Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Joan Collins

152. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed a thorough investigation of bogus self-employment contacts in RTÉ; and if she is satisfied that no staff at RTÉ are still on a bogus self-employment contract. [32970/23]

State Pensions

Joan Collins

164. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when the Government is planning to implement the commitment to benchmark pensions in ‘A Roadmap for Pension’s Reform 2018-2023’ or pension benchmarking commitments 22, 23 and 24 in the ‘Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025’. [32978/23]

Sustainable Development Goals

Joan Collins

54. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of data and sources used to measure the 232 unique UN SDG Indicators in the Voluntary National Review to report Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) progress, broken down by the SDG they relate to (details supplied). [32888/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

143. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if the text of a Bill in relation to the ratification of the UN Second Optional Protocol has been finalised (details supplied). [32998/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

144. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice when the Second Optional Protocol on the UNCRC will be ratified (details supplied). [33005/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

145. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if the UN Second Optional Protocol will be ratified before the summer recess of Dáil Éireann; and if not, if she will give a guarantee that the protocol will be ratified before the end of 2023. [33006/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

167. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Ireland should have launched public awareness campaigns in relation to the Second Optional Protocol on the UNCRC before the protocol was ratified (details supplied); the exact explanation of Article 9(2), given that it appears that to ratify this protocol without informing the public first would not seem to make sense. [32996/23]

Employment Rights

Joan Collins

257. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with the four men unfairly dismissed by a company (details supplied) for trade union activity; what legislative steps he will take to ensure that workers representatives are free to collectively bargain without fear of intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/23]

Dental Services

Joan Collins

627. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to restore walk-in dentistry services within primary care settings in CHO7. [32426/23]

Ambulance Service

Joan Collins

628. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performer indicators for Echo and Delta callouts for May 2023, by ambulance region, in tabular form. [32427/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

629. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons based at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32428/23]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

630. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of vascular surgeries procedures carried out at Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32429/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

631. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Cherry Orchard Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [32430/23]

Hospital Staff

Joan Collins

632. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the ophthalmology department at the Mater Hospital; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [32431/23]

Health Services

Joan Collins

669. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to research (details supplied), published on 6 June 2023, which reveals that services for over-8s are based on a geographic lottery to access children’s eye care with very little access in some areas, particularly in the north west and parts of the greater Dublin region; if the HSE will fast-track the roll-out on a standardised optometrist-led eye care programme for over-8s and a timeframe to introduce same; to provide a breakdown nationally of where this care is now; and the plans for the future. [32661/23]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education how special schools can have generic behaviour codes which every child has to follow when these children with the highest supports do not understand what is been asked of them, leading to suspension of the children and families in distress (details supplied); her stance on behaviour codes for special schools; if she will examine with her Department and NCSE the matter of individualising behaviour codes for families; and if a Middletown programme will be introduced in all special schools and autism classes (details supplied). [31156/23]

School Textbooks

Joan Collins

106. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education when she intends to introduce free schoolbooks in secondary schools. [31158/23]

School Equipment

Joan Collins

116. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education for a list of primary and post-primary schools that have been issued with funds by her Department to buy, or that have been issued with air purifiers and HEPA filters for their classrooms; and a list of schools that have not been issued with same. [31157/23]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

129. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) has a school place in an autism class this September. [31155/23]

Employment Rights

Joan Collins

275. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a series of matters concerning an amendment to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30587/23]

Education and Training Provision

Joan Collins

504. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the options for a young girl's education (details supplied). [27419/23]

Mental Health Services

Joan Collins

1152. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will follow up on a request by a person (details supplied) for immediate access to CAMHS. [27456/23]

School Meals Programme

Joan Collins

109. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the process of extending school meals to all schools way before the previous timeline (details supplied). [22812/23]

Health Services

Joan Collins

838. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the full complement of therapists, public health nurses and so on that made up the complement of health staff in Curlew Road Health centre before 1 April 2023; how many health staff from all grades were transferred over to Armagh Road; how many health workers have been recruited since the beginning of the year; and how many of those have been allocated to Curlew Road and Armagh Road. [24828/23]

Housing Schemes

Joan Collins

80. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the period for which the waiver of development levies (details supplied) will apply; if he will provide an exact outline of how all local authority funds and developments connected to levies will be guaranteed by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/23]

Housing Provision

Joan Collins

110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the move by Dublin City Council with regard to the regeneration of an estate (details supplied); and the reason the contract ended. [20782/23]

Health Services

Joan Collins

465. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the further qualifications a person (details supplied) needs to enable them to work in the health service, nursing homes and so on; and the cost for same. [23893/23]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

74. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 that the NCSE visited to report on suitability for special education provision. [22858/23]

Education Policy

Joan Collins

75. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with the National Parents Council Post Primary in view of the fact that the NPCPP is the body named in the Education Act 1998 to represent post primary parents; why funding and recognition for the NPCPP has been withdrawn; and why the Minister has not met with the NPCPP over the past three years despite requests. [22859/23]

Schools Building Projects

Joan Collins

120. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the reason there is such a delay in granting the go ahead of the new build for a school (details supplied) in view that it is now 14 weeks since the school submitted a request to progress the build; and if she will meet with the principal as soon as possible so this new build can go ahead. [22811/23]

Pensions Reform

Joan Collins

222. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered any other proposal for an auto-enrolment pension system where one system could be up to 70% better value than that currently being designed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22112/23]

School Funding

Joan Collins

279. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently request that her Department clears the moneys for a school (details supplied). [21294/23]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

202. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set up a nationwide animal cruelty register to help authorities identify breaches of bans on keeping animals and prevent those with animal cruelty convictions from working in environments where they have access to animals. [20911/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joan Collins

203. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in races and trials to-date in 2023; the nature and date of the injuries at the tracks at which they occurred; the number killed or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any post-mortems carried out. [20912/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joan Collins

204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the greyhound track attendance figures for 2022 and to-date in 2023 for both GRI and private tracks, with a breakdown of the figures into paid and complimentary entry and entry by adults, children, greyhound owners and trainers, bookmakers, and so on. [20914/23]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

205. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sectors that are involved in the maceration of chicks in Ireland; the number of companies killing chicks in this abhorrent way; the number of chicks killed every year; and if he will introduce a ban on chick maceration. [20915/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joan Collins

206. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that another Irish greyhound has ended up in China (details supplied); if he will investigate if the dog was exported directly or indirectly from Ireland; if action will be taken against those responsible for the export; and if he is aware of other Irish greyhounds exported to China for breeding and racing purposes and if he will urgently ban the export of greyhounds to China. [20916/23]

Water Services

Joan Collins

238. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring the wording for a referendum on the public ownership and management of water services, a commitment having been given by him that the wording would be brought to Cabinet early in 2023. [20765/23]

Regeneration Projects

Joan Collins

239. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the regeneration of an estate (details supplied); if he is aware of a move by Dublin City Council to cease its contract with a company; and the reason the contract has been terminated. [20810/23]

International Agreements

Joan Collins

74. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Government intends to declare its intent to leave the Energy Charter Treaty, given the widely criticised European Commission reforms to the treaty. [20140/23]

Tourism Industry

Joan Collins

486. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of wheelchair accessibility at Spike Island tours; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tourist sites are accessible to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/23]

Tourism Industry

Joan Collins

487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the case of a proposed exhibition (details supplied) at Spike Island being put in jeopardy due to the lack of a wheelchair-accessible bus on the island; if he will take steps to ensure that issues of accessibility are appropriately addressed by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19480/23]

Schools Building Projects

Joan Collins

226. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give the go ahead of the tender documents for a school (details supplied). [18753/23]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

308. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if he will ensure that 116000, the EU missing children hotline number, will be on public display at airports and ports. [18754/23]

International Agreements

Joan Collins

309. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice when he plans to ratify the 2nd optional protocol on the UNCRC OPSC in 2023; and the specific legislative barriers that are preventing Ireland from ratifying the OPSC. [18755/23]

School Accommodation

Joan Collins

504. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter in relation to accommodation for a school (details supplied); if the prefabs will be allowed to go ahead so that the school has the needed extra space on site for September and not elsewhere; if she will find a solution that gives the school and children the space they are entitled to in the future and if the Government will follow through on its promises to children with additional needs in mainstream schools. [16715/23]

Fee Paying Schools

Joan Collins

505. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education how many private schools there are in the State; if she will provide a list of them; and how many have provided special classes for children with disabilities and autism. [16749/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joan Collins

1392. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 workers pandemic recognition payment will be paid to agency workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joan Collins

1410. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16589/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

122. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department will ensure that the child-friendly booklet on the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child will be made available in schools nationwide alongside awareness campaigns (details supplied). [15631/23]

Rights of the Child

Joan Collins

140. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when in 2023 he intends to ratify the second optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, namely, the optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, OPSC in 2023; and as it stands now, what are the specific legislative barriers that are preventing Ireland from ratifying the OPSC. [15605/23]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

141. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that the 116 000 EU missing children hotline number be on public display at airports and ports. [15611/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will provide evidence that the reduction in positive outcomes for appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Office related to disability has nothing to do with whether the appeal has been heard orally or conducted in writing. [15196/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

106. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection in the context of concerns over improper control of her Department over the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office, if there has been a change in Government policy relating to the operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office. [15192/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

113. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the ‘SW56 Introduction to Social Welfare Appeals Office’ information leaflet is no longer sent to appellants to the Social Welfare Appeals Office when their appeals are registered or available on the Social Welfare Appeals Office’s website. [15193/23]

Departmental Staff

Joan Collins

129. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide evidence around her Department’s assertions that staff members moving into the Social Welfare Appeals Office were experienced staff from within her Department. [15197/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joan Collins

139. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is no longer made clear on the Social Welfare Appeals Office’s website that appellants can request an oral hearing. [15195/23]

Housing Schemes

Joan Collins

306. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision that is being made within the tenant-in-situ scheme for tenants who are renting a property with a HAP in one local authority area but receive the HAP and are therefore on the housing list of a different local authority. [15085/23]

Education Policy

Joan Collins

400. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the reason the procurement process has been halted for a contractor for a school (details supplied). [14939/23]

Teacher Training

Joan Collins

83. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department will deliver a comprehensive programme of in-person continuing professional development to support curriculum change together with specific funding for further school resources. [14237/23]

School Curriculum

Joan Collins

85. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the way the Department will ensure coherence in the system in order that the implementation of the new primary curriculum is prioritised and initiative overload does not occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/23]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Joan Collins

103. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department will guarantee a reduction of primary class sizes to the EU average of 20, considered as vital for the successful implementation of the framework by an organisation (details supplied) as well the restoration of promotional posts of responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14239/23]

School Curriculum

Joan Collins

117. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the dedicated time teachers will be given to engage with, understand, implement and embed the primary curriculum framework. [14236/23]

School Staff

Joan Collins

123. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she has been in contact with the Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Disability in relation to the ongoing lack of available therapists or therapy services at a school (details supplied); and if so, the outcome of those discussions. [14241/23]

Pension Provisions

Joan Collins

186. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the 3% increase for retired members (details supplied) has not been cleared at Ministerial level when it has been cleared by the company since July of 2022. [13058/23]

International Protection

Joan Collins

900. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if families with children and those who are in bad health will remain in a hotel (details supplied). [12515/23]

Mental Health Services

Joan Collins

1134. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the way the €750,000 allocated in Budget 2023 for trainee counselling psychologist courses will be used (details supplied). [12285/23]

Emergency Departments

Joan Collins

1141. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at St. James's Hospital from the 1 January to the 31 December 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [12292/23]

Emergency Departments

Joan Collins

1142. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for three years, in tabular form. [12295/23]

Health Strategies

Joan Collins

1143. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost when he establishes an international expert working group to examine pre-term births to reduce neonatal mortality rates. [12307/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Joan Collins

1144. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of running each of the sexual assault treatment units in 2022, in tabular form. [12308/23]

Bus Services

Joan Collins

5. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he agrees with bus services being withdrawn from communities as part of the BusConnects strategy (details supplied). [9464/23]

Bus Services

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport his views on the new spines for BusConnects, particularly the G, C and D spines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/23]

Electoral Commission

Joan Collins

304. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Electoral Commission will be set up and running for submissions. [10104/23]

School Meals Programme

Joan Collins

404. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when the expansion of the hot meals programme into primary schools will take place (details supplied). [9800/23]

Nursing Homes

Joan Collins

659. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) should have her pension of £179.30 paid to the public nursing home. [10145/23]

Insurance Industry

Joan Collins

224. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if insurance cover for an event (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Joan Collins

262. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will intervene to ensure that museum staff pensioners get paid their FEMPI pension payment restoration with immediate effect (details supplied). [8256/23]

Disaster Response

Joan Collins

345. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8498/23]

Departmental Schemes

Joan Collins

748. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on the energy support scheme for community and voluntary organisations that do not qualify for the community voluntary sector energy support scheme (details supplied). [8455/23]

Disability Services

Joan Collins

124. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Disability Act 2005; and if not, if he plans to introduce new legislation in order that all children receive services in a timely manner. [5041/23]

Disability Services

Joan Collins

167. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [4540/23]

Ukraine War

Joan Collins

437. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a location (details supplied) has been prepared to facilitate IP applicants or Ukrainians fleeing war. [7028/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Joan Collins

18. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is actively seeking to give a double payment of social welfare payments to assist with meeting costs, given that inflation is still running at just below 9%, the price of groceries has gone up by 15% and gas bills have gone up by nearly 60%. [6126/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Joan Collins

45. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the statistics of exceptional needs payments from the two Intreo offices in the Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 areas for November 2022, December 2022 and January 2023. [6134/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Joan Collins

81. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed its review from the 63 schools that piloted filling out the education component of the assessment of need; if it is the intention of her Department to roll out this process beyond the pilot scheme; if so, when; and if a school (details supplied) was included in the pilot scheme. [5479/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Joan Collins

90. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 372 and 415 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide an update in relation to the Disabled Drivers' Medical Board of Appeal (details supplied). [4957/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Joan Collins

503. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce new social welfare rates in response to a query raised by a person (details supplied). [4578/23]

Animal Breeding

Joan Collins

806. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will direct her Department to immediately bring a person (details supplied) to the courts for failing to display a registered number issued by the relevant local authority to the dog breeding establishment under the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3992/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Joan Collins

138. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all community facilities, hotels and similar accommodation that have been used for temporary accommodation for Ukrainian or international protection refugees, covering the four local authorities in Dublin, by the name of the facilities, the type of accommodation provided and the location of each since January 2022 to date. [3618/23]

Special Educational Needs

Joan Collins

347. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department’s policy is to include principals to carry out assessment of needs in special schools or mainstream schools; and when this policy changed from healthcare workers and CDNT’s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2828/23]

Disability Services

Joan Collins

472. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [3369/23]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

519. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community neuro-rehabilitation teams that have been set up in every CHO, particularly for CHO 7 (details supplied). [2867/23]

International Protection

Joan Collins

980. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all schools that have been used for temporary accommodation for Ukraine or IP refugees since January 2022 to date. [1247/23]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

1239. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided for a school (details supplied). [63525/22]

Animal Welfare

Joan Collins

1898. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will direct her Department to bring a person (details supplied) to the courts for failing to display a registered number issued by the relevant local authority to the dog-breeding establishment under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. [63405/22]

Primary Care Services

Joan Collins

600. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason that the position of a social link provider in the Inchicore, Richmond Barracks primary health clinic has ceased (details supplied). [61977/22]

Health Services

Joan Collins

645. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [62259/22]

Disability Services

Joan Collins

80. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [58408/22]

Driver Test

Joan Collins

201. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that learner drivers whose NCT certificate has expired can sit their test in their own car if they have proof of an NCT booking. [61449/22]