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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Dublin City Council's 657 vacant properties that were scheduled for demolition in the homelessness summit strategy, held in December 2014, that have been refurbished; and if he will identify these properties. [8919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,046 vacant properties under the National Asset Management Agency's remit that have been brought into productive use in the Dublin City Council area to date. [8923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Fingal County Council in 2008; and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment, in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2008 and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of workers employed in the maintenance section of South Dublin County Council in 2008, and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (3 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Dublin City Council in 2008 and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5602/15]

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill and I think it should be passed. It is very similar to a Bill I introduced two years ago. It is similar in seeking to remove the veto of the banks and seeks to use the machinery set out in the Personal Insolvency Act. In 2009, I noticed this when I was knocking on doors during the local election. We knew that things were happening behind closed doors but only in that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the special summit on homelessness, in December 2014, particularly the issue of the emergency bed situation and the Nite Café; if there are enough; if they are full at night; and if there is a need for extra beds, particularly single room emergency beds. [8922/15]

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: It is very welcome that we have reached this Stage of the Bill. I welcome the members of the trans community in the Visitors Gallery listening intently to what is being said. While the legislation is welcome, there are still many issues that have not been addressed. They have been raised by a number of other Deputies and it is important to deal with them. I would prefer to see the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I tabled parliamentary questions on waiting times for scoliosis surgery at University Hospital Galway to which I received a reply on 2 February outlining that one patient was waiting three to six months - I know who that person is - that three people are waiting between six months and nine months - I know one of those three people - and five people are waiting are waiting for 12 months. That...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: Last year, when I tabled parliamentary questions on Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, I was informed there was a service level arrangement in place, money would be provided and work was being done with the children's hospital group, etc. Nine people have been waiting for surgery in Galway University Hospital for between three months and more than one year. One patient has been...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: There are 37 people waiting.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the figures on the discontinuation of the one-parent family payment are correct, as this would affect lone parents in work at present (details supplied). [10490/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government now that the tendering process for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme is completed, his views regarding the future of the Cherry Orchard Equine Centre, Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will receive interim funding post-31 March 2015. [10557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Redundancy Payments (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if enhanced redundancy packages will be made available in respect of employees (details supplied). [10556/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a 13% cut to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme budget, on the back of successive cuts of 33% (details supplied), over the past 4 years, will continue to have a detrimental impact on the communities in Lot 2.4, Canals / Rathmines / Pembroke, and that community development...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.7 of 4 March 2015, if he will provide clarity on statements made, where it was stated that €600,000 was being made available to Dublin Central groups outside the local and community development programme and social inclusion and community activation programme budgets; the uses...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputy Tom Fleming.

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I wanted to speak in this debate because I believe it is an important one that comes up once a year. I am not a fluent Irish speaker; I am not even an Irish speaker. Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Maureen O'Sullivan raised many interesting points about where the Irish language is going. To my mind, unless a language is a living language, and unless it is nearly the primary language in...