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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 that has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence since 2012; if he has met with Respond Housing Association, as he stated; his plans to prevent this crucial refuge from closing on 12 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42642/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: Have they been waiting since March 2014?

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 6. To ask the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 22 October 2015 in which he stated that he had put in place maximum permissible waiting times for inpatient, day-case and outpatient treatment of 18 months by 30 June and 15 months by year end, why there are 13 patients waiting for spinal surgery, two of whom have come to this Deputy's attention, who...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I have raised this issue over a number of months, going back to last year and even before then. I am very involved in Crumlin Hospital. As it is in my constituency I have known many patients who have gone through it, particularly when there were cutbacks in 2010 and 2011. At the time, the then-Minister, Deputy James Reilly, said he would defend scoliosis patients and ensure the waiting...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: There were nine patients waiting for scoliosis operations in University Hospital Galway in May this year and only one had surgery. We are now told that there are 13 patients on the list and that three have had a surgery since. That is not acceptable. I know two people who do not mind me saying their names and in fact have asked me to do so. Aisling has a 70% curvature of her spine and has...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: There is no excuse for a person waiting 17 months for an operation. It is 15 months for Aisling who had to get rods taken out of her back previously. Since then, she has been waiting for surgery. She is in terrible pain. The Minister cannot stand over this. He must address University Hospital Galway, albeit not so much Crumlin where issues have moved on and he is trying to deal with it....

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: They are waiting 17 months and 15 months, respectively.

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: What about Iceland?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 44. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether patients waiting for spinal, hip and knee surgery should be placed on shorter maximum-permissible waiting lists for inpatient and day case treatment, and outpatient appointments of three months in any hospital [42901/15]

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I want to make a small contribution, although I was not part of the overall debate. The point has been made that the amendments do not cover the cost for ordinary people of accessing the courts, which is one of the key issues the troika instructed the Government to deal with. In 2013, I took a case against the Minister for Finance and was advised that a stenographer was required for the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: Yes, but I think it needs to go on the record.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: All of this was dissolved by the court case in 2003. How would any of the Minister's reforms address such a debacle and make it impossible for it to occur in the courts and in the justice system again? There is another scandal of loopholes. It seems that in some circumstances, solicitors can put registrations through the Property Registration Authority. My constituent believes that some...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I support this motion and congratulate the Deputies who tabled it. It gets to the nub of the problem, namely, the lack of political will to take real and effective action to deal with what the Moriarty tribunal found to be systematic and endemic corruption. The words "systematic" and "endemic" do not mean a few rogue politicians or a few bad apples corrupting what is, in general, a clean...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda Síochána numbers in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how long has he been considering (details supplied) a proposal from Dublin City Council on the refurbishment of a block of units at Jamestown Court in Inchicore in Dublin 8 and when he will respond to it. [45234/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 601 of 1 December 2015, who made the oral agreements with the companies involved; and when they were made. [45039/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Exploration Licences (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 600 of 1 December 2015, if any oral or tacit agreements have been made regarding the unconventional gas exploration and extraction research project currently underway. [45040/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the board of Iarnród Éireann has so many directors from the United Kingdom, and how directors are nominated or selected (details supplied). [45426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann to change its name from Irish Rail, why it still uses former addresses for communications purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45427/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: What about the cystic fibrosis sufferers?