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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: That is what the extra funding was for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Delays in Payment of Illness Benefit: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: This is one of the biggest operations in transferring from an old to a new system. The first question I wanted to ask has been asked by Deputy Brady. Was the new system trialled? For how long was it trialled and with whom was it trialled? After saying the Department had reached agreement with general practitioners on it, it does not seem like it did, or general practitioners did not know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence reassessing the pension entitlements post-2012 were not issued by the end of October 2018 in view of commitments made by her in this regard. [46894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a backlog of claims in the carer's allowance section (details supplied). [46893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the fact that principal contractors are underbidding for projects by being non-compliant with industry registered employment agreements, REAs, which lead to high rates of bogus self-employment. [46887/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the problems with the new system for illness benefit claims; and the average delay times in issuing claims. [46886/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department issued a circular (details supplied) independent of him; and if his attention has been drawn to the industrial relations consequences in response to this circular. [47104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department issued correspondence (details supplied) under his direction; and if his attention was drawn to same. [47105/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (14 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 225. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence the Children and Families Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 (details supplied). [47343/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (20 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 478. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of a unit (details supplied) will be commenced; when the building of the unit will be completed; and if these commitments will be fully included in the HSE service and capital plan for 2019. [48329/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: There could be more done for the health service.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next tranche of moneys will be provided for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied). [48748/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: I will also be brief. On amendment No. 2, to avoid the word "abortion" on the advice of the Attorney General because it is not in the Constitution is a very weak argument. The legislation does not have to mirror the Constitution word for word. An example was given by Deputy Catherine Murphy in regard to forming associations. The Constitution also talks about "dissolution of marriage" yet...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: This Bill is a no brainer. I certainly will support it and I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing it forward. It will enable households, small businesses and farmers to receive payments for electricity generation from renewable energy sources. This Private Member's Bill would force energy providers, notably the ESB, to buy electricity produced by microgenerators, including small communities,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: I will be brief because Deputy Clare Daly covered most of the points I would like to have made. This is one of the most important parts of the debate we will have tonight. We cannot ignore the World Health Organization's warning of what keeping criminalisation in a Bill on women's health and abortion can impose on doctors or others, such as a sister or a mother. If a daughter is approaching...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: On a point of order, or for clarification, the last group of amendments included amendments Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive, and Nos. 57 and 58. Have we moved on from that discussion?

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: I was unable to be present for the Committee Stage debate and I did not table any amendments to the Bill. However, I support a number of the amendments tabled on Report Stage, particularly this one. We know this practice has been ongoing since the late 1990s. It particularly affects couriers, delivery van drivers and those in the construction industry. A recent State project in Dolphin's...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: It is Deputy Collins.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: The social welfare appeals office.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (4 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in GP GMS contracts nationally; and his views on whether only 306 new general practitioners with GMS contracts from 2008 to 2018 is low. [50586/18]