Parliamentary questions

Sovereign Debt

Joan Collins

107. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the interest to be paid by the State between February 2013 and end December 2014 on the portion of the €25 billion sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory notes in February 2013 that have been disposed of by the Central Bank of Ireland to the bond market, including the €350 million of bonds which the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland recently stated had been disposed of in 2013. [22483/14]

Sovereign Debt

Joan Collins

108. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the net cost, taking account of the fact that any surplus at the Central Bank of Ireland is remitted to the Exchequer, to the State of the decision of the Central Bank of Ireland to dispose of the initial target of €500 million of the €25 billion of the so-called promissory note sovereign bonds before the initial target date of 31 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22484/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Joan Collins

848. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a sandbed in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in signing off for same. [22842/14]

Preschool Services

Joan Collins

924. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will not be receiving a place in June in a high support preschool; and the reason some of the other interventions or services have not happened yet for this child. [23191/14]

School Enrolments

Joan Collins

277. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse sanction for a second infant class in respect of a school (details supplied). [21509/14]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Joan Collins

448. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding his Department has allocated to each regeneration project here in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20831/14]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Joan Collins

463. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a difference in the calculation of both the interest rate and rent charged to shared ownership accounts pre-2003 and post 2003. [21208/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

206. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a spinal operation will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); if the operation will take place in Tallaght hospital or elsewhere. [20574/14]

Coroners Service

Joan Collins

315. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that post mortem examinations required by the coroner are not carried out in Sligo Regional Hospital on many weekends; if it has been brought to his attention that if a person dies in Sligo on a Friday and a post mortem examination is required by law, the deceased person is transported to Navan, County Meath, for the autopsy; if it has been further brought to his attention that the cost of having the post mortem in Navan can be in the region of €800; the reason post mortem examinations required by the coroner are not available in Sligo Regional Hospital on many weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20236/14]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Joan Collins

411. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when patients with HIV and hepatitis C can expect Sovaldi, sofosbuvir, to have a full pharmacoeconomic evaluation be finished by the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics. [20179/14]

Central Bank of Ireland

Joan Collins

106. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to the assurance given, if he will confirm that he has the authority to determine the amount of bonds, which at present total €25 billion and are solely vested in the Central Bank of Ireland, that will be offered for sale to the open market in 2014 and subsequent years; if he does have that authority, if he will commit to not exceeding the minimum bond disposals outlined at the time of the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in February 2013; if he will not provide any such commitment, if he will commit to not exceed the minimum disposal unless there is a net financial benefit of so doing to the State; and if he will state what the financial benefit is. [19445/14]

Child Care Services Regulation

Joan Collins

697. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to reports regarding a three year old boy escaping from a child care centre on the Balgaddy road, whereby two different versions were given in the media, one that the young boy was found by the police from Ronanstown and the other that he knocked on the door of his home, if she will confirm which version is correct; and if there was an investigation into this serious issue. [19256/14]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

698. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times the 116000 number has been contacted; and her views on whether the 116000 number is sufficiently advertised and has wide public awareness. [19257/14]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

699. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm that members of the public can call the 116000 if they see a missing child or if they have information to pass on regarding a missing child; and if so whether the public will be made aware of this fact on posters, advertisements and so on. [19258/14]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

700. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children requested funding for the 116000 number in 2010. [19259/14]

Coroners Service

Joan Collins

484. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that post mortem examinations are not carried out in Sligo on weekends; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if a person dies in Sligo on a Friday and a post mortem is required by law the deceased person is transported to Navan, County Meath for the autopsy; if it has been brought to his attention that the cost of transporting the remains of a person to Navan for an autopsy can be in the region of €800 and that the necessity on occasions to have a garda travel to Navan to be present at the autopsy to identify the remains also puts a strain on Garda resources; if there are any guidelines in place with regard to such matters; if the coroner is responsible for the operation of such post mortem examinations; the Department, agency or authority that provides the funding to cover the cost of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/14]

Government Bonds

Joan Collins

26. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if the ECB seeking his Department to dispose the €25 billion of sovereign bonds to the open market in 2014. [15982/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

59. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written Parliamentary Question. [16598/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

69. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16592/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

151. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16591/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

224. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16589/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

253. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, oral and written parliamentary question. [16596/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

265. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16594/14]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Joan Collins

282. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to the fact that her Department has estimated the reform of the State pension contributory eligibility in September 2012 would save €0.5 million, €2.8 million in 2013, €5.5 million in 2014, €8.2 million in 2015, if she will provide a breakdown of savings achieved by rate band since 2012 and 2013; and planned savings by rate band for 2014 and 2015. [16098/14]

State Pension (Contributory) Data

Joan Collins

283. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a rate band analysis of all State pension contributory awards since 1 September 2012, broken down by number of awards, gender and percentage of overall awards (details supplied). [16099/14]

State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure

Joan Collins

284. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the State if the home credit scheme had been in place, based on claims for State pension contributory from Sept 2012 to date in 2014. [16100/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

309. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the costs to her Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16597/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

333. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to his Department to process and respond to priority, oral and written parliamentary questions. [16585/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

346. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to his Department to process and respond to priority, oral and a written parliamentary questions. [16587/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

393. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16590/14]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Joan Collins

406. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if investigations into the fire at the Oxigen plant in Ballymount have been completed; if he will supply the report; and if it has not been produced, the date on which it will be. [16715/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

461. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16595/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

476. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16588/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

503. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written Parliamentary Question. [16584/14]

Animal Welfare Bodies

Joan Collins

510. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend invitations to the Animal Rights Action Network to the Animal Welfare Conference on 16 May; and if he will also extend invitations to other animal welfare groups. [16673/14]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Joan Collins

547. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm whether the new Child and Family Agency is involved in any legacy cases, investigated by Health Information and Quality Authority under the Health Service Executive, that is, the Dublin North West Social Services where there were a number of confirmed cases of abuse. [16475/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

548. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs to her Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written Parliamentary Question. [16586/14]

Charities Regulation

Joan Collins

620. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual wages of the chief executive officer of Cheeverstown as a section 38 voluntary service. [16368/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

658. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16593/14]

Nursing Home Services

Joan Collins

682. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the care plan in place in a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 6W for residents with Alzheimer's disease. [16712/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Joan Collins

729. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16599/14]

Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Joan Collins

144. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2013 in respect of the Cranmore and environs regeneration project in Sligo; if funding is expended on staff salaries, consultants’ fees, firms providing professional services, community workers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15714/14]

Hospital Charges

Joan Collins

133. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on the practice of sending a €100 hospital invoice to grieving families in the aftermath of road traffic accidents; and if he will initiate the process to stop this practice. [14700/14]

IBRC Liquidation

Joan Collins

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the breakdown of all moneys spent on consultant reports and consultants by the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since 6 February 2013; and if he will provide the names of the consultants. [15280/14]

IBRC Staff

Joan Collins

185. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the costs of redundancy payments for workers in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the number of workers involved; the costs if they are to receive a redundancy payment of four weeks per year of service; and a separate costing for statutory redundancy per year of service for these workers. [15282/14]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Joan Collins

650. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application submitted by Sligo Borough Council for a sports capital grant in respect of funding for the Sligo Fair Green project; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of this project for families and households in the urban area; when decisions will be made in respect of the sports capital grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15334/14]

Household Charge Collection

Joan Collins

187. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the outstanding figure for non-payment of the household charge; if the powers of collection that the Revenue Commissioners have as the collecting agency for the household charge are the same as they have for the local property tax. [13805/14]

Third Level Fees

Joan Collins

371. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding paying third level fees in respect of a person (details supplied). [13737/14]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Joan Collins

479. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the advice she would offer in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [12844/14]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Joan Collins

694. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to Sligo Harbour; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application from Sligo County Council for a licence under the Foreshore Act 1933 to undertake the dredging works at the harbour was submitted to his Department on 28 February 2013; when he will grant the licence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council cannot proceed to seek grant aid for the dredging until such time as the foreshore licence is granted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/14]

Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Joan Collins

704. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding his Department provided for each regeneration project in the State in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13735/14]

Regeneration Projects Status

Joan Collins

705. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal which his Department sought from Sligo Borough Council in March 2013 for the proposed refurbishment of the Gate House at Doorly Park, Sligo,to allow it to be used as a resource house by the local community in the Doorly Park-Martin Savage Terrace area; if his Department will make funding available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13736/14]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Joan Collins

875. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour-pier repairs at Rosses Point, County Sligo, under the 2014 fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme; when a decision is expected to be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13561/14]

Health Services Staff Data

Joan Collins

990. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the current staffing levels for occupational therapists in the Old County Road Health Clinic, Crumlin, Dublin 12 (details supplied). [12908/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

1086. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 22 October 2013, if the Health Service Executive will confirm that the money allocated to Cheeverstown follows the patient; and if the HSE confirm the allocation to a person (details supplied) for their care. [13504/14]

Hospital Appointment Status

Joan Collins

1136. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13767/14]

Job Creation Data

Joan Collins

7. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,000 jobs the Government says were created in 2013; the categories of the economy in which they were created; the number that are zero-hour contracts, that is, less than 19.5 hours per week; and the number that are full-time. [12172/14]

Employment Rights

Joan Collins

25. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he welcomes the fact that over 40,000 workers in the retail sector have sought and won, through their union Mandate, over €15 million in wage increases over the past 18 months; and if he supports legislation for statutory trade union recognition and collective bargaining. [12224/14]

Pension Provisions

Joan Collins

85. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will correct the anomalies whereby a person born on 31 December 1947 who paid an average of 21 PRSI contributions per year receives an old age pension of €225 per week but a person born on 1 of January 1948 who paid an average of 29 PRSI contributions per year receives an old age pension of €196 per week. [12232/14]

Health Services Provision

Joan Collins

258. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if there is any public hospital or clinic here providing specialist neurophysiotherapy for patients with functional neurological symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11397/14]

Water Meters Installation

Joan Collins

267. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the old metal water cover lids and brackets that are being replaced with the new plastic covers in the course of water metering; the number of these covers that are being replaced; the person responsible for their disposal; where are they being disposed of; and the person that receives the proceeds if there has been a monetary gain. [10432/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Joan Collins

405. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the annual wages of the chief executive officer of Cheeverstown as a section 38 voluntary service. [10426/14]

Dental Services Provision

Joan Collins

490. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of neck and face post-cancer patients who are awaiting dental care for three months, six months and 12 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10905/14]

Child Abuse

Joan Collins

14. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the remedies that are available to victims of child sex abuse who believe that they were left unprotected by the actions of their solicitors; the legislative changes he plans to implement to hold the legal profession to account in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/14]

Garda Investigations

Joan Collins

19. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out an investigation into strong evidence that News International's Dublin offices were used as a hacking and phone blagging centre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [9716/14]

Sports Funding

Joan Collins

276. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding funding for young athletes representing their country in major international events; if there are grants to support children to attend these events and appeals for sponsor; and his views on whether when a young person is selected to represent their country in major international events the State should pay all or a percentage of the costs, particularly young people in households who have low incomes coming into their household. [9800/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Collins

418. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the current staffing levels in the Castle Street community welfare office (details supplied). [9607/14]

Garda Operations

Joan Collins

522. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 11 February 2014, if he will confirm the gender breakdown of those arrested and charged under the operation. [9248/14]

Magdalen Laundries

Joan Collins

562. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will deliver all the entitlements and benefits of the restorative justice called for by Mr. Justice Quirke, that is, pensions and health care benefits. [9698/14]

Magdalen Laundries

Joan Collins

564. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the dedicated unit and helpline for the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, as recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke, have not been set up to assist those survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/14]

Departmental Correspondence

Joan Collins

687. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the statement-letter issued in 2012 when the campaign for independent living campaigned overnight to stop cuts in their personal assistant hours. [9381/14]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Joan Collins

129. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if two FÁS workers covering the job of a caretaker who is out sick and a third FÁS worker teaching in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8, comply with her Department's requirements and the guidelines issued by the Department of Education and Skills. [8718/14]

Equality Issues

Joan Collins

46. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a ministerial boycott on attending the St. Patrick's parade in New York. [7737/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joan Collins

50. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Hungary where the state has criminalised homelessness and is engaged in arresting persons who are homeless; if the Irish state will make a statement condemning this undemocratic move by Hungary against its people and fellow EU citizens; if the State will express support and solidarity with the people of Hungary in their efforts to right this wrong (details supplied). [8438/14]

EU Directives

Joan Collins

149. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the temporary protection mechanism directive has been discussed or invoked by Europe in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. [8400/14]

Tourism Industry

Joan Collins

131. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether hotels-bed and breakfasts and so on should not increase the cost of their rooms by significant amounts when there are major events been held in a particular city or region. [7736/14]

Water Meters Installation

Joan Collins

484. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of jobs created by the programme to install water metering; the number of companies contracted to install water meters and the number of these from the Republic of Ireland; and if he will provide a list of these companies. [7912/14]

Hospital Services

Joan Collins

6. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) have not been included in the transfer of patients to the Mater Private Hospital; the cost to the Health Service Executive of dealing with this situation to date; and if he will indicate when the serious issue of orthopaedic services in Tallaght hospital will be addressed. [6705/14]

Air Pollution

Joan Collins

18. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his view regarding a potential health risk from the recent fire at the Oxigen plant in the Ballymount industrial estate (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will indicate if there have been health implications resulting from this fire. [6699/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Collins

104. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed by her Department in the Government offices leased by the Office of Public Works in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, which are shared with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, on 1 January 2010, 1 January 2011, 1 January 2012, 1 January 2013 and 1 January 2014; if there are any proposals to increase or reduce the staff level in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7115/14]

Decentralisation Programme Staff Transfers

Joan Collins

136. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by his Department in the Government offices leased by the Office of Public Works in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, which are shared with the Department of Social Protection, on 1 January 2010, 1 January 2011, 1 January 2012, 1 January 2013 and 1 January 2014; if there are any proposals to increase or reduce the staff level in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7114/14]

Insurance Industry

Joan Collins

161. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of Permanent TSB customers who topped up their mortgages with Permanent TSB were issued second home and life insurance policies; his views on whether PTSB has a duty of care to check all remortgaged policies on its books to verify and pay back moneys paid into these policies; and his views on this practice of issuing second policies. [6609/14]

Legislative Programme

Joan Collins

446. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill is on the C list and listed as being on Committee Stage since November 2010, if he will provide an update on the procedure of the Bill. [6513/14]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Joan Collins

639. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the situation of a family (details supplied). [6786/14]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Joan Collins

31. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in relation to cases of Garda malpractice handed in to his offices in October 2013 from citizens across the State in response to his request for such information during the discussion on the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013; and the reason he has not been in contact with these persons. [5295/14]

Immigration Status

Joan Collins

42. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the circumstances of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and their current immigration status and housing status. [5193/14]

Hospital Admissions

Joan Collins

168. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital informed the Health Service Executive that a person (details supplied) was admitted on 18 December when they were not; and the reason there was an instruction not to reply to this Deputy before 18 December. [5737/14]

HSE Properties

Joan Collins

189. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the interest a club (details supplied) has in acquiring land [5856/14]

Waste Disposal

Joan Collins

129. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report on the Oxigen site in Ballymount that went on fire on the morning of 25 January; and his views on whether sites handling hazardous waste should be located in built up areas. [5034/14]

School Enrolments

Joan Collins

234. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [5345/14]

Penalty Points System Offences

Joan Collins

526. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any member of the Garda Assistant Commissioner's (details supplied) internal review team investigating the terminations of penalty points, or any member of GSOC, has had penalty points terminated. [5301/14]

Garda Investigations

Joan Collins

536. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied) to discuss the need for an independent inquiry into the person's murder. [5294/14]

Social Welfare Fraud Investigations

Joan Collins

396. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of contributory pension payments and-or contributory pensions that have been cancelled due to pensioners not co-operating with her Department's controlled survey. [3896/14]

Social Welfare Fraud Investigations

Joan Collins

398. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the random controlled survey of widow's-widower's-surviving civil partner's contributory pension is mandatory and will lead to an automatic cancellation of the pension without a written explanation that her Department will stop an old age pensioner if the person does not comply-co-operate with the random controlled survey. [3917/14]

Social Welfare Fraud Investigations

Joan Collins

399. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the protocol in place in the lead up to an old age pensioner having their payment cancelled because they have not co-operated-responded to the random controlled survey of widow's-widower's-civil partner contributory pension; the number of personal contacts that must be made and the sequence of written contact that must be made and provide the written contact letters. [3918/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Joan Collins

402. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is being denied his jobseeker's allowance [3964/14]

Social Welfare Fraud Investigations

Joan Collins

406. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the process engaged by her Department in their random control check on the payment of a pension (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if she will reinstate the contributory widow's pension with immediate effect pending this report being drawn up and a resolution to the withdrawal of their pension. [3978/14]

Tax Credits

Joan Collins

54. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money he expects will save with the reduction in tax credits for single parents; and the number of persons that will be affected by the reduction. [3112/14]

Proposed Legislation

Joan Collins

9. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate for access to a termination of pregnancy here when a woman is diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality. [54012/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

40. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to either ensure an operation takes place with immediate effect or ensure regular scans take place to monitor the possible growth of the colloid cyst in respect of a person (details supplied). [53986/13]