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Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Joan Collins: What people want at this stage is hope. They want to see the Government planning to build 10,000 homes annually for the next few years. People will even put up with short-term solutions on the basis that there will be a long-term solution down the line. However, the Government’s proposals do not even provide for this. A War Cabinet should be established to decide where we can build...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Joan Collins: There are children up in the Gallery listening to this. Show respect and allow the Deputy to continue.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Joan Collins: It is a crisis.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (6 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that post mortem examinations required by the coroner are not carried out in Sligo Regional Hospital on many weekends; if it has been brought to his attention that if a person dies in Sligo on a Friday and a post mortem is required by law, the deceased person is transported to Navan, County Meath,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (6 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 411. To ask the Minister for Health when patients with HIV and hepatitis C can expect Sovaldi, sofosbuvir, to have a full pharmacoeconomic evaluation be finished by the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics. [20179/14]

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I support the Sinn Féin amendment to the Fianna Fáil motion, which is largely in line with my thinking on the issue. The Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, admitted on television that some families will be paying up to €450 per year in water charges. With the Government adhering to its target of taking €500 million from this tax, it is inevitable that some people will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 206. To ask the Minister for Health when a spinal operation will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); if the operation will take place in Tallaght hospital or elsewhere. [20574/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (8 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I know the Minister is aware of this issue because I have been in contact with the shop steward in the Congress centre and she said contact had been made with him. On 16 April, 42 workers and two supervisors at the Dublin 12 job initiative scheme received termination notices and were quite shocked at the way in which the situation was handled. Very little information is trickling down to...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (8 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for her response which will be welcomed by the workers in this area. They were shocked at what happened - not just the fact that they got termination notices, but the way it was done and the lack of any detailed information. The shop steward and the workers have been trying to get detailed information. The termination notices issued for 14 June have been withdrawn....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse sanction for a second infant class in respect of a school (details supplied). [21509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (13 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding his Department has allocated to each regeneration project here in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20831/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (13 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a difference in the calculation of both the interest rate and rent charged to shared ownership accounts pre-2003 and post 2003. [21208/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 30 April 2014 and a previous statement by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland that it is only in the matter of setting interest rates that his national loyalties are subordinated to the supranational good of the eurozone, if he will confirm that the Governor will not accelerate the disposal of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the interest to be paid by the State between February 2013 and end December 2014 on the €25 billion sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory notes in February 2013. [22482/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the interest to be paid by the State between February 2013 and end December 2014 on the portion of the €25 billion sovereign bonds used to swap with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory notes in February 2013 that have been disposed of by the Central Bank of Ireland to the bond market, including the €350...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the net cost, taking account of the fact that any surplus at the Central Bank of Ireland is remitted to the Exchequer, to the State of the decision of the Central Bank of Ireland to dispose of the initial target of €500 million of the €25 billion of the so-called promissory note sovereign bonds before the initial target...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 848. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a sandbed in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in signing off for same. [22842/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Preschool Services (27 May 2014)

Joan Collins: 924. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will not be receiving a place in June in a high support preschool; and the reason some of the other interventions or services have not happened yet for this child. [23191/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Further Education and Training Programmes (28 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I was hoping the Minister for Education and Skills would be present because he visited the St. John Bosco Youth Centre on 27 May 2013 to attend an event marking the financial support provided by the SML Foundation. He recognised the staff in the centre and the valuable contribution made by the training initiatives run by the centre. The manager of the centre, Mr. Brian Murphy, is in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Further Education and Training Programmes (28 May 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying that a new start date of 16 June has been set. There has been no problem with communication between the St. John Bosco centre and the CDETB regarding the co-ordination of the programme. Eighteen students were ready to go last Monday morning on the Horizon programme while 13 were ready to go on the LEAP programme. There is a slight problem with...