211. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures she will take to intervene in a case where a State-funded organisation (details supplied) has refused to pass on a WRC pay-increase adjudication to a long-term low-paid employee, to ensure the worker is paid the wage the WRC has adjudicated they deserve and that the authority and principles of the WRC are not undermined by a State-funded organisation. [44592/24]
889. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in the awareness raising campaign, stated in a reply to a Parliamentary Question from this Deputy on 7 November 2023, that was expected to commence in early 2024; and if he will provide a detailed account on same. [44054/24]
737. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if it is in her power or the power of this Government to repeal article 19a whereby a victim of sex abuse, which also includes a child victim of sex abuse, can have their private counselling records made available to the accused abuser without further delay (details supplied). [44418/24]
736. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice what each of the four remaining articles of the Budapest Convention that Ireland is still unable to achieve entail (details supplied). [44415/24]
651. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if, for example, a Polish couple who meet the habitual residency condition, work in Ireland for over 12 months, have a child here and then move home to Poland or another European Union Member State to live and work, the couple can still claim the children’s allowance from the State; and if so, for how long. [44267/24]
25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a guarantee can be provided that the second optional protocol to the UNCRC will be ratified before the term of the Thirty-third Dáil concludes (details supplied); if his Department has finalised the outstanding legal obstacles; and if not, the measures required before Ireland can finally ratify this protocol. [42104/24]
6. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify a statement in a press release by his Department on 23 September 2024 that ratifying the second optional protocol will mean that Ireland is officially bound by its terms under international law (details supplied). [42105/24]
83. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to intervene in a case where Cobh Heritage Centre, a State-funded organisation, has refused to pass on a WRC pay-increase adjudication (details supplied) to a long-term low-paid employee to ensure the worker is paid the wage the WRC has adjudicated she deserves and that the authority and principles of the WRC are not undermined by a State-funded organisation. [43385/24]
96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce the horse-drawn carriages Bill in the next month (details supplied). [42063/24]
90. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if it is Government policy to not intervene in NTA decisions where there is a clear negative impact on both communities and on the use of public transport in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42155/24]
219. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied). [42078/24]
164. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has to date not received the fuel allowance. [41889/24]
239. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will finalise the approval of pension increases for the 11,000 retired Eir staff and the over 6,000 An Post retirees (details supplied). [40986/24]
612. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the organisation or company that will be responsible for recruiting and paying the wages of workers in the following services, cleaning, catering, running the canteen(s), porters and maintenance in the new Children’s Hospital. [40170/24]
602. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if all drugs and alcohol task forces have been informed and funded to pay their workers (details supplied). [40102/24]
599. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if funding is available to recruit public health nurses specifically for the health clinics in Armagh Road, Old County Road, Curlew Road and Island Bridge; when funding will be made available; and when the posts will be filled. [40055/24]
598. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the current public health nurse staffing levels in the health clinics in Armagh Road, Old County Road, Curlew Road and Island Bridge; and what the staffing levels should be. [40053/24]
591. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason every hospital or health clinic does not have portable hoists to assist patients who need them (details supplied); and the policy the HSE has in place ensuring hoists are available in health environments. [39985/24]
211. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will initiate the process to put the Dublin/Monaghan bombings history into the history syllabus. [40164/24]
201. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to allocate extra time for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties in second level education (details supplied). [38791/24]
542. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 2 May 2024, the progress made on the issue of pay restoration and the WRC agreement for workers (details supplied); when these workers will be paid now that the Department is aware of this issue and is exploring the way the matter can be resolved in a timely manner. [37896/24]
175. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education to escalate a new school bus route (details supplied) and grant approval for same. [37545/24]
112. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce the horse-drawn carriages Bill, which was listed on his legislative programme for summer 2024. [37958/24]
96. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the calculation of the acquisition cost guidelines for the Dublin City Council area in relation to the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will provide practical examples. [36779/24]
74. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a step-by-step explanation of how the Housing Agency’s cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme operates, particularly in relation to the independent valuation; if the Housing Agency has its own valuators; the limit that the Housing Agency can bid; and if a percentage tolerance is built into the Housing Agency’s calculations. [36758/24]
410. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to hold a referendum on the public ownership and management of water and the right to housing. [36788/24]
2124. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide the full complement of therapists, public health nurses, and so on, that make up the health staff in Curlew Road health centre; the number of health staff from all grades that have been transferred to Armagh Road and/or Old County Road health centres; the number of health workers that have been recruited since April 2023; and the number that have been allocated to Curlew Road, Armagh Road and Old County Road, in tabular form. [31672/24]
1982. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursement of €1,928 for cataract surgery under the cross-Border directive has been reduced by the HSE to €863 (details supplied); and if he will request that the decision be reversed. [30970/24]
1674. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the proposed veterinary medicine statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32394/24]
1622. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a proposed investigation task force (details supplied). [31191/24]
668. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 11 July 2024, if she will provide the number of known children who have to date no school place for September 2024, by catchment area; and the number of vacant places by catchment area, in tabular form. [31749/24]
655. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 2 July 2024, if a school placement will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [31560/24]
595. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if she agrees that a school (details supplied) has to expand its autism-special needs classes as it does not have enough to cater for children in the community. [30992/24]
105. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 28 May 2024, and her statement that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is working with the mother of the young child trying to get a school placement (details supplied), if she will liaise with the NCSE to attempt to find a place for the child in the new school. [30279/24]
66. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special needs, to date, who have no school place for September 2024, by catchment area; her plans to ensure these children get places near to where they live; and the number of places vacant to take these children, by catchment area. [30278/24]
672. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason patients from an area (details supplied) are being directed to Santry; and the number of patients who have been redirected from a named health clinic to the Santry south side. [29160/24]
670. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the situation regarding beds at St. James's Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29149/24]
523. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the ongoing delay in Ireland's inability to ratify the Budapest Convention (details supplied); and the date when Ireland will proceed with this. [29465/24]
522. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the likely date of ratification of the second optional protocol on the UNCRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, as Ireland is now one of only 20 countries yet to ratify the protocol. [29462/24]
521. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to remove 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 be made available to the accused (details supplied). [29449/24]
520. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to scrap article 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (details supplied); and if she will ensure that article 19A does not apply to child victims of sexual abuse. [29443/24]
501. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the ongoing delay in Ireland ratifying the Budapest Convention, which, apart from cyber crime, is also a renowned convention to stop child pornography; and to provide a likely date for when we will proceed with this. [29466/24]
496. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the implementation of the WRC agreement of October 2023 for the projects in the canal communities' alcohol and drugs task force (details supplied). [28369/24]
439. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [28003/24]
438. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in each hospital part of Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, in tabular form. [28000/24]
437. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist in developmental care at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27999/24]
436. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the rollout of oral immunotherapy for children; the locations of each facility in which this treatment is dispensed; and the funding and timeline for same. [27998/24]