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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Security of the Elderly (4 Dec 2013)

Niall Collins: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide additional funds for senior citizens alert following the termination of the telephone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52157/13]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports this important Bill, which makes strides towards addressing a very sensitive area. It builds on and advances the 2008 legislation drafted by a former Minister, Dermot Ahern, and underlines the importance of moving towards a supportive legal framework for individuals with intellectual disabilities and impaired decision-making capacity. According to the 2011 census,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2013)

Niall Collins: 436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deferred to 2014; and if he will assist in having the original date of surgery reinstated [51720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department has calculated the number of staff who had serious illnesses in the past three years and who, from 1 January, will either be placed on half pay or pension-related pay in the event of becoming ill in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51141/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application which is being dealt with by the international child abduction section of his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51119/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner is drawing up a report on the implications of the new sick pay scheme and the way it applies to the Garda Síochána; when he hopes to receive the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any concerns regarding the implications of the proposed new sick pay scheme for the Garda Síochána in view of the nature of its job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department has considered exempting An Garda Síochána from the proposals on the sick pay scheme from 1 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51147/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Garda Síochána will be in receipt of half the sick pay entitlements from 1 January 2014 of their colleagues in the PSNI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51148/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (28 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) is being applied to An Garda Síochána when gardaí have no access to the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51149/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: -----and got a one-line response to the effect the Garda cannot act on it.

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: Yes, but that was not for the activity.

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: We are all agreed that at the heart of this issue there are vulnerable people and, basically, they are being exploited. It is a major fraud and a scam being perpetrated throughout the country. By any yardstick, given the amount of reportage on the matter, there seems to be no oversight whatsoever from any State agencies, an issue of major public concern and one we should be concerned about...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (27 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch for taking this issue. It is a matter that has been widely reported, including in the Irish Examiner yesterday and today and in many other publications in recent months, including the Daily Mail and the Sunday Independent. Families throughout this country are struggling with the heavy burden of mortgage debt and, as we know, desperate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (27 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of restricted handguns currently licensed to sports persons here; the total number of non-restricted handguns currently licensed to sports persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50882/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (26 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 130. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit publicly advertised since March 2011 to date in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (26 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money spent per annum on rental costs for electronic and other speeding signs and information used by the Garda from 2008 to date in 2013 in total and broken down district by district. [50651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (26 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners on release that were recalled to prison during the period 2001-10 due to breach of conditions; the total number of each condition where a breach resulted in revocation of temporary release (details supplied); where a revocation of temporary release is as a result of being charged with an additional...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: The Tánaiste did not agree with it.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: The Tánaiste did not agree at the time.