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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Expenditure (8 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: There have been two periods of cuts in health spending by the State from which the service has yet to recover. In the 1980s, the Fianna Fáil Haughey Government cut public hospital beds by 3,000, and this is still a key factor in the accident and emergency room trolley crisis. From 2009 to 2014, there were five years of cuts in the health budget and staffing numbers. This is against a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Expenditure (8 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: The 25% figure came from a reply to a question put to the Department. Budget cuts were achieved through a variety of means over the austerity years. Staff numbers in the HSE were reduced from 111,000 to 99,000 from 2008 to 2015 and we are still reeling from that. Having listened to public health nurses last week on potential industrial action, I know they are absolutely crippled with work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of services for children with complex and non-complex intellectual and physical disability needs in St. John of God special needs school in Islandbridge, Dublin 8 (details supplied). [12062/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital for six, 12, 18, 24 and 48 months; and the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for surgery. [12034/17]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: People are clear on my position on the repeal of the eighth amendment. Ireland's historical treatment of women and children is not something of which we can be proud. This was sadly reaffirmed with the news about the findings at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home on Friday. The legacy of the shameful way in which women were treated in the past is evident in the Constitution to this day, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: 634. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 6 May 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, Crumlin; when the second theatre will be in operation for surgery; the staff levels required to run the two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been on the waiting lists for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, for six, 12, 18 and 24 months. [12167/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: Tell Tesco that it cannot tear up contracts.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: In recent years, Ireland has become a leader in the developed world for low paid work. The survey on income and living conditions, SILC, report backs this up, finding 105,000 people in Ireland are the working poor, who are in employment but unable to escape poverty. The Minister of State is standing over this. Things must change. It is no accident that Tesco at this point in time decided...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: I express my solidarity with and support for the Tesco workers and the union that took up this issue and also for the thousands of customers who did not pass the picket lines and did not shop in Tesco stores. The latter was an important act of solidarity which brought it to a conclusion, or to a stage where they will go into talks on Friday. The key point I want to make today is on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that his Department is depending on ESB network connections to the electricity supply to verify the number of new house completions; his further views on whether this method is not a true reflection of the number of new house builds over the past number of years; and his plans for an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (28 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalen laundries who live overseas (details supplied) [9772/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Restructuring: Discussion (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: From the point of view of the citizen, the Citizens' Information Service and MABS have been very important in communities. The closer they are to communities, the better. When they are taken away, they become more distant and they cannot be accessed. There was a Citizens' Information centre in Ring Terrace in Dublin 8 which was moved to Thomas Street. When it came to elderly people and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress to date on his commitment to a group (details supplied), that all homeless families in emergency accommodation will be housed by July 2017; and the number of families registered as homeless seeking emergency accommodation since he made that commitment. [8978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been lent to local authorities from the Housing Finance Agency for public housing build since it was set up; the detail of the local authorities that have drawn down the moneys; and the projected house build from these loans to date. [9012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has established the fund to provide access for Magdalen laundries survivors to complementary therapies under the ex gratia scheme (details supplied). [9383/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalen Laundries that live overseas, as referred to by the previous Minister on 24 September 2014. [9382/17]

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: I am pleased to support this important Bill, the Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016, brought forward by Deputy Cullinane and backed by a number of unions, including Mandate, the Technical Engineering & Electrical Union, TEEU, the Financial Services Union and ICTU. In recent years, Ireland has become a leader in the developed world for low-paid work, with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE high level officials group has made a recommendation on the reimbursement of Orkambi and the extension of Kalydeco for the two to five age group and the R117h group of persons with cystic fibrosis eligible for these vital drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE approval on the reimbursement of Orkambi and the extension of Kalydeco for the two to five age group and the R117h group contingent on additional funding is being provided by government to the HSE. [8975/17]