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Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the upcoming Gender Recognition Bill; that the proposed criteria for 16 and 17 year olds to access the legislation is onerous, as it requires parental consent, letters from two physicians and a court order; that it will also leave transsexual and intersex individuals under the age of 16 in legal limbo; and her plans to deal with these...

Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Since the Gender Recognition Bill has been put on hold in regard to discussions with GPs on the medical aspect, is the Minister of State linking in with the opinions of transgender young people on this Bill? I do not think we have adequately dealt with the under-16s or the 16 to 18 year olds and how they are recognised. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for this and...

Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: We, including the Minister of State, have an opportunity to review the three key areas that have been particularly raised by the transgender community. The fact a 16 to 18 year old has to get two medical consultants, convince his or her parents and go before a judge before getting a certificate is too onerous, and we should seriously look at accepting the self-certification of 16 to 18 year...

Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Has the Minister of State or Department engaged with children aged under 16 years who have declared themselves to be transgender or with intersex children to get their feedback? When does the Minister of State think Committee Stage of the Bill will be dealt with?

Order of Business (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: It was indicated today that water charges will be included in the new legislation on the non-payment of general debts. When will this legislation come before the House? Do we need separate legislation to look into the issue of tenants who refuse to pay water charges?

Order of Business (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: When?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the delays in processing applications for rent allowance, in particular for residents of Dublin South Central; and the reason that requests for additional information from her Department automatically result in an application being put to the bottom of the processing pile. [17344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomaly whereby the spouse of a person who dies while on a community employment scheme does not receive six weeks payment, but the spouse of someone who dies while on other payments does. [17343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those on the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pensions are not entitled to illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Cost (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the use of press releases to provide an unclear picture of the levels of actual fraud in her Department. [17541/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 21 January 2015 in relation to Galway University Hospital, if any scoliosis patients have received the surgery they require from that list. [17740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will refer nine patients (details supplied) waiting for operations to a private hospital for their surgery, if the Health Service Executive cannot or will not operate on them. [17834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 415. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide an update on the appointment of an orthopaedic surgeon, anaesthetist and support staff to maximise utilisation of available theatre sessions in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12, in view of the fact that recruitment should have been resourced by March 2015; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company's failure to drill a well in County Fermanagh in 2014 (details supplied) invalidates its current application for a petroleum exploration licence, in view of the fact that it constitutes a failure to fulfil its work programme in violation of the terms of the licensing option, and section 13 of the licensing...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Joan Collins: What does this have to do with variable rate mortgage holders?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the investigation into the need for regulation in the waste management industry. [18466/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Joan Collins: This question relates to the progress of the investigation and the need for regulation across the board in the waste management industry, including maintenance of vehicles, the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, and the Labour Court.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Is it possible that all the issues the Minister raised could be debated in an Oireachtas committee? This question was tabled on foot of the Greyhound dispute last year when the workers were locked out in an attempt to reduce their wages. The company did reduce their wages and some people got their jobs back. What report was received back from the Labour Court after the Minister submitted...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Waste Management Regulations (13 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Is the Minister recommending that some type of wage rate be set in the waste industry? I note from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, that although waste management facilities only account for 15% of licences, they account for over 50% of the EPA investigations. That is a lot of investigations by the EPA for a small cohort of businesses. Did anything particular in that respect come...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce legislation to outlaw zero hours and minimum hour contracts. [18469/15]