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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Access Projects (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 794. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the future funding and status of the Dublin 12 Disability Mainstream Access Project (details supplied). [14452/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 7. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the mental health service provision in the primary care unit in Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [14640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 32. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long delays for patients awaiting spinal surgery at Galway University Hospital. [14641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the availability of a step-down bed in the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [15533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 627. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total allocation of funding to be provided by his Department to each regeneration project in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15350/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: The reason I put this forward as a Topical Issue today was because I heard on radio this morning that staff had refused to go to work as they could not provide the care needed in a safe environment due to a lack of staff. I felt it was a cry for help from these workers who wanted to raise this issue. They would not have taken this action this morning unless there was a chronic problem...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: At the end of the Minister's reply he said he was most concerned at today's unannounced industrial action. The Minister is a member of one of the health care professions. Does he believe health care workers would refuse to work if they were not confident doing so? Those workers took a decision this morning not to continue work because they believed that the staffing levels were not high...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: They said they would stay on for cover.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: They were replacing a shift that was not fully staffed.

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: I am pleased to speak to this Private Members' motion. This has been an ongoing issue since the crisis hit and many of us on this side of the House believe the Government has not grasped the nettle in terms of the position in which people find themselves. Data released from the Courts Service indicate that as of 1 January, 7,101 civil bills for repossession have been lodged by the banks...

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: The Government will have to-----

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the public consultation carried out in 2014 in relation to the transposition of new European Union guidelines on public procurement, including an update on whether and when public submissions will be made publicly available. [16672/15]

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: Yesterday the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform left before the Technical Group spokespeople began their contribution and again today the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste left just as one of our Members began to speak. That is outrageous. After listening to yesterday's speeches by the Ministers, Deputies Noonan and Howlin, a member of staff in Agriculture House asked...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the cap on rent allowance is cognisant of the recent and ongoing increases in rental rates, particularly in the Dublin area. [17540/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: This has arisen on a number of occasions in questions to the Minister of State. The Minister of State cannot control the rent situation in Dublin or elsewhere but rents have increased by 31% since 2010, particularly in Dublin and the commuter belt in Kildare, where people have been forced out of Dublin city because of high rents. Rents also affect people who do not receive rent supplement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: I presumed the Minister of State would raise the issue of the tenancy protection service. I have the report, which states "553 tenancies were protected, including 462 who were in receipt of an uplift in payment in their rent supplement with the remaining 91 tenancies sustaining their tenancy, as a result of TPS advocacy work." However, more and more families are losing their homes and more...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: The fact is that no housing will be built for at least two years. We will be facing this crisis of families losing their homes because of rent increases. I would be delighted if the Minister, Deputy Kelly, introduced rent certainty and capped rent at a certain level even for three years on an emergency basis and then looked at how people can be protected with regard to rent supplement to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Support must be provided to keep people in their homes.

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: We have got through just eight questions and mine has just been dumped into the last few minutes because the Minister is not here. We should be getting through at least 12 or 14 questions in the time provided. Members have been sitting waiting in the Chamber.

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: People have put a lot of time and effort into these questions.