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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the forum on the film industry has not taken place as recommended by the report issued by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); her views on the recommendations of the report; and the steps she will take to ensure the forum takes place as soon as possible. [5985/19]

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My question was on mandatory open disclosure. I know it is being dealt with by the committee but there is a need for it to come through very quickly to deal with it. I also made a point on private and public healthcare.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I have a question.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My question relate to the Dr. Scally's supplementary report. The Minister said that it is his intention to give full and detailed consideration to any further recommendations. Will the Minister indicate for the record that this report will be published and distributed to everyone else?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: Deputy Clare Daly covered many of the points I was going to raise, but I wish to discuss the court case of Limerick woman Ruth Morrissey who is suing the HSE and two laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and MedLab Pathology. It is a scandal that she has ended up in court. The Government gave a commitment that no woman would have to go to court over the cervical cancer scandal, yet here we see...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 was put on hold on Committee Stage last March to provide the Minister with two months to engage with me on issues of wording and an amendment from his Department relating to his concern about the unintended consequences of keeping water in public ownership. Nearly a year on and we are still waiting....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Eligibility (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review (details supplied) has taken place; if so, the decision in this regard; and if not, when the review will take place. [5961/19]

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: I support the motion and I welcome the debate on JobPath. The fact the Comptroller and Auditor General, Seamus McCarthy, told a committee meeting that only 7% were still employed after 12 months in the Seetec and Turas Nua service speaks for itself. It was also reported that 9% of people, that is, 17,100 people, were still in work after 52 weeks. The figure after 26 weeks is 14%, 12% after...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason why the HSE is not recognising a union (details supplied). [5441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 122. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce exclusion zones around facilities which are providing abortion services. [5129/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the level of general practitioner based abortion services coverage nationally by county. [5126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 350. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to clarify the decision of the medical team not to terminate a pregnancy on the grounds that the pregnancy was not a fatal foetal abnormality. [5124/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: If the 158 rough sleepers said tonight that they need emergency beds, is there capacity in the system to provide them? That is a simple question. The Minister of State commented on the claims by the Inner City Helping Homeless group. Its lead team made contact by phone on four separate occasions and was told no bed was available. It is not right to dismiss the claims of such a group...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Accommodation Provision (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: Given the weekend weather forecast, it immediately sprang to my mind that 160 people are sleeping rough on the streets. On Tuesday morning I put down a Topical Issue matter on this issue but it was not accepted for debate, so I raised it on the Order of Business on Tuesday. The Minister said he had been alerted that the cold weather initiative, which is ongoing since November, had been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no delay to a primary care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in view of the new national children's hospital budget overrun. [4850/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the delegates for appearing before the committee. I think the first case of bogus self-employment was taken to the then Department of Social Welfare in 1993 by couriers and concerned the classification of their job; therefore, the issue has been in the ether for nearly 26 years. It moved across a cross-section of workers in the construction industry from 2000 onwards. The reason we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: The delegates covered the main areas that we really need to cover. We hope to bring in workers from the English language schools and other areas too to delve into the matter. We will come up with something to allow the committee to bring forward legislation. In particular, the issue of company law about which Mr. O'Hanlon spoke in the context of pilots is one at which we will also have to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: According to the weather forecast temperatures will drop to between 0oC and -3oC over the next two days and snow and freezing conditions are also possible. Has the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, engaged with homeless agencies and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive on a national contingency plan to get rough sleepers off the streets and is there sufficient accommodation available for them?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (29 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if medals for bravery will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in respect of the siege of Jadotville. [4059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on correspondence issued through its legal team to organisations (details supplied) on union recognition. [3825/19]