Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Michael Collins

42. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of jobs secured by the IDA in the past three years in south-west County Cork, in particular the three peninsulas and eight islands in west County Cork. [50344/19]

Community Care

Michael Collins

369. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the home care budget for the west County Cork area; and his views on same. [49924/19]

Community Care Provision

Michael Collins

370. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the details of the HSE plan for home care for 2020; and his views on same. [49925/19]

Community Care Provision

Michael Collins

371. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the details of the home help plan being rolled out from 2020; if there will be an onus on the caree to pay in part for the home help provided; and the details of same [49926/19]

Adoption Legislation

Michael Collins

261. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to progress the adoption (information and tracing) Bill 2016 by introducing legislation to allow thousands of adoptees to access their own information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49427/19]

Aquaculture Licence Administration

Michael Collins

243. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a decision was never made on licences (details supplied) in over 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42810/19]

Aquaculture Licence Administration

Michael Collins

244. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are so many licenced shellfish areas which are unused (details supplied). [42811/19]

Aquaculture Licence Administration

Michael Collins

245. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason licences (details supplied) have active mussel licences despite being unused for years. [42812/19]

Aquaculture Licence Administration

Michael Collins

246. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy with regard to unused aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42813/19]

Air Services Provision

Michael Collins

140. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of increasing air travel services between Cork Airport and Germany will be examined in view of the fact no routes exist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41233/19]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Michael Collins

141. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme factors will be reinstated as per the commitment given in Dáil Éireann on 6 December 2017 that there would be agreement of the active membership in advance of changes to the discount factors in future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41234/19]

Hospital Services

Michael Collins

424. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health when the more than 90 type 1 diabetes young adults and teenagers attending Cork University Hospital will be transitioned form the paediatric diabetes services to the adult diabetes services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/19]

Hospital Staff

Michael Collins

425. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health when the newly appointed paediatric endocrinologist will commence at Cork University Hospital; and the date on which they will commence. [39882/19]

Brexit Preparations

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance if budget 2020 will be based on the assumption of a no-deal Brexit; his plans to make provision for timely and targeted measures for the sectors most exposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39218/19]

Fuel Oil Specifications

Michael Collins

152. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance the provision made for persons using private pleasure craft such as, boats, sea crafts and so on to access their island homes on a regular basis when the impending changes to the law regarding the use of marked gas or oil or MGO in private pleasure craft is implemented from 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36483/19]

Dental Services Provision

Michael Collins

1281. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if all primary school children in second, fourth and sixth class receive free dental check-ups under the school dental screening scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/19]

Animal Slaughtering Standards

Michael Collins

691. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all equine slaughter carried out for the human food chain is carried out in accordance with European legislation; if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is satisfied that this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30489/19]

Food Safety Standards Regulation

Michael Collins

692. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the food business operator or staff under his remit that have the duty of care to ensure that only the highest quality equine meat enters the human food chain: if he or the food business operator has the ultimate responsibility for ensuring the safety and quality of equine meat entering the human food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30490/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Collins

139. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017. [28849/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Collins

140. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017. [28850/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Collins

141. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017. [28851/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Collins

142. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances will be sought for all apprenticeships in Budget 2020; the estimated cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28852/19]

Animal Identification Schemes

Michael Collins

260. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the NBAS31B form has been removed from use by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/19]

Ship Disposal

Michael Collins

182. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter relating to an abandoned trawler at a location (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Michael Collins

29. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if County Cork, in particular west Cork, will receive a fair share of funding in the next round of rural regeneration and development funding in view of the fact that in the second round of rural regeneration and development funding announcements, west Cork was passed over and received no funding for community-type projects even though projects were ready to go or shovel-ready. [22899/19]

Animal Identification Schemes

Michael Collins

228. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the four residencies rule is a private arrangement between organisations (details supplied); if so, if the decision to display residencies on mart boards is not a directive from his Department and there is no directive currently in place directing marts to continue displaying this information; the reason his Department is providing information in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21009/19]

Beef Industry

Michael Collins

231. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements for the beef roundtable in view of the current crisis; the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been included on the forum; when it will be included in the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/19]

Animal Identification Schemes

Michael Collins

232. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department facilitates the four-movement rule being displayed on mart display boards by providing movement history; the legislative basis on which his Department shares the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/19]

Beef Industry

Michael Collins

233. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters relating to heifers that are purchased for fattening in feedlots that arrive in calf (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21132/19]

Beef Industry

Michael Collins

234. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters relating to the beef roundtable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21133/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Michael Collins

1147. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the compulsory introduction of seaweed to the diet of cows in a bid to comply with the ordered reduction in air pollution figures based on recent studies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18676/19]

Foreshore Licence Conditions

Michael Collins

211. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the licence granted to a company (details supplied) for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry Bay overrides all other licences operating in the area; if fishermen who leave their fishing equipment in the kelp-cutting licence area do so at their own risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17036/19]

Schools Recognition

Michael Collins

105. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plan to give State recognition to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/19]

Garda Stations

Michael Collins

32. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in the reopening of Ballinspittle Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49979/18]

Brexit Issues

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the joint British and EU position is that sea fisheries are to be dealt with separately from trade in accordance with the wording of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the withdrawal agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51347/18]

Beef Industry Irregularities

Michael Collins

189. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the factories that were penalised to date in 2018 for excessive carcase trimming; when the farmers whose cattle were wrongly trimmed and as result have not been fully paid will be informed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51348/18]

Local Improvement Scheme Funding

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to allocate extra funding to the local involvement and community involvement schemes in 2018. [26019/18]

LEADER Programmes Funding

Michael Collins

212. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he will take to ensure that Leader funding is not politicised (details supplied). [26020/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Michael Collins

98. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on whether their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their overall local communities is not being properly recognised at the end of their career in spite of a Labour Court ruling in their favour; his views on whether the Government may be undermining the Labour Court by ignoring its recommendation; and the steps he will take to bring a resolution to the matter. [20264/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Michael Collins

185. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme will be introduced that will allow the scheme to be backdated three years for nursing home residents that pass on their farms and businesses to relatives. [20353/18]

Fishing Industry

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a scheme similar to a loan scheme (details supplied) will be put in place for fishermen. [18462/18]

Fodder Crisis

Michael Collins

160. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meal subsidy will be put in place for farmers to offset the meal bills which they have incurred during the fodder crisis; and if a crisis payment based on stock numbers to help farmers deal with the fallout of the fodder crisis will also be put in place. [18463/18]

Organic Farming Scheme

Michael Collins

448. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the organic farm grants will be reinstated; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17823/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Michael Collins

28. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in the negotiations between the HSE and a company (details supplied) to ensure that the 19 patients currently involved in the clinical trials will have unlimited access to the Respreeza treatment for the remainder of their lives; and if the small group affected by alpha 1 here will also have access to Respreeza. [16242/18]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Michael Collins

421. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills why painter and decorator apprentices from County Cork must travel as far as Ballyfermot Training Centre, Dublin 10, for the 20 week SOLAS training period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/18]

Fáilte Ireland

Michael Collins

1305. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the second round of Fáilte Ireland grants will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16047/18]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Collins

230. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the farmers retirement scheme. [13395/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Michael Collins

511. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for changing the eligibility criteria for the ECCE programme, in particular the reduction of age eligibility from three years to two years and eight months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11119/18]

Youth Services Data

Michael Collins

512. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers funded in south-west County Cork; the way in which this number compares proportionally with the number of youth workers employed throughout the rest of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11121/18]

Housing Grant Applications

Michael Collins

644. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a homeowners income is taken into consideration when a person applies for a grant under the housing grant scheme if the home owner is not living in the same household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11120/18]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Collins

416. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if full medical cards will be granted to all organ-transplant patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8776/18]

Youth Services Funding

Michael Collins

513. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers funded in south-west County Cork; the way in which this number compares proportionally with the number of youth workers employed throughout the rest of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8774/18]

Youth Services Funding

Michael Collins

514. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to rectify the situation of the under provision of youth workers by establishing and resourcing a dedicated west County Cork youth service and providing resources for this new entity to commence delivery of service at a level on a par with services in other counties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8775/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Michael Collins

52. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of fishermen in Brexit negotiations; if provisions are being put in place to regain Irish waters following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3860/18]

Visa Applications

Michael Collins

87. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the Join Family D visa application process; the criteria that must be met (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3861/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Collins

720. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation in the 2018 HSE service plan for the Cork University Maternity Hospital obstetrics and gynaecology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Collins

721. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently waiting for inpatient and outpatient gynaecology appointments in Cork university maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54579/17]

Pension Provisions

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reinstate the pension bands to their pre 2012 levels; his further plans to correct the pension anomalies that affected approximately 35,000 women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47440/17]

General Practitioner Services

Michael Collins

138. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the Financial Emergency Measures in Public Interest cuts on general practices which has had a devastating impact on rural general practitioners; the steps he will take to address this to restore the viability of rural general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47441/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Michael Collins

365. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending maintenance grants to all students at the current 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% rate and at the current special rate. [46334/17]

Third Level Funding

Michael Collins

366. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be set for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills to make a recommendation on the future funding of higher education. [46335/17]

Student Grant Scheme Reform

Michael Collins

367. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring SUSI grant rates and thresholds to pre-2011 levels; and the number of estimated additional students that would be eligible under the scheme if grants were restored to these levels. [46336/17]

Student Grant Scheme Reform

Michael Collins

368. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing SUSI grant thresholds by an additional 10% on top of the pre-2011 threshold if those were to be restored; and the number of estimated additional students that would be eligible under the reformed scheme. [46337/17]

Information and Communications Technology

Michael Collins

934. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options that will be available to farmers that do not have Internet access for 2018 when applying for area aid in view of the fact the application is due to move to an online procedure from now on. [46431/17]

Transport Costs

Michael Collins

125. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the remote area grant for school children living in remote areas of the country in order to increase the payment rates and bring them in line with transport costs (details supplied). [44652/17]

Harbour Fees

Michael Collins

289. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the cost of renting moorings by fishermen varies (details supplied). [44653/17]

Coastal Protection

Michael Collins

230. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a breakwater wall will be provided for the residents of Blackrock Terrace, Castletownbere, where severe tidal storms have caused a lot of damage to the houses in adverse weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/17]

Shooting Rights

Michael Collins

465. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/17]

Shooting Rights

Michael Collins

539. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting and hunting ban for gun clubs and predator control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Michael Collins

751. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health when a residential respite care home will be opened in the Cork south-west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/17]

Hospital Services

Michael Collins

752. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an outreach clinic in County Cork for a metabolic doctor and a paediatric gastroenterologist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/17]

Fishing Industry

Michael Collins

1251. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the salmon fishing drift net ban which was imposed on inshore fishermen in 2006 will occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/17]

Fishing Industry

Michael Collins

1252. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider a pilot project in which a number of fishermen from each county would take part in a scheme overseen by the Marine Institute to ascertain sea stocks, the results of which would determine the need for a salmon fishing drift net ban on the inshore fishing community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/17]

National Broadband Plan

Michael Collins

1281. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be provided for 75 persons in Sandycove, Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35278/17]

Tax Collection

Michael Collins

141. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 2 May 2017, if the Revenue Commissioners publish figures for uncollected income tax each year; if so, where this information can be found; if it is subject to audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22778/17]

Water Fluoridation

Michael Collins

362. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the practice of water fluoridation should be discontinued in view of the cost and the fact that his Department has on many occasions put off medical treatment and services for sick persons and downgraded hospitals due to a lack of funds and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/17]

Insurance Industry

Michael Collins

160. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance if compensation has been sought by the Government from Malta arising from the unpaid claims of a company (details supplied); if compensation has been sought from Gibraltar arising from the unpaid claims of a company (details supplied); if a strategy is in place to prevent the same from happening again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21928/17]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification

Michael Collins

166. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the British construction plant competence scheme is recognised here; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22010/17]

Public Transport

Michael Collins

610. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that will be funded from the €3.6 billion earmarked for public transport in the Exchequer capital transport envelope 2016-2021; and the amount that will be used to enhance public transport outside County Dublin and specifically in Cork city and county. [21677/17]

TAMS Eligibility

Michael Collins

6. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the difference in the minimum amount of hectares of tillage needed to apply for the TAMS 2 scheme in comparison to the general TAMS measures; the number of persons that had less than 15 hectares of tillage under the 2016 basic farm scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Michael Collins

295. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he envisages the broadband intervention map of the national broadband plan impacting rural Internet service providers; his plans to fill gaps in coverage in outlying areas when rural Internet service providers have been forced out of business in view of the fact that the national broadband plan has not fully rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20980/17]

Tax Data

Michael Collins

263. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners publish the figures for uncollected income tax for each previous year and the total amount written off to date by each year; if so, the location this information can be found; if it is subject to audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19909/17]

Vehicle Testing

Michael Collins

1256. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new nitrogen oxide emissions test will be introduced here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/17]

Asylum Applications

Michael Collins

117. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pre-International Protection Bill 2015 asylum seekers still waiting to be processed; the number which have been given papers since the Bill was passed in November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17649/17]

Child Care Services Regulation

Michael Collins

796. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the guidelines in relation to employing persons under the better start access and inclusion model in view of the fact play schools across the country are refusing the funding offered under this programme due to the recruitment criteria (details supplied). [17562/17]

Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects

Michael Collins

340. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the normal qualifying conditions for a Tús scheme can be waived for persons who have been referred through a drug treatment programme such as is the case with a community employment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16001/17]

Personal Insolvency Arrangements

Michael Collins

102. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reducing the personal insolvency arrangement time from six to three years for persons and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14474/17]

Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments

Michael Collins

103. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider increasing the amount allocated for the reasonable living expenses, in particular for rural families for whom costs are higher; if she will consider allowing the cost of a second car to be included for rural families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14484/17]

Teaching Contracts

Michael Collins

382. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons teachers employed on a full-time basis for two years or more under a fixed-term contract fulfilling a job share post are not eligible to apply for a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13963/17]

An Bord Pleanála

Michael Collins

465. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the body or person to which An Bord Pleanála is responsible; the number of An Bord Pleanála's decisions which were overturned by judicial review in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/17]

Psychological Services

Michael Collins

815. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only one child psychologist is employed by the HSE in Cork south to deal with over 200 referrals per year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/17]

Importation of Fertilisers

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken at EU level to highlight the problems caused by tariffs and taxes on fertilisers (details supplied); the results he has achieved; and the timeframe for when these issues will be resolved. [12572/17]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Collins

24. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce details of an aid package to be paid to grain farmers in counties that had suffered from serious weather conditions during the harvest of 2016, further to a vote in Dáil Éireann vote on 19 January 2017 in which a majority of the members of the Dáil voted for such a package to be put in place. [12186/17]

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Michael Collins

145. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there was no environmental impact assessment or public consultation carried out by his Department before issuing a ten year kelp harvest licence to a company (details supplied) [12664/17]

Protected Disclosures

Michael Collins

159. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a disclosure can be made by a member of the public regarding the Courts Service of Ireland under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [10240/17]

Direct Provision System

Michael Collins

163. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the remaining recommendations made in the report of the working group on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and other supports for asylum seekers; when it is expected that all the recommendations will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10313/17]

Public Sector Pensions Legislation

Michael Collins

488. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore public service pensions fully by mid-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/17]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Michael Collins

290. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is putting any protections in place for employees on a defined benefit pension scheme whose employers are trying to move to a defined contribution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7109/17]

Hospital Staff

Michael Collins

348. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the under-staffing in Cork University Hospital, which is resulting in bed shortages and cancellations of elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/17]

Job Creation

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland and Industrial Development Agency jobs created in west Cork in 2015 and 2016 (details supplied). [6645/17]