Results 41-60 of 1,441 for speaker:Michael Collins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 622. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce emergency legislation to prevent solvent companies reneging on their pension obligations (details supplied). [1009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications Data (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 669. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will release the 2015 figures for the number of applications made for invalidity pension and domiciliary care allowance and the number of applications refused. [1828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 1372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reported increase in fish quotas per tonne for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 1373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the European Commissioner has lifted the ban on horses from outside the EU entering the human food chain, provided they have a six months' withdrawal period from medication prior to slaughter. [41483/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to a parliamentary question of 6 December 2016, if it is correct that EU Directives Reference 262/2015, which was published on 17 February 2015, only came into effect when it was transposed into Irish law by way of SI 62 of 2016, as amended in February 2016. [41484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Cork South-West constituency in 2015 and 2016. [4698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which was allocated to the Cork South-West constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016. [4699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Collins: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to have the freestyle libre device, a life-changing device for diabetics, made available through the long-term illness scheme. [3800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Feb 2017)

Michael Collins: 290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is putting any protections in place for employees on a defined benefit pension scheme whose employers are trying to move to a defined contribution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7109/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2017)

Michael Collins: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the under-staffing in Cork University Hospital, which is resulting in bed shortages and cancellations of elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Collins: 159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a disclosure can be made by a member of the public regarding the Courts Service of Ireland under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [10240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Collins: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the remaining recommendations made in the report of the working group on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and other supports for asylum seekers; when it is expected that all the recommendations will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Collins: 488. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore public service pensions fully by mid-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce details of an aid package to be paid to grain farmers in counties that had suffered from serious weather conditions during the harvest of 2016, further to a vote in Dáil Éireann vote on 19 January 2017 in which a majority of the members of the Dáil voted for such a package to be put in place....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (9 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there was no environmental impact assessment or public consultation carried out by his Department before issuing a ten year kelp harvest licence to a company (details supplied) [12664/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons teachers employed on a full-time basis for two years or more under a fixed-term contract fulfilling a job share post are not eligible to apply for a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the body or person to which An Bord Pleanála is responsible; the number of An Bord Pleanála's decisions which were overturned by judicial review in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only one child psychologist is employed by the HSE in Cork south to deal with over 200 referrals per year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Arrangements (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Collins: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reducing the personal insolvency arrangement time period from six to three years for persons and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14474/17]