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Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: That mandatory disclosure could have been in place at present and it could have affected those cases where women had the right to that disclosure. Would the Minister please bring in the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill immediately, not six months down the line?

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: I honestly believe this is not merely a communication failure. It is a service and resource failure. Mr. Tony O'Brien, in 2008, stated, "At the time there was not sufficient capacity of that type in Ireland." It was not resourced and they had to go abroad to private companies overseas. That is a fundamental issue in our screening. I would like to get the facts. The Taoiseach correctly...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: This scandal is and will go down in this State's history as one of the worst instances of serious medical neglect, particularly of women, along with the ingrained culture in the health service to deny and cover up this scandal. The response of the health service to the hepatitis C scandal, the deaths of babies in Portlaoise hospital, the cases of national maternal deaths and catastrophic...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, everybody else got over a minute and a half or two minutes extra time on this.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: I am 47 seconds over time.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: I wish to commend Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, her team, Fr. Cullen and PREDA on putting together this Bill. The Bill seeks to regulate and restrict, where appropriate, sex offenders from travelling abroad in the interests of the common good and to protect vulnerable persons from serious harm outside Ireland where sex trafficking and child prostitution may be prevalent. The Act seeks to amend...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence. [18641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person is referred to the NTPF scheme; if it is the doctor or consultant who refers the person; the length of time they must be on the waiting list before being referred; and the type of health issues that are referred to the NTPF. [18593/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: 221. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; and if they can be referred to the NTPF scheme. [18596/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: 256. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary care unit proposed and agreed in Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 will be cleared by the HSE for funding to commence its build. [18768/18]

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: No. Joan Collins.

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: I am sharing five minutes of my time with Deputy Broughan. I also am opposed to PPPs. From what I have seen of them, they are a capital grab on State ownership and resources and are used to create huge profits for their CEOs. Many of them do not deliver to the standard to which they should deliver and they are normally for short-term gain. Many examples have been given already, such as...

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: I welcome and will support this Private Member's Bill on nursing recruitment and retention put forward by Deputy O'Reilly of Sinn Féin. Trying to run a modern fit-for-purpose health service, faced with increasing demand and changing demographics, on minimum funding and a short-term strategy does not work. That is what previous governments have done. The problem of retaining qualified...

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: I wish to make a few points in the short time available. This Bill, which I fully support, was introduced by Solidarity Deputies. It was submitted for debate during the recent very controversial rape trial in Belfast. It has a bearing on the debate that has surrounded the trial, in particular in the attitude displayed in text messages between the young men involved. Apart from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if the long delays for operations and outpatient appointments in the urology department in St James's Hospital (details supplied) will be examined. [15214/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: 857. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with respite or long-term care. [15783/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of physiotherapy service on a school age disability team based in Dublin 8; and if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [16020/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Collins: 1534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in identifying and registering assets which belong to the public water system. [15431/18]

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: I am a little underwhelmed by Deputy Bailey's speech, but she is right: she has her opinion, and everyone else has theirs. It does feel like Groundhog Day: we come in here nearly every week to discuss the issue of housing. However, it is a very important day for us to be here because two reports have been published in the past 24 hours. The first was compiled by ALONE and makes the point...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Joan Collins: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the USA which were in receipt of State funding or support; the amount that was spent; and his views on whether it was distasteful in view of the USA's involvement in the ongoing atrocities in Syria. [14397/18]