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Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: What about Iceland?

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: There were nine patients waiting for scoliosis operations in University Hospital Galway in May this year and only one had surgery. We are now told that there are 13 patients on the list and that three have had a surgery since. That is not acceptable. I know two people who do not mind me saying their names and in fact have asked me to do so. Aisling has a 70% curvature of her spine and has...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: There is no excuse for a person waiting 17 months for an operation. It is 15 months for Aisling who had to get rods taken out of her back previously. Since then, she has been waiting for surgery. She is in terrible pain. The Minister cannot stand over this. He must address University Hospital Galway, albeit not so much Crumlin where issues have moved on and he is trying to deal with it....

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: They are waiting 17 months and 15 months, respectively.

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 6. To ask the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 22 October 2015 in which he stated that he had put in place maximum permissible waiting times for inpatient, day-case and outpatient treatment of 18 months by 30 June and 15 months by year end, why there are 13 patients waiting for spinal surgery, two of whom have come to this Deputy's attention, who...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I have raised this issue over a number of months, going back to last year and even before then. I am very involved in Crumlin Hospital. As it is in my constituency I have known many patients who have gone through it, particularly when there were cutbacks in 2010 and 2011. At the time, the then-Minister, Deputy James Reilly, said he would defend scoliosis patients and ensure the waiting...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: Have they been waiting since March 2014?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 44. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether patients waiting for spinal, hip and knee surgery should be placed on shorter maximum-permissible waiting lists for inpatient and day case treatment, and outpatient appointments of three months in any hospital [42901/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: It has been like that since 1831 and it was never an issue until recently.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: It is quite ironic we have gone through the marriage equality referendum with all the structures put in place for it. I heard Deputy Eric Byrne say the LGBT community should not be discriminated against. They should not. However, a LGBT who is a Catholic in a Catholic school will be discriminated against. That is the problem and why it is important we vote on these particular amendments....

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: That we are only a nuisance?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has met with Respond Housing Association regarding the closure of a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 on 12 December 2015. [42643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (2 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 that has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence since 2012; if he has met with Respond Housing Association, as he stated; his plans to prevent this crucial refuge from closing on 12 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42642/15]

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill introduced by Deputy Ellis because it is part of the process of discussing and teasing out exactly what is happening on the ground. It is not an accident that today is the anniversary of the death of Jonathan Corrie on the doorstep across the road. We in this House should all remember that tragedy. The people who supported the demonstration tonight outside this House...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on establishing a Traveller agency to drive urgent improvements in Traveller accommodation and to implement existing Traveller health, education and employment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 190 and 195 of 20 October 2015, if she will clarify that, as the JobBridge intern is not an employee of the company, the intern is covered by the host's employer liability insurance; and if she or the relevant JobBridge authority has viewed the host's insurance policy to ensure its...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on proposals from the family resource centres, FRCs, that funding for the family resource programme is ring-fenced within the Túsla - Child and Family Agency programme; that funding is also secured to meet the basic operational costs of running FRCs; that FRC projects be funded to ensure each is resourced with three...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an extra cost of €2 patients attending the Inchicore health clinic have to pay for their blood samples to be sent to St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42495/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his commitment to raise the cap from €220,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme, and if this commitment will come into force in the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Prospecting Licences (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 12 November 2015 and given his statement regarding oral agreements in relation to petroleum prospecting licences, if the companies involved have ever been informed in writing that no such licences were required. [42486/15]