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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: We will drill down into those figures. The Minister stated there were 264 new builds by the local authority and 282 by housing bodies, in addition to Part V provision, giving a total of 650 new builds, with the remainder being acquisitions and leasing and so on. The target for last year was 1,045, indicating that less than 81% of the target was reached. Will those targets not being met...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of local authority houses built in 2018 in each local authority. [8368/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I wish to know the details of local authority houses built in 2018 in each local authority area. I raise this area specifically because it is the only one in which we have security of tenure. The housing assistance payment does not give tenants security of tenure. House-building and acquisitions will, as will the cost-rental model, I hope. Last year, the Minister announced that 7,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I tabled the question because we had not seen those figures. The Minister is saying they were released this morning. The Minister's building target in Dublin city last year was 1,045 local authority houses. Has this number been built? The target for Galway city was 96 local authority houses. Considering that none was built the previous year, it would be interesting to know whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 31 January 2019, the status of same. [8120/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the proposal made by an organisation (details supplied) to split the historical investigations of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes from its redress considerations; and if and when same will be carried out. [8149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (19 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding an application by a centre (details supplied). [8151/19]

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: It is 2019 now.

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: The purpose of the Bill is to simplify the process of setting up and running co-operative societies. It is short and sweet, comprising just seven sections. It a small but important step in terms of what is needed to develop a larger co-operative sector in the economy. It is probably safe to say that the Bill contributed to the decision of the Minister to launch the online offering of the...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Broughan for tabling this Private Member's motion on homelessness. This motion was to be moved last December but was postponed, by agreement, to allow for other business. It is certainly as relevant, if not more so, today. Homelessness permeates our society and the figures for the number of homeless children referred to by Deputy Broughan are stark. It must be extremely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: A few of the points I wanted to make have been covered. I thank Professor Doherty for coming before the committee. I refer to points 9 and 10 of his submission. In terms of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2017, Professor Doherty said that this legislation represents an innovative attempt to extend collective bargaining rights to vulnerable workers. Can he give us any examples of unions...

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: It is important to note that the Government, which only a week or so ago stated it would not discuss pay with the nursing trade unions, has been forced into a significant climbdown. The reality is that it had no other choice when it was facing the prospect of a three-day strike in a health service already in crisis and the tremendous militancy of nurses on the picket lines, as evidence by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the original agreed tender with a company (details supplied) for the children’s hospital in St. James's; and the amount it has increased to. [6402/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [6448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to facilitate conservation-led improvements to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and carry out a study of its historical importance, that is, the persons buried there and so on. [6531/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 members of the National Ambulance Service availing of the facility to have union deductions taken by payroll; the figures for the deductions of a union (details supplied) to date; and when the National Ambulance Service payroll ceased deducting trade union fees by the union. [6669/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of the National Ambulance Service who have their deductions taken for unions (details supplied), respectively as of 25 January 2018. [6670/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 National Ambulance Service staff involved with direct patient contact and administrative roles, respectively. [6671/19]

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My position on this issue is on the record of the House, as Deputies Clare Daly, Connolly and I brought it to the Minister's attention during a Topical Issue debate three weeks ago. Deputy Daly raised it again during Leaders' Questions. Mother and baby homes are one of the darkest parts of our history. It was mainly working class women and kids who were treated so badly and with such...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome all the nurses in the Gallery. I want to counteract the nonsense the Government is putting out that staffing levels are okay and that there is no issue with recruitment and retention. The INMO has shown that there are 103 fewer staff nurses employed today than were employed in December 2007 and that there are 1,650 fewer nurses and midwives today than there were in 2007. The INMO...