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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: 507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (3 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: I appreciate that this is a time of considerable stress and concern for all students and it is important that this is taken into account by further education and training (FET) institutions. My officials contacted the FET institution referred to in your question and were advised that due to the nature of the course, City and Guilds were unable to offer students the opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: Following the 6 January 2021 Government advice to minimise movement, off-the-job training for craft apprentices moved to primarily online delivery. This approach is now continuing into February due to the extension of the Level 5 pandemic restrictions until the 5thMarch.   Apprentices due to begin off-the-job training during February and March will commence their training online. If a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: Apprenticeship is undertaken under a contract of employment. The rates of pay for the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes are agreed by the partners within the relevant sector, or are set out in Sectoral Employment Orders (Construction Sector and Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector). Rates vary between occupations and sectors but in all cases craft apprenticeship...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: 602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (28 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passport applications will be processed; if an application can be hand delivered to a passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (28 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an emergency passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed immediately due to the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: In accordance with the Programme for Government, a new Action Plan for Apprenticeship is in development to cover the period 2021-2025 with a target of 10,000 apprenticeship registrations per annum by 2025. The plan will also set out how the apprentice population will more closely reflect the general population and further address the issue of barriers to participation in apprenticeship by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the orthopaedic chair prescribed by their occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if an organisation (details supplied) can qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a grant or bursary is available for a person seeking to write a history book; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can claim arrears of the pandemic unemployment payment; if the amount of arrears is capped; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a copy of a report will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: 567. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of an application for ECCE overage exemptions by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608 and 609 together. In accordance with the Programme for Government, a new Action Plan for Apprenticeship is in development to cover the period 2021-2025 with a target of 10,000 apprenticeship registrations per annum by 2025. The plan will also set out how the apprentice population will more closely reflect the general population and further address the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for giving me, on behalf of the Minister for Health, the opportunity to clarify the position on the availability of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel, known as Duodopa, for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. As the Senator may know, the HSE has been given statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions under...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: I will ask the Department and the HSE to follow up on the Senator's requests. We appreciate that Parkinson's disease is a debilitating condition and fully acknowledge that it is a worrying time for patients, families and carers, as Senator O'Reilly outlined in his remarks. I hope for all concerned that a final decision on this reimbursement application is reached shortly. It is important...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and giving me an opportunity to outline to the House the position regarding the new emergency department at University Hospital Galway. University Hospital Galway provides regional services for a wide range of specialties that serve a catchment area of approximately 1 million people along the west from Donegal to north Tipperary. University...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: I hear the Senator's frustration and anger on behalf of his constituents and the people of Galway and the west of Ireland with this ongoing issue and the lack of a coherent timeline. I will communicate his frustration on behalf of the people he represents to the Minister, the Department and the HSE. I also echo the Senator's words of thanks and appreciation to the front-line workers in...