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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify his response to landlords who have literally set a regime of apartheid citing no rent allowance or work reference required. [25242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is making provision to allocate the necessary finance to build a minimum of 10,000 social housing units per annum to go some way to resolving the present housing crisis. [22289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the suspension of obesity surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital; the number of public patients who have had this surgery in St. Vincent's Hospital and Galway University Hospital in 2014; the number of patients waiting for this surgery now; and the length of time they have been waiting. [26123/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: It is not so long since we last discussed the same issues with the Minister. As other Deputies have said, there is a problem with the time allowed for tabling amendments. Larger parties have a greater ability to respond and table amendments quite quickly, but it is difficult for individual Deputies to do so because they do not have the staff to assist them that swiftly. When discussing...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: My question was asked by Teachta Ó Caoláin.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: When people approved us joining the EU, they did so because they thought they would get many benefits from the EU from a social perspective with regard to trade union activities, job security and cheaper access to goods. Europe had a social reputation related to the services provided in health, education, transport and right across the board. It was reflected in the vote for the European...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: I support this amendment. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh observed, we have seen an increase in unfair dismissal cases in recent years, with the workers involved often finding themselves in a very difficult situation as they wait for their case to be heard. In the past 24 hours, workers at Greyhound, a waste disposal company, have been locked out of their work premises. Their employer has not...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: I respect what Deputy Ó Snodaigh has done in withdrawing the amendment on the basis of what the Minister said. I refer to a situation where workers find themselves locked out. In this case, it has been two days and I hope it can be resolved fairly soon. Greyhound went to court yesterday and got an injunction because it said it was a picket. It was not a picket but workers outside the...

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: I would like to share time with Deputies Thomas Pringle and Catherine Murphy.

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: The promised inquiry into the issues regarding the Garda Síochána that have been raised over the last year will be the third such inquiry in ten years. Questions need to be asked about the Morris and Smithwick inquiries, which investigated very serious allegations and identified very serious problems. Did anything change following those inquiries? The Morris tribunal found...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the procedures his Department will put in place to treat persons who have EDS. [26164/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: I have seen the experience of RAS from a council perspective since approximately 2006, when the scheme was introduced. Amazingly, in Dublin the private sector increased from 19% in 2006 to 32% by 2011. I have always felt that RAS simply lined landlords pockets again after the 2008 crash and was not able to solve the housing crisis in the city at the time. The scheme was introduced to allow...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State said in a statement:This commitment in the Programme for Government followed on-going concerns about the evolvement of rent supplement into a long-term housing support; which it was never designed to be. [Which it was never designed to be, but it was lining the pockets of the landlords for the past ten to 15 years.] It was also one of the key reforms announced in...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: This legislation, which is the Government's main idea, is not going to work. 2 o’clock Will the Minister of State reconsider this proposal and call a meeting of all the Deputies who have spoken here? It is a shame that none of the Government Deputies have come into the House to debate this issue because they will have to deal with it in their constituencies. They will not...

Cooke Report: Statements (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: It is no great surprise that the Cooke report failed to find hard evidence for the bugging of GSOC. It is in the nature of modern electronic surveillance not to leave evidence. The anomaly of the ring-back of the Polycom unit remains unexplained. We are as informed now as we were prior to the report's publication. When the issue arose in February, the reaction of the then Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are in place for parents of multiple birth children in respect of the transition from second to third level education (details supplied). [26375/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (25 Jun 2014)

Joan Collins: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour/pier repairs at Rosses Point, County Sligo, under his Department’s marine leisure and coastal infrastructure development programme; when a decision is expected to be made on the application; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Magdalen laundries and Bethany homes including Ovoca House, Westbank Orphanage and the Church of Ireland Magdalen home, Leeson Street will be included in the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry into mother and babies homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/14]

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach gave a sort of ambiguous reply when Deputy Catherine Murphy raised the climate change Bill yesterday. He said that the Bill is being drafted, but he did not give any indication of exactly when the Bill will be published or enacted. What kind of timespan are we talking about? There is a general feeling that if this legislation is not moved on very quickly, it will not be put...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise an issue that was raised last week by my colleague, Deputy Clare Daly, and by me the week before that in the course of the debate on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014. It relates to the industrial dispute at the Greyhound facility in Clondalkin. Following the decision by the High Court on Tuesday, there is now an official lock-out of 70 workers at the depot....