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

Joan Collins: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interns in the national ambulance service that have used the emergency accommodation provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Marys Hospital in a location (details supplied) in the past five years. [12243/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency accommodation is provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Marys Hospital at a location (details supplied) occupied by the national ambulance service DNL; and if so, the number of managers of the service who have used the accommodation facility in the past five years. [12244/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to accept the invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in relation to the ongoing dispute between the HSE and unions (details supplied); and if he will ensure that he has read and examined the health sector national staff surveys of 2016 and 2018. [12599/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister for Health instruct the HSE to accept the invitation from the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, on the ongoing dispute between the HSE and Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, which represents the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, branch? Will he ensure that he has read and examined the health sector national staff surveys of 2016 and 2018,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: This is not a breakaway union. The PNA has negotiated and represented members of the health service for the past 49 years. It has a long history of advocating on behalf of staff and patients to ensure the delivery of quality health and mental health issues. The NASRA branch of the PNA has represented its members in a variety of industrial relations fora, including the WRC and Labour Court...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I am disappointed that the Minister for Health is not here. He knew the questions would be taken today, even though he obviously had plans to travel for St. Patrick's Day. He should be here to answer these questions. I am not questioning the Minister of State but the Minister for Health should be accountable. It is absolutely outrageous that the HSE has taken this decision. It has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: He knew the questions were being taken today.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: If he knew this was-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: Where does it say that?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I am not asking for 12.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: The WRC should make that decision.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Union Recognition (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: They are not being represented.

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: First I would like to say that I support the Private Members' motion put forward by the Women's Caucus. It is a positive motion and I have signed it. The points that have been made by Plan International Ireland are quite stark, but they are nothing new for a lot of women and men in our society. Nearly half of teenage girls across Ireland struggle to afford sanitary products during their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin 8 and 10 areas diagnosed with a need for an ASD unit placement for primary schools through the assessment of needs diagnoses. [11954/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin 6, 6W and 12 areas diagnosed with a need for an ASD unit placement for primary schools through the assessment of needs diagnoses. [11957/19]

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: It is a pity the Ceann Comhairle was not here at the start of the debate because he would have been able to cut across the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who gave a contribution that went way beyond the process.

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I think we should all be entitled to do that in the House tonight. I support the People Before Profit motion and have co-signed it with 25 other Deputies. The first point I want to make on the process is to note that there is already precedent for this policy of seeking to prohibit the issue of licences for exploration for fossil fuels off coastlines. In December 2017, France passed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 669. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary care centre (details supplied) will be approved. [13070/19]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I have to leave in a few minutes. Would be it okay if I ask two questions before I do so?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: Figures on the percentage of the population at risk of poverty for 2017 and 2018 are not yet available. We have already received the report from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in respect of the 2017 figures for lone parents, which have increased significantly on what they were in 2017. The income disregard for lone parents is welcome but according to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul...