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Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: Is there a written version of the Minister of State's remarks? He is speaking very quickly.

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: I support the motion and I thank the Green Party for bringing it before Dáil. It gives us an opportunity to debate the question of the direction in which housing policy is going. I agree with what previous speakers said. Fine Gael has been in power since 2011 and all we have heard is regurgitated rebuilding programmes for housing when we are facing the worst housing crisis we have...

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: The Government should read the full report. It makes many valuable points about public housing. In Austria, housing is seen as a public right and a human need, and that is how housing policy is approached. In the future, I would like to read about how it is addressed. It is clear that secure housing helps mental health and general health because people do not have to suffer from...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill which has been tabled by Fianna Fáil, not because it is a solution to potential repossessions but because all creditors, including vulture funds, should be brought under the Central Bank's regulations and code of conduct. On the tracker mortgage issue, the Central Bank was able to hold the banks to account. It was difficult and it had to bring them in kicking and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital for 6, 12, 18, 24 and 48 months respectively. [10428/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 14 March 2017, if Our Lady's Children's Hospital has recruited nurses to further increase capacity for scoliosis surgery to more than one day per week; if the two theatres are up and running at full capacity; if not, the capacity they are running at; and the number of surgeries taking place in both theatres...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed in the public health service nationally; the locations in which they work; and if there is a separate level of consultant orthopaedic surgeons for complex scoliosis surgery. [10543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the most recent active orthopaedic waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin for six, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively, by procedure (details supplied). [10544/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: I speak in support of a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment and substitute the wording of the amendment, as proposed in the Bill before the House. It is 35 years since the eighth amendment was inserted in the Constitution. During that period, a new generation of Irish people has grown up who did not have an opportunity to vote on an issue that can have a serious effect on their lives....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of State agency efforts to promote trade with Russia and Iran; and his views on whether all contact with Russia should be ceased due to its ongoing atrocities in Ghouta. [12265/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Moscow or Tehran which are in receipt of State funding or support; and his views on whether it would be distasteful in view of those two countries' involvement in the ongoing atrocities in Ghouta. [12266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Data (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 1034. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of commercial water charges debt that has been written off as bad debt by Irish Water or local councils since 2007. [12247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Data (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 1037. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue raised by commercial water charges versus general taxation spend on water services since 2007. [12257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Data (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 1038. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the non-payment levels for commercial water charges since 2007. [12258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 1039. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income from extraction charges for bottled water companies that extract spring water from the ground and sell it for profit; and the amount of water that is being extracted. [12285/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (21 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there will only be one service provider per Garda Division (details supplied). [13174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (22 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: I thank the committee for inviting me in again to address the Third Stage of the Bill. I refer Deputies to the letter I wrote to the Minister in response to his letter. They will have received a copy by email yesterday. I thank Fiona for sending them out. My intention in introducing the Bill, which has been signed by a significant number of Deputies, is to ensure that our public water...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: Last year, the previous Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney was in this room and raised the same issues the current Minister has raised today. He said that until he had that confirmation or clarity, he could not give the committee a definite answer as to whether it is or is not problematic. He went on to state:There are issues here on which we have to be reassured. If we cannot get that...

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: Along with my colleagues, I want to support the motion put forward by Sinn Féin. It has been introduced on the back of the fact that legislation is needed to underpin the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It is a very appropriate time to do this. I could not speak on 7 March on the debate on the ratification of the convention but I welcome...