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Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she proposes to improve the quality and qualifications of the workforce in child care facilities with specific emphasis where services are being provided in the age groups zero to six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Numbers (4 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific information regarding medical cards (details supplied) in respect of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32656/13]

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil is broadly supportive of the Bill but has a number of concerns it would like to see addressed. Openness and transparency are important aspects of an effective judicial process which enjoys public trust. They foster better judicial decisions in the public interest. It is important that the Bill achieves the correct balance between privacy and transparency in reporting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition (10 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconsider plans to dissolve the county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33554/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (10 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money granted or donated in foreign aid and to which organisation and or country presented in tabular form for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33598/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Numbers (10 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail in tabular form the names of each one teacher school, two teacher school, three teacher school, four teacher school and all other national schools in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/13]

An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill. The creation of a new court of appeal will alleviate the workload of the Supreme Court, reduce its four-year backlog and ensure that citizens have swift and less costly access to the justice system. The creation of such a court was advocated in our 2011 general election manifesto, based on a report we commissioned while in Government. The removal of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the Dormant Accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the inception of the fund; the total amount transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the introduction of legislation to implement his Putting People First local government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33769/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34410/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 133. To ask the Taoiseach if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34989/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34404/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34983/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34403/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34401/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legal Matters (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34980/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the findings of the report following the pilot study on school accommodation in five areas as announced by his Department in June 2012. [35142/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34987/13]