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Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for taking this question, as I have been trying to follow up this issue for over a year. A number of people have come to us querying access to spinal surgery in Tallaght. Last May, we received a letter from the chief executive indicating that a patient had been waiting for seven months for a procedure. There was an apology for this and the letter indicated that the...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply and it is good to hear that there will be two spinal surgeries. The issue has been ongoing for a year and the Minister should have been aware of it. The chief executive indicated that the hospital had applied for surgeons through the HSE and there were problems. One of the people referred to by the Minister, I hope, was on the list for seven months last...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: Last week I asked the Tánaiste a specific question in respect of apprentices being forced to pay college fees. The Tánaiste's reply was bordering on dishonesty. The specific question I asked the Tánaiste was whether the Minister for Education and Skills would meet representatives from the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, the union representing these workers. They...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: Up to last Thursday the TEEU had requested a meeting with the Minister and had heard no reply. I raised the matter last week and the Minister for Education and Skills said he would meet the Union of Students in Ireland, a body not representing these workers. A week has gone by. I spoke to representatives of the union some 15 minutes ago to confirm that the Minister had not contacted them...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: There is an issue.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: We have been discussing it for the past two days.

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Projects (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: Having heard about this case in media reports, I subsequently received an e-mail on the issue from Sam Field-Corbett. I, too, call for a six month reprieve to allow some time for interested parties to produce a plan for the restoration of the Naomh Éanna. Mr. Field-Corbett, with whom I spoke briefly, notes in his e-mail to me that the Naomh Éanna is an iconic vessel and one of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Projects (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I concur with many of the points made by Deputy Humphreys. All we are asking is for six months' reprieve to allow the possibility of a business plan being put forward. As stated, the group concerned restored the MV Cill Airne and it sees merit in trying to protect this particular ship. If after six months that is not possible, we can look again at what needs to happen to this ship. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Pollution (13 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Health his view regarding a potential health risk from the recent fire at the Oxigen plant in the Ballymount industrial estate (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will indicate if there have been health implications resulting from this fire. [6699/14]

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise another issue that has developed over the past week or two. In recent weeks, the Taoiseach, along with the Tánaiste, held out the possibility of tax cuts, as he said, as the Government finances improve. It would be a miracle of convenience if the scope of such tax cuts became apparent in the run-up to the general election. Such a cynical return to auction politics...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: The figures I cited were based on 2009 CSO statistics. After three more austerity budgets those incomes have been eaten into again. People are not demanding a cynical attempt by the Government to make a play on tax cuts, but rather to give them real money in their pockets. The Mandate union won a 3% increase for Penney's workers recently, backdated to 2013. Mr. John Callan, a shop steward...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether hotels-bed and breakfasts and so on should not increase the cost of their rooms by significant amounts when there are major events been held in a particular city or region. [7736/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (18 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of jobs created by the programme to install water metering; the number of companies contracted to install water meters and the number of these from the Republic of Ireland; and if he will provide a list of these companies. [7912/14]

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: The Bill is part of the plan of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to introduce universal health insurance. This is based on a Dutch model, which from my reading is not one I would examine. I would have thought that a Government with a significant number of Labour members should be looking for a service based on the national health service in Britain. This initially came from the...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: That is certainly not suggested by the figures given out the other day in the media. The information was broken down by area, including details of tablets and generic substitutions. The difference was only approximately 3%, which is not much considering we are meant to have seen a big reduction in the area. There is much to be done, although I know this complex issue will not be solved in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Equality Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a ministerial boycott on attending the St. Patrick's parade in New York. [7737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Hungary where the state has criminalised homelessness and is engaged in arresting persons who are homeless; if the Irish state will make a statement condemning this undemocratic move by Hungary against its people and fellow EU citizens; if the State will express support...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (19 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the temporary protection mechanism directive has been discussed or invoked by Europe in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. [8400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if two FÁS workers covering the job of a caretaker who is out sick and a third FÁS worker teaching in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8, comply with her Department's requirements and the guidelines issued by the Department of Education and Skills. [8718/14]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: I do not want to eat into the time of other colleagues. This debate on the Judiciary is important because many ordinary people have seen the system as not just an example of political patronage but of class issues. For decades judges have been picked from people who were able to attend college and university. Successive Governments have exemplified in the minds of many people a system...