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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: Would it not be better to employ them through the HSE?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: How can that be done when these workers are being paid by the private sector?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: I have been asked by a number of people to raise the issue of the shortage of neurology nurse specialists, particularly in St. James's Hospital. They are campaigning to increase by 100 the number of nurses nationally. They say St. James's Hospital has only four but it should have 14 to deal with the catchment area. Will the Taoiseach look into this, try to find out what the problem is and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the finances allocated to a project (details supplied); the value of the proposed loan from the EIB; and the other ways it is proposed to subsidise this project in order to ensure that the rents are realistic and truly affordable based on an affordable income related scheme while not comprising on the quality of design. [56194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a project (details supplied) is based on the apartment standards of Dublin City Council or the build to rent standards; and if the details of the standards will be provided. [56196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department in conjunction with Dublin City Council is factoring in a fair rent scheme for the cost rental apartments in a project (details supplied) based on an affordable fair and equitable rent income related scheme and not market related; and if the concept of 15% of the principal earners income plus €21 per...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will notify the Israeli government of Ireland’s objection and opposition to the forcible transfer and major dispossession of Palestinian property in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem (details supplied). [56446/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: It is déjà vu.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: Last week I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of the inability to recruit and retain staff in homecare services. Since then, several people have contacted me. I wish to put their stories on the record of the Dáil because it is really important. A woman rang me who is a healthcare worker. She said her mother lives with her. She is 89 years old and has advanced Alzheimer's. She has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: This is the reality on the ground, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: We might have the capacity, but we do not have the personnel.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: For this family, nothing is being done.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: This is a woman who had care for the last number of years and it has been withdrawn.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: It is becoming very clear that the Covid-19 vaccines are not the silver bullet we thought they were going to be or could be. Despite our 93% vaccination rate, we are now in a fourth wave of what may be more of an endemic than a pandemic. I believe Covid-19 is here for the foreseeable future, with all that entails, such as future mutations and new variants. Currently, Europe is at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she plans to take to resolve the scarcity of substitute teachers and the fact that school students are being sent home due to no substitute teachers being available. [57234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to provide finance to schools that do not have a recommended standard ventilation system. [57231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children in primary schools are not wearing masks. [57228/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: I welcome that the Government did not oppose the cross-party motion last night. There is, however, no commitment in the Minister's speech to include all of those who are excluded: the children who spent less than six months in a mother and baby institution; the children who were boarded out; and the children and mothers who were in institutions not covered by the mother and baby homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the programme board established to oversee the 32 recommendations of the 2019 Expert Review Group on Traveller Accommodation has recommended the creation at national level of a Traveller accommodation strategic policy committee in every city and county council; if so, when the recommendation will be implemented; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for completion of the new Limerick women’s prison; if it will remain a medium security prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57854/21]