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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if talks are taking place between health centres (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for the purpose of forming a primary care centre. [28914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the sale of the harvesting rights to Coillte will go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in relation to the planned sale of State assets including the harvesting rights to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a number of questions in relation to the amount spent by all Departments on outsourcing cleaning and security that were requested in the months of February from this Deputy, if he has costed the amount that would be saved by the Departments if this work was to be done through direct labour by the Departments; and if not, if he will initiate such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding improved accommodation in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [29535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Pensions Legislation (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding pensions covered by the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the lifting of the statute bar to allow for women who were victims of symphysiotomy. [29570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Adelaide and Meath hospital, Dublin has applied for funding for spinal services after the loss of two surgeons in the recent past (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29518/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Church of Ireland College of Education Order 2013: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: As Deputy Bannon intimated, it seems to be more of a question of what type of education is being given to our children, as parents expect a certain quality. They should not feel they need to go to a private school to get a better education or meet the right shakers and movers. As a society, we should deliver an education for every child equally, and it must be of a high standard. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Third Level Student Grant System: Discussion with SUSI (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I welcome the witnesses from SUSI. One of the issues last year was staffing levels. Are there enough staff now to cater for applicants across the system? There were almost 70,000 applications for 2012-13, with 16,500 renewals from last year. Will there be the same number applying for first-time grants this year? Are there enough staff to deal with that? Are there figures for the number...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the An Post pension scheme and the fact that certain pension scheme trustees may have a conflict of interest between their role as a trustee and Executive Directors of an Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29625/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister. It is difficult to respond given that the Minister has indicated that the response to the question came from the Minister for Social Protection. A few peculiar things happened to the questions I tabled. I had submitted three questions, one priority and two oral. One priority question went to the Department of Social Protection and I was not told about it in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I will table a question to the Minister next week.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I mean no offence to the Minister of State in pointing out that I submitted this matter with a view to having the Minister for Education and Skills come before the House to discuss it. His failure to do so highlights the need for Dáil reform. As Deputy Donnelly pointed out, support hours for children with special educational needs are about to be cut again, this time by 10%. With an...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I agree with Deputy Donnelly. It is very hard for me to hold my temper when I hear the calculated response from the Government the Minister of State represents in trying to play a three-card trick and claim there is not a cut. One of today's newspapers highlighted the case of the Sacred Heart senior national school in Killinarden in Tallaght which applied for 90 resource teaching hours for...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: These are people at the coalface.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (20 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I have never heard anything so callous in my life. The Minister should talk and listen to the people on the coalface in secondary and primary schools, and not the NCSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive funding for adult day services in Stewarts Hospital, Palmerstown, County Dublin, particularly in view of the fact that it relates to the next group of 18 year olds that would have expected to transfer to that service from this coming September.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: The claim by people with anti-choice, anti-abortion views and the Catholic Church that this legislation will open the floodgates to widespread abortion is a total misrepresentation. There is abortion in this country every day of the year, but it does not happen in the territory of the State. One can obtain information, access the right to travel outside the State and counselling, but the...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I, along with those workers involved in providing resource services for children and disability groups, welcome the U-turn by the Government and the Minister. The point, however, is that these cuts to resource-teaching hours to children with special needs should never have been contemplated, let alone announced.