Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Joan Collins

3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act 2009 to resolve the problems which are affecting people who availed of the shared ownership scheme. [20639/13]

Renewable Energy Generation

Joan Collins

99. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the wind and wave energy projects, the tax and licensing terms of same; his views on whether the public adequately benefits from these natural resources. [20203/13]

Industrial Disputes

Joan Collins

116. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way that workers who have been in dispute with their employer for more than three years and who have been in the Labour Court and the High Court have still not received moneys owed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/13]

Youth Services Provision

Joan Collins

111. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the proposed cuts to youth projects and services via the City of Dublin Youth Services Board, CDYSB, in view of the importance of services to disadvantaged areas. [17521/13]

Industrial Relations

Joan Collins

625. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the appropriate official from her Department did not attend invitations to discuss a serious issue (details supplied) at the behest of the Labour Relations Commission; her views on the matter; and if she will instruct the appropriate official to indicate they will attend. [16827/13]

Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

Joan Collins

720. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will supply the terms of contract for the new Chairman (details supplied) of An Post, their annual salary, length of tenure and agreed pension arrangements. [16148/13]

Heritage Centres Funding

Joan Collins

779. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention 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, the total capital cost of the new Museum and extension to the Model and Niland Gallery was an estimated €23.5 million; if it was brought to his attention 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. [16441/13]

Harbour Authorities Appointments

Joan Collins

19. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person who appointed the acting chairperson of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if it is possible to take up the issues of remuneration to the CEO with this acting chairperson in the absence of the new chairperson being appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/13]

Departmental Bodies

Joan Collins

77. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that the situation in Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company where a director was being paid director's fees from October 2012 to June 2012, despite not attending any meetings, will not be repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/13]

Forestry Sector

Joan Collins

140. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the upcoming meetings he is scheduled to attend on the proposed sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15004/13]

Forestry Sector

Joan Collins

141. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his areas of responsibility regarding Coillte and the possible sale of its harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joan Collins

256. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team for a school (details supplied) will be appointed and the stage of the project to build the school. [14992/13]

Invalidity Pension Payments

Joan Collins

328. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if, like other State pensions, invalidity pensions are paid for six weeks after the person receiving payment dies. [14979/13]

Foster Care Provision

Joan Collins

500. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the parents and/or guardians of fostered children highlighted in recent Health Information and Quality Authority reports as potentially not being safe, were informed that this may be the case by social services. [14981/13]

Departmental Funding

Joan Collins

336. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2001 a grant of €2.9 million was allocated to Sligo County Council from the arts and culture enhancement support scheme as a contribution towards the construction costs of a new county museum; and the reasons the project did not proceed. [14200/13]

Regeneration Funding

Joan Collins

362. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission from Sligo Borough Council seeking grant aid for the refurbishment of the Gate House at Doorly Park, County Sligo, to allow it to be used as a resource house by the local community in the Doorly Park/Martin Savage Terrace area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/13]

HSE Agency Staff Issues

Joan Collins

487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if agency nurses have been employed in the medical wards in Sligo General Hospital at any time since 1 January 2011; the number employed each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13627/13]