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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: I want to raise the issue of equine welfare, particularly in urban areas on public lands and in public parks. I am sure the Tánaiste has heard of My Lovely Horse Rescue, which does great work in the area of animal welfare. It has noted an increase in recent times in the number of animals and horses being left in parks and public spaces and on State land. Last weekend, it filmed a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and his Department have made their business case to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform seeking consultant status and renumeration; and the operational model the HSE and his Department are proposing in view of the Crowe Horwath report 2018 following on from a previous report. [42510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health specialists that have applied for positions in the past month; and the number of vacancies the HSE is hoping to fill. [42442/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill and thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing it forward. I salute the Government for taking it on board and, I hope, implementing it. The recent rise in the number of adults and children in homelessness is a worrying trend. We all know that. The latest figures in October showed an increase over September, with 8,737, including 2,642 children, in emergency...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: We have come to the end of a political year, but there are still workers who face the decision taken from the recommendation of Mr. Kevin Foley in respect of former Debenhams workers. They have to make a serious decision, and a ballot will most likely be taken, but those workers were not out on the picket line just to get their negotiated contracts from a company that practically liquidated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to abolishing the nursing registration fee for 2021 (details supplied). [1972/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 1008. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing the Covid-19 vaccination to teachers, SNAs and creche workers who are being asked to stay on the front line along with nursing home residents and workers on the front line of the health services. [1348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 836. To ask the Minister for Health if pay restoration applies to posts established by the drug and alcohol task forces and funded through the HSE with interim funding for the purpose of its costing exercise for pay restoration; if the HSE included all the posts and projects as section 39 funded (details supplied); if the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are committed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 969. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an addiction clinic; and the reason the HSE would need to move the clinic during renovations. [1240/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation regarding the closure of construction sites to stop the spread of Covid-19 will be clarified; the reason social housing and public infrastructure sites are being kept open (details supplied); and his views on whether all building sites should be closed to limit the transmission of the virus. [1380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 1142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that were injured and died or were killed at tracks from 1 January 2020 to date; and the names of the greyhounds and the cause of each injury and death by greyhound track in tabular form. [1246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 1187. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the Covid-19 stability scheme funding that went to disability organisations. [44999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if negotiations will be continued with teachers and parents to provide education services, for example the July provision for children who attend mainstream autism classes and special schools. [1965/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (20 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if parents can have their children privately assessed if they are on lengthy waiting lists for the public assessment; if so, the way in which they are reimbursed (details supplied); and if other services such as speech therapy and so on that can be availed of privately if children are on public lists but cannot avail of these services due to lengthy waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (20 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Children’s Hospital site will be closed with immediate effect until 31 January 2020 and then be reviewed given the virulent Covid-19 infection rate and the need to halt the rate of infection (details supplied). [2573/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (21 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers and teachers involved if special needs children are brought back to school. [3425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers are categorised as front-line health workers (details supplied). [3027/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that even at this late stage, the Chief Medical Officer has repeatedly had to make pleas to employers to facilitate home working; his further views on whether there should be fines in place for employers found to be undermining the public health efforts (details supplied). [3594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (27 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the ongoing serious human rights violations and lack of democratic institutions in Bahrain; and if the Government demanded the release of the leader of the political opposition in Bahrain (details supplied). [4227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2021)

Joan Collins: 602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternatives being put in place to give an alternative for placement in 2021 for social care for second and third year students or reduce the placement hours from 400 to 200 hours (details supplied). [4240/21]