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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 93 (5 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a form of acceptance will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2023)

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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 13 June 2023, when a retired person (details supplied) will receive their FEMPI restoration of pay given that the target deadline has been missed; the reason such a delay is being experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied). [34679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (12 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 291. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise if a child (details supplied) can avail of the July Provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35353/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can furnish a person (details supplied) with all documents which prove that their late spouse opted out of the spouse's and children's pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 696. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the process to bring parity of pay and conditions of workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Collins: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35029/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I think they missed their slot but we will allow it anyway.

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: The Acting Chair is a very fair air traffic controller. They missed their landing slot but we will allow them to land.

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. We appreciate the opportunity to set out the important progress being made by the Government in terms of providing affordable housing solutions to those on modest incomes who are above the income thresholds for social housing. We are all aware of the scale of the housing task we face and of the profound impact that the consequences of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan. I will clarify that the Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport but neither the Minister nor his officials are involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. The statutory...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I would like to acknowledge that Deputy Ó Ríordáin has raised this Topical Issue relating to lift access in Clongriffin. On behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, the matter raised is one in which the Minister has no direct function. However, planning plays an important role in enabling the alignment of housing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I will absolutely convey Deputy Ó Ríordáin’s concerns and those of his constituents in the community that he represents to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and indeed to the Minister for Transport. I think the Deputy is quite right and justified and he has presented a very reasonable case as to why this problem has to be rectified. I have read...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. Before I address the specific issues raised, I would like to provide an outline of the extent of the school transport scheme. The scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022-23 school year, more than 149,000 children, including more than 18,000 children with special...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I concur wholeheartedly with what you have said, a Cheann Comhairle, in this regard. The criticism you have raised about there being no mention of Wicklow is valid. Equally, I am grappling with what the Deputy articulated in my constituency in Limerick. What is being experienced in County Wicklow is the same in Limerick. We are trying to work through that. The Deputy did not mention it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I will take this matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien. To begin, I would like to clarify that under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each chief executive of a local authority is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (21 Sep 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy. We are all on the same page. There is a claim and a dispute. The two parties to the dispute need to resolve the matter. There are established State mechanisms to resolve disputes and, to their credit, they have worked and kept industrial peace for many years. A very successful pay agreement, namely, Building Momentum, is coming to a conclusion. As I stated, talks...