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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: Yes. Is there a figure for how much of the profits are spent in marketing?

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and I have ten minutes each but we will try to cut that time to allow Deputy Catherine Connolly in. The world's rich and powerful are gathering for their annual jubilee in Davos. Among them would be at least some of the world's eight richest men who own the same wealth as 3.6 billion people, half the world's population. The World Economic Forum has listed climate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to recognise Traveller ethnicity. [2645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of talks between a company (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the drug Orkambi [2816/17]

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: I sincerely wish to thank Deputy Thomas P. Broughan for bringing forward this Bill calling for a commission of investigation into the Stardust fire and for his work with the families of victims and survivors of this brutal tragedy, which is what it is. I also congratulate those, some of whom are in the Visitors Gallery, for their perseverance and courage over 36 years in their quest for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (25 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will issue the foreshore licence, which he approved in principle in December 2016, to Sligo County Council in respect of the development of the proposed pier and pontoon scheme in Rosses Point, County Sligo; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the council requires the foreshore...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council purchased a house in 2015 to house a family (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the council sought approval for funding from his Department in October 2015 to construct an extension to the house in...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: I wish to comment on the statement that the private sector feasts on the public sector. This applies not only to bed capacity but also to staff. Last week we heard that the majority of staff in the private health sector came from the training schools in public hospitals. That is a phenomenon that needs to be dealt with, given the staff shortages in public hospitals and that the IMNO is...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: The publication and media coverage of Ms Justice Harding Clark’s report into the surgical symphysiotomy ex gratiapayment scheme raises fundamental questions about how citizens who pursue justice in cases of historical abuse are treated by the organs of the State. The terms of reference called for the assessor to report to the Minister on the activities and the expenditure of the...

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: That is changing all of the time.

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: Yes. I welcome the motion and I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about the situation in Bus Éireann this evening but I want to state clearly that despite what the Minister has been putting out, this is not an industrial relations dispute. The unions have made a wage claim. Bus Éireann has pulled out of the Workplace Relations Commission process and it is a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hare Coursing (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Collins: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE endorses hare coursing, which has been banned in many jurisdictions (details supplied); and his views on whether public moneys should be withdrawn for this project [4259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) concerning unsafe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4260/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (1 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his views on data from a recent OECD report showing that Ireland has 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 of the population compared to an OECD average of 4.8, while Ireland has 2.7 doctors per 1,000 of the population compared with an average of 3.3; and his plans to remedy this situation [4258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (1 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 270. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time co-ordinator will be allocated to the South Inner City Drugs & Alcohol Task Force (details supplied). [4797/17]

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise the very serious and escalating situation facing workers in Tesco. In recent weeks, Tesco has decided to take the extraordinary action of bypassing its workers' union, Mandate, and unilaterally imposing the terms of a contract. These terms, if accepted, would mean a pay cut of more than 15%, in addition to an attack on terms and conditions for the company's longest-serving...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: The Tánaiste is ignoring the fact that the jobs debate is not simply about quantity, but also quality. It is not just about establishing commissions. We need robust legislation. The Government is allowing us to become a low-pay Ireland. According to the OECD, one in four Irish workers is low paid. According to yesterday's SILC report, there are more than 100,000 working poor. The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: To follow up on that point, the problem is not just affecting people in emergency departments. I have just got a text from a constituent stating that her 16 year old daughter was due to go into hospital to have a kidney removed today but she got a telephone call to say it was cancelled because approximately 42 people were waiting on trolleys and 20 people were waiting on beds. This problem...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: There will be three and a half minutes for Deputy Connolly and me and Deputy Wallace will take three minutes. It was not necessary to view the RTE programme last week to be aware that we have an ongoing critical crisis in our health service. Every single public representative in the Dáil knows there is a crisis but the nation was shocked by the sheer, naked pain of the people and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged between 65 and 69 years of age who had a routine mammogram as per BreastCheck since January 2016. [6555/17]