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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (25 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (25 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if advice and assistance will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Niall Collins: Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013,  craft and general construction workers, persons undertaking on-site security work and persons or classes of persons as may be prescribed by the Minister are required to hold a safety awareness registration card (Safe Pass card).  In March 2020 the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation amended...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on matters raised in correspondence in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a community (details supplied) will receive fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schedule now being followed in respect of proposed legislation to deal with the menace of quad bikes and scramblers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence sent to the Valuation Office with regard to a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11142/21]

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

Niall Collins: SOLAS, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and education and training providers are working to plan a phased return of craft apprentices to complete essential practical elements of Phase 2, 4 and 6 training and to undertake assessments. The phased return to on-site practical provision within further and higher education and training institutions will help ensure the safe return of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, craft and general construction workers, persons undertaking on-site security work and persons or classes of persons as may be prescribed by the Minister are required to hold a safety awareness registration card (Safe Pass card). In March 2020 the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation amended these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 993. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for an emergency assessment under the primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 167 together. Craft apprenticeships represent 25 of the 59 available apprenticeship programmes and 85% of total apprentice registrations as at the end of 2020. Craft apprenticeships consist of seven phases of training, three of which are off-the-job and delivered by Education and Training Boards, Institutes of Technology and Technological...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (4 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (4 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by the HSE to ShannonDoc in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [12245/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gender Equality (8 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank Senators Dolan and Keogan for raising this important issue on International Women's Day. While we have made significant progress in recent years, we have a lot more to do. Higher education legislation requires institutions to promote gender balance among students and staff and the Higher Education Authority, HEA, to promote the attainment of equality of opportunity. The 2016 report...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gender Equality (8 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: In 2016, Science Foundation Ireland launched the SFI gender strategy which provided a comprehensive framework to streamline gender initiatives across all SFIs funding programmes, with the overarching aim of improving the gender balance among its award holders. SFI sets a target for gender representation in its portfolio. The original target was 25% female award holders. This target was...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister for outlining the important work being undertaken by the Department. I will speak briefly on the topics of literacy, numeracy and digital literacy, for which a strategy is currently being developed, apprenticeships, skills and eCollege. Work is well under way by SOLAS on the development of a ten-year adult literacy, numeracy and digital literacy strategy. This new...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Duncan Smith. With regard to apprenticeships, there are no boundaries or limits to what we can look into in terms of the feasibility of running and developing an apprenticeship programme. That is to follow on from what the Minister, Deputy Harris, said about that. What the Deputy outlined is absolutely the case. These are critical skills that are required in a modern...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: In regard to the apprenticeship backlog and the return to on-the-job training, a small number of critical and time-sensitive phase 2 apprenticeship classes returned to training on 1 March, with strict Covid-19 measures in place that were agreed through the stakeholders forum. If all goes well with that cohort, another group will return on 15 March. As I said in my opening statement, we...