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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (12 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of on the proposed M20 Limerick to Cork motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46558/19]

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: Like Deputy Troy who spoke earlier, I acknowledge the Minister of State's approach to dealing with this complex and sensitive issue, which is a major challenge to all of us and to the State. To his credit, the Minister of State has been very measured and compassionate any time I have heard him speak in public. I want to be associated with the remarks about Deputy Martin Kenny. I said it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (13 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will commence the employment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46779/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: This is a matter for the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and it is under A Programme for a Partnership Government in the section on maintaining sustainable rural communities. In Limerick City and County Council administrative area, since January of this year there have been five one-off rural houses granted planning permission that were subject to...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: The situation with accident and emergency care in Limerick, as the Minister knows, has gone beyond the point where we just condemn it and express outrage. We now need action. People in Limerick and the mid-west region are aghast and afraid to go to that department. It saddens me to have people describe that department as a cattle mart and the last place in the world to which they want to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership Agreement Between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Armenia: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: I am happy to support the motion as the Minister of State has presented it but will he flesh out the political landscape a little more? How well functioning is Armenia's democracy? The Minister of State also mentioned the issue of human rights. Will he provide more detail on Armenia's human rights record? It is a country of approximately 3 million people, which is not a large distance...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership Agreement Between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Armenia: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: No mention was made of elections. Have elections been held? Are elections forecasted? If elections have been held recently, what was the report? Did independent monitoring take place? The Minister of State might inform us.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Partnership Agreement Between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Armenia: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (26 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 85. To ask the Minister for Health the reason to date in 2019 more than 1,640 persons over 75 years of age have endured emergency department wait times of more than 24 hours at University Hospital Limerick. [48771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the allocation of flat rate expenses for teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49066/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (26 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the unwinding of FEMPI (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (26 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part 8 housing planning applications that have been refused planning permission in each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (27 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a significant reduction in the spending of the 2019 national roads allocations by TII in conjunction with the local authorities nationwide; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49246/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (27 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Limerick City and County Council has only spent €655,000 out of €7,153,000 of its 2019 allocations to date in 2019 for the improvement of national roads; if the underspend is linked to the funding of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49247/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to re-open a scheme to regularise non-EEA nationals; if the scope of the previous scheme (details supplied) will be widened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49463/19]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (28 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: I am happy to support the Supplementary Estimate. I agree with the Minister of State on the improvement in the Passport Service. The marked improvement should be publicly acknowledged. For a couple of years, members of the public seeking to renew their passport or avail of the passport application service experienced significant frustration. The online platform has brought the service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2019)

Niall Collins: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (3 Dec 2019)

Niall Collins: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a group (details supplied) will be secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50334/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (4 Dec 2019)

Niall Collins: 79. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Bills in his Department awaiting Committee Stage. [50555/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2019)

Niall Collins: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the photography costs for his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion a photographer was used in tabular form; and if there is a policy in his Department regarding...