Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

790. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 February 2024, if a matter regarding a fuel allowance payment (details supplied) can be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14799/24]

Legislative Reviews

Joan Collins

807. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason she is not removing or amending Article 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 whereby in certain criminal cases the private counselling/ therapy records of the victim of sexual abuse can have their records made available to the accused abuser (details supplied). [11756/24]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

812. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason the Minister for State in her Department stated on 1 December 2023 that the State should be in a position to ratify Second Optional Protocol to the Convention in the Rights of a Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; if the State will be in the position to ratify the second optional protocol once the new Criminal legislation (Sexual Offences and Hunan Trafficking) Bill 2023 once enacted is enacted. [11774/24]

Departmental Strategies

Joan Collins

1105. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the likely date for an awareness raising campaign to commence in relation to the new Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 (details supplied); if the details of the campaign have been decided; if assurances will be given that this awareness campaign on the OPSC will be made available to the general public; and if so, the way this will be done. [11773/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

178. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the current waiting times for children in Dublin north to receive an assessment of need; and the current waiting times in the rest of Dublin and nationally. [10934/24]

Disability Services

Joan Collins

187. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current Children's Disability Network Team waiting times in Dublin North, the rest of Dublin and nationally. [10945/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

230. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an application for fuel allowance can be reviewed (details supplied). [9743/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

308. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated a scenario (details supplied) and how this can be resolved so that anyone in a similar situation can be automatically paid. [8899/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Joan Collins

80. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the referendums on Housing as a right and the public ownership and management of Uisce Éireann will take place. [6911/24]

Housing Policy

Joan Collins

134. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in relation to the case of persons who do not qualify for cost rental or social housing (details supplied). [6910/24]

Water Quality

Joan Collins

150. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the measures he is taking to ensure Irish Water fulfils the State's obligation to rid public and private drinking water supplies of all toxins above EU safety limits (details supplied). [6932/24]

School Funding

Joan Collins

105. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the process used for advertising for the STEM grant in December 2023; and the process for the selection of schools for the STEM grant. [5868/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Joan Collins

116. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if all DEIS schools that applied for the recent STEM grant received the grant; the number of DEIS schools that applied for the STEM grant; and the number that were successful. [5887/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Joan Collins

121. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if DEIS schools were weighted in comparison to non-DEIS school funding/finances in the application process for the recent STEM grant funds. [5877/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

234. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 17 January 2024, if the case will be reviewed, given the person (details supplied) did not receive the payment.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5831/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

299. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists attached to each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5833/24]

Adoption Services

Joan Collins

460. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social work staff who are employed by the Adoption Authority of Ireland and by TUSLA’s National Adoption and Tracing Service, respectively, broken down by the number of staff at each grade. [5506/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

566. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant maxillofacial surgeon at St. James's Hospital; and the average waiting times to see the consultant. [5635/24]

Health Services

Joan Collins

567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of dementia day centres located within CHO7; the capacity of each of these centres; and if each of the centres are opened five days a week. [5636/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

568. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title working in the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital. [5637/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

569. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of student midwives offered a full-time contract with the HSE in the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022 and 2023; of the number of contracts offered; the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [5638/24]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

570. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric urologist registrars working in CHI Crumlin in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5639/24]

Health Services

Joan Collins

512. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of funding for vital diabetic services by the HSE; and the reason such services have been withdrawn (details supplied). [3834/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Joan Collins

755. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [56776/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

882. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the circumstances of the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined to ascertain if more persons are affected, with a view to ensuring that persons in these circumstances receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56751/23]

Departmental Policies

Joan Collins

103. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider raising employers PRSI to the EU average. [51736/23]

State Pensions

Joan Collins

104. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that benchmarking of the State pension will be included in Budget 2025 as per the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 (details supplied). [53990/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Joan Collins

110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a ‘cost-of-disability’ payment will be introduced in Budget 2025 (details supplied). [53989/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Joan Collins

134. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that core social welfare rates will be raised to at least the rate of inflation since 2013 when once-off cost-of-living payments end, so that core social welfare rates have not been cut in real terms since 2013 (details supplied). [53993/23]

Departmental Data

Joan Collins

146. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many speech and language therapists are currently working in each health district of Dublin city and county; how many positions are currently vacant; and how current numbers compare to each of the past ten years. [53980/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

147. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently waiting for a speech and language assessment in each health district of Dublin city and county; and how long are they waiting. [53981/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

148. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how long after an assessment does a child in each health district of Dublin city and county have to wait until they start the recommended speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53982/23]

Third Level Education

Joan Collins

199. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of speech and language therapy courses and places that are currently in the third-level educational system; and what plans are in place to increase the number. [53983/23]

Health Services

Joan Collins

516. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an occupational therapist visit her home. [50698/23]

Health Service Executive

Joan Collins

502. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health what the HSE intends to use a site for (details supplied). [49435/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers by grade working in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49811/23]

Hospital Procedures

Joan Collins

568. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of maxillofacial surgeries carried out at St. James's Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49812/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

569. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general paediatrician with a special interest in paediatric neurodevelopment and neurodisability at CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49814/23]

Hospital Procedures

Joan Collins

570. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of lung transplant procedures carried out in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49815/23]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

571. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE stop smoking advisors employed by the HSE working in CHO7 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the locations where these Stop Smoking Advisors are based. [49817/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

572. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working in the neurology department in Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49818/23]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

573. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE speech and language therapist posts within CHO7; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [49819/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

837. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 143, 144 and 145 of 5 July 2023, where she replied that "the criminal law (sexual offences and human trafficking) Bill 2023, which will be published this month, will remove the final obstacles to ratification of the protocol", and that, if enacted, the State should be in a position to ratify the second optional protocol to the UNCRC on the Sale of and Child Pornography; and if she will explain the discrepancies in the above statements. [48257/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

838. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice to clarify if Ireland will be able to ratify the 2nd optional protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography once the Criminal Law (sexual offences and human trafficking) Bill 2023 is enacted. [48259/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

839. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No.167 of 5 July 2023, if she will clarify what she meant by certain outstanding aspects of the protocol (details supplied). [48260/23]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

1053. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be no further reason not to proceed to ratification of the UNCRC second optional protocol, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, once Ireland is in compliance with certain outstanding aspects. [48261/23]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

1054. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 5 July 2023, the exact requirements to proceed to the next steps; and how soon an awareness-raising campaign will commence (details supplied). [48262/23]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

1055. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has made preparations for the ratification of the UNCRC second optional protocol, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (details supplied); and, if so, if he will elaborate on his plans for same. [48263/23]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

1056. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the awareness-raising campaign in schools and colleges will be in the hands solely of him or if it will require the agreement of the Ministers for Education and Justice, or other school bodies, as Ireland must be compliant with all of Article 9 of the second optional protocol to the UNCRC (OPSC) when Ireland ratifies it. [48267/23]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

1057. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as Ireland has had a very long time to prepare for all that is needed to comply with Article 9 of the second optional protocol to the UNCRC (OPSC), if he has a plan in place, or does he envisage that it will not take too long to put in place. [48268/23]