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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the level of general practitioner based abortion services coverage nationally by county. [5126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 350. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to clarify the decision of the medical team not to terminate a pregnancy on the grounds that the pregnancy was not a fatal foetal abnormality. [5124/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 was put on hold on Committee Stage last March to provide the Minister with two months to engage with me on issues of wording and an amendment from his Department relating to his concern about the unintended consequences of keeping water in public ownership. Nearly a year on and we are still waiting....

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: Deputy Clare Daly covered many of the points I was going to raise, but I wish to discuss the court case of Limerick woman Ruth Morrissey who is suing the HSE and two laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and MedLab Pathology. It is a scandal that she has ended up in court. The Government gave a commitment that no woman would have to go to court over the cervical cancer scandal, yet here we see...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I have a question.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My question relate to the Dr. Scally's supplementary report. The Minister said that it is his intention to give full and detailed consideration to any further recommendations. Will the Minister indicate for the record that this report will be published and distributed to everyone else?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My question was on mandatory open disclosure. I know it is being dealt with by the committee but there is a need for it to come through very quickly to deal with it. I also made a point on private and public healthcare.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Eligibility (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review (details supplied) has taken place; if so, the decision in this regard; and if not, when the review will take place. [5961/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome all the nurses in the Gallery. I want to counteract the nonsense the Government is putting out that staffing levels are okay and that there is no issue with recruitment and retention. The INMO has shown that there are 103 fewer staff nurses employed today than were employed in December 2007 and that there are 1,650 fewer nurses and midwives today than there were in 2007. The INMO...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My position on this issue is on the record of the House, as Deputies Clare Daly, Connolly and I brought it to the Minister's attention during a Topical Issue debate three weeks ago. Deputy Daly raised it again during Leaders' Questions. Mother and baby homes are one of the darkest parts of our history. It was mainly working class women and kids who were treated so badly and with such...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the forum on the film industry has not taken place as recommended by the report issued by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); her views on the recommendations of the report; and the steps she will take to ensure the forum takes place as soon as possible. [5985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the original agreed tender with a company (details supplied) for the children’s hospital in St. James's; and the amount it has increased to. [6402/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [6448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to facilitate conservation-led improvements to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and carry out a study of its historical importance, that is, the persons buried there and so on. [6531/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 members of the National Ambulance Service availing of the facility to have union deductions taken by payroll; the figures for the deductions of a union (details supplied) to date; and when the National Ambulance Service payroll ceased deducting trade union fees by the union. [6669/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of the National Ambulance Service who have their deductions taken for unions (details supplied), respectively as of 25 January 2018. [6670/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 National Ambulance Service staff involved with direct patient contact and administrative roles, respectively. [6671/19]

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: It is important to note that the Government, which only a week or so ago stated it would not discuss pay with the nursing trade unions, has been forced into a significant climbdown. The reality is that it had no other choice when it was facing the prospect of a three-day strike in a health service already in crisis and the tremendous militancy of nurses on the picket lines, as evidence by...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Broughan for tabling this Private Member's motion on homelessness. This motion was to be moved last December but was postponed, by agreement, to allow for other business. It is certainly as relevant, if not more so, today. Homelessness permeates our society and the figures for the number of homeless children referred to by Deputy Broughan are stark. It must be extremely...

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: The purpose of the Bill is to simplify the process of setting up and running co-operative societies. It is short and sweet, comprising just seven sections. It a small but important step in terms of what is needed to develop a larger co-operative sector in the economy. It is probably safe to say that the Bill contributed to the decision of the Minister to launch the online offering of the...