the HAP rent caps to a level that reflects current rents; and his views on whether families in accommodation that no longer suits their needs should be allowed to move to another tenancy and at the same time hold onto the HAP given that many of these tenancies are now years in existence [12104/22]

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]