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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I thank Dr. Burke. One of my questions was the one Deputy Louise O'Reilly raised regarding the NHS legislation and whether it should be brought in initially. She was very adamant that it would have to be the case. The committee is established to be evidence based regarding what is the best health service for our country. Reports such as this are very important for us to see the evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the negotiations between the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Central Bank, the Department of Finance and his Department since 1 June 2016 in relation to the ILCU's offer of €2 billion to facilitate the building of social housing. [28422/16]

Other Questions: Back to School Costs (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent Irish League of Credit Unions report showing that back-to-school costs have risen every year since 2012, with almost a third of parents getting into debt to cover the increasing expenses and some 13% of families cutting back on food spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23034/16]

Other Questions: Back to School Costs (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent Irish League of Credit Unions report showing that back to school costs have risen every year since 2012. The report says that back to school costs negatively impact 26% of household bill payments with 13% of parents saying they will have to sacrifice spending on food to cover these costs. It also says that only 14% of...

Other Questions: Back to School Costs (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Can the Minister indicate how much that would reduce the cost of sending children to school? At the moment, the overall cost for a primary school student is €967 and for a secondary school student is €1,474. The back to school clothing and footwear allowance was reduced from €200 to €100 for four to eleven year olds and from €305 to €200 for 12 to...

Other Questions: Back to School Costs (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: According to the Irish League of Credit Unions report, in 2015 voluntary contributions for primary schools were an average of €77. This year they are also an average of €77 so the cost has not gone down. In 2015, the average cost of voluntary contributions in secondary schools was €147 and in 2016 it will be €160. They are not going down. There is another...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the financial assistance package and the proposed first-time buyer's grant are not being extended to first-time buyers who bought a home since the introduction of the Central Bank mortgage rules. [28612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the building of social housing with wheelchair access is included in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28614/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 474. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether personal assistance hours for persons with disabilities need to be increased by at least an additional 500,000 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/16]

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Róisín Shortall for proposing the establishment of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare. This is the first time I have been involved in a committee that has collectively tried to grasp the complex nature of the health service. Finding out about its various parts and the way in which it operates is like going into a minefield. At recent meetings of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: 200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in home based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home in budget 2017; and his views on whether an initial investment in the budget is necessary of at least over €50 million plus which then must be built yearly. [27843/16]

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: I support this simple Private Members' motion that clearly reads, "That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to abolish household water charges and fund investment in water and sanitation infrastructure through progressive taxation." It is signed by myself, by Sinn Féin Members and by Independents 4 Change Members so it is a broad motion. Fianna Fáil's role in this issue...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: I hope Professor Pollock can hear me.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: This committee has been established to discuss how to provide a health service that is free at the point of entry and to which everybody can have equal access. There are interests in this country's health system that do not want such a service to be provided. Health care is a lucrative area for private companies, including private hospitals. We must base our recommendations on evidence. I...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: Many of my questions have already been asked and I will not go over them again. Our health system between hospitals, GPs, care etc. is fairly broken. Up to 2007 or 2008, GPs were able to make a good living. Consultants and hospitals were protecting whatever they had. I have listened to what the witnesses said about implementing that care in the community, changing the mindset of the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: Do we have to be part of that? Should we be recommending what the GPs are explaining to us here? Having listened to the witnesses who have contributed to date, I am convinced that care in the community should be the focus. The question is how we do that. We talked to people about the Carlow-Kilkenny model last week. Why are other GPs not organising themselves to do that with their own...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: Professor Pollock said earlier that for us to go even any way to bringing in a universal health care system, we must legislate first. Are the witnesses saying that legislation must come first and everything else should then fall into it?

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the motion. We have witnessed another exposé that sickens many people to their stomachs. Some of the staff are on huge money while many others have had their pay cut by 10%. A large multinational was able to set up a system to generate more income for a period under the HSE's radar. The HSE says that when all the medication was dispensed to a patient on the same date,...

Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: Yes, to follow up on the point made by Deputy Louise O'Reilly, private hospitals are offering young professional nurses bonuses of €5,000 in addition to what they are currently earning if they sign a contract. The Government is not showing respect to 600 nurses and midwives who reached an agreement with the Health Service Executive. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: I will be brief. I thank the witnesses for coming in. I know that Age Action and Social Justice Ireland have done tremendous work over the past seven years, highlighting inequality and campaigning vigorously for budgets that were tested and checked for equality. Unfortunately, however, that has not happened. I take on board everything the witnesses have said. We know what we will get...