Results 2,101-2,120 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the serious funding crisis in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, whereby 5,000 children, some at significant risk, are awaiting allocation of a social worker, with some children being left at risk of serious harm according to a briefing document from the agency's chief executive; how his Department is addressing this serious...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report from the Economic and Social Research Institute on the funding of the school completion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36233/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the need for more quality affordable child care; his views on the need to increase funding for these community-based not-for-profit facilities or provide them with a derogation respecting the mandatory Further Education and Training Awards Council level 5 qualifications, as stands now (details supplied); and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (22 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Health given that on 13 May 2015 this Deputy received a reply further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 6 May 2015, and was informed by University Hospital Galway that from 21 January 2015 to 13 May 2015 one scoliosis patient out of nine had undergone surgery, and given that this Deputy was informed that significant progress is being made in relation to ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in University Hospital Galway. [36585/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of a jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) ceased. [37231/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus still applies to the same social welfare payments as in 2014; and if she will provide a list of the payments it applies to. [37518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rent supplement. [38047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision by the Canal Way-Basin Lane Educate Together school to only accept one stream of junior infants from 2016. [37601/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of Ard Scoil Éanna secondary school roll number 60990G on the Crumlin Road in Dublin 12 has contacted her Department to offer the facility for divestment to an alternative educational body. [37602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1041. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of housing units at Jamestown Court, Inchicore, Dublin 8 for which planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council in June 2015 for eight units; and if the proposals are acceptable, when the necessary sanction will be provided to enable the refurbishment work...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Prospecting Licences (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the granting of onshore options licences granted to companies (details supplied) to prospect onshore in the north-west carboniferous basin and the Clare basins complied with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population Data (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way a person (details supplied) can access the 1926 census; and if it is possible to access one page only, under supervision. [37917/15]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: There is a housing emergency.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: There are 20,000 on local authority housing waiting lists.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: As has been mentioned, this Social Welfare Bill will be the last such Bill before an election is held and must be seen as part of a package over the past five years. I intend to vote against this Bill, not because of opposition for the sake of opposition - I disagree absolutely with the Tánaiste, Deputy Burton, in this regard - but because the Government has just produced its fifth...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the modular housing proposals are an adequate enough response to this humanitarian crises, given that over 700 families and over 1,500 children are now living in emergency accommodation and hotels; and given that up to one family per day is becoming homeless, as per a report from an organisation (details...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: The sneering on the opposite side of the House about the one-year bankruptcy Bill is really low. It is an important issue. The Taoiseach stated that it had gone to the Minister for Justice and Equality,-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: -----but is there the urgency to introduce this legislation before Christmas to address the issues that people are facing? It is important that we get a commitment from the Taoiseach today. I raised the matter of the public health (alcohol) Bill a couple of weeks ago. The national drugs and alcohol task force is keen to see it pass. Will the Government introduce it before the general election?

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: Will the Government commit to introducing it before Christmas?