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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Today is United Nations World Water Day, which promotes water services as a fundamental human right. The theme of the day this year is accelerating change. The Taoiseach recently stated on RTÉ that the right to housing referendum would most likely not be taking place this November along with the referendum on gender equality. He said that the Housing Commission has not yet produced...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: In November.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The Government has had seven years to do so.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I welcome the removal of the acute public in-patient charge. This is a very positive move. I will be supporting the Bill. I also welcome the public contract for consultants. I congratulate the Minister on that; it is a big step. The Bill gives us a chance to reflect on the mess our healthcare system has become over the past few decades. More than two decades ago, when the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I am disappointed that neither the Minister for Health nor any of the Ministers of State at the Department of Health are here because this is an important issue. I am sorry the other Minister of State is leaving because it is to do with the lack of services in Armagh Road primary care centre, which is linked to the special school on Armagh Road, Our Lady of Hope School. We were informed by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: This is an absolute disgrace. It is similar to moving the chairs on the Titanic at this stage, from the point of view of the HSE. One primary care centre cannot retain or recruit staff and staff are being pulled out of Curlew Road to fill the gap in that centre. It is crazy. Elderly people are being left anxious about where they will get their care from. They are mainly people with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the 3% increase for retired members (details supplied) has not been cleared at Ministerial level when it has been cleared by the company since July of 2022. [13058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 900. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if families with children and those who are in bad health will remain in a hotel (details supplied). [12515/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €750,000 allocated in Budget 2023 for trainee counselling psychologist courses will be used (details supplied). [12285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at St. James's Hospital from the 1 January to the 31 December 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [12292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 1142. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for three years, in tabular form. [12295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 1143. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost when he establishes an international expert working group to examine pre-term births to reduce neonatal mortality rates. [12307/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 1144. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of running each of the sexual assault treatment units in 2022, in tabular form. [12308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will deliver a comprehensive programme of in-person continuing professional development to support curriculum change together with specific funding for further school resources. [14237/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the Department will ensure coherence in the system in order that the implementation of the new primary curriculum is prioritised and initiative overload does not occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will guarantee a reduction of primary class sizes to the EU average of 20, considered as vital for the successful implementation of the framework by an organisation (details supplied) as well the restoration of promotional posts of responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dedicated time teachers will be given to engage with, understand, implement and embed the primary curriculum framework. [14236/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has been in contact with the Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Disability in relation to the ongoing lack of available therapists or therapy services at a school (details supplied); and if so, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I wish to clarify a few matters. Are we saying that there are no transition services for autistic people at the moment or are there some? Ms Tonge, in her opening statement, recommended that a dedicated transition service be established to support autistic people. Ms Clinton referred to a mandate in the US under which autistic children must be provided a transition service by the age of 14....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses.