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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of Ard Scoil Éanna secondary school roll number 60990G on the Crumlin Road in Dublin 12 has contacted her Department to offer the facility for divestment to an alternative educational body. [37602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1041. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of housing units at Jamestown Court, Inchicore, Dublin 8 for which planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council in June 2015 for eight units; and if the proposals are acceptable, when the necessary sanction will be provided to enable the refurbishment work...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Prospecting Licences (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the granting of onshore options licences granted to companies (details supplied) to prospect onshore in the north-west carboniferous basin and the Clare basins complied with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population Data (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: 1195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way a person (details supplied) can access the 1926 census; and if it is possible to access one page only, under supervision. [37917/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (22 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Health given that on 13 May 2015 this Deputy received a reply further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 6 May 2015, and was informed by University Hospital Galway that from 21 January 2015 to 13 May 2015 one scoliosis patient out of nine had undergone surgery, and given that this Deputy was informed that significant progress is being made in relation to ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in University Hospital Galway. [36585/15]

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: I support the motion tabled by Fianna Fáil. There are a series of questions regarding the sale of 850 properties in Northern Ireland and other issues to be addressed. That is why investigations are taking place by the US Department of Justice, the National Crime Agency in the UK, the PSNI and the Northern Ireland Law Society. All of the jurisdictions involved are investigating the...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister State for his reply. This is the first time we have seen these proposals and strategies and reference to the clearing house group. We are open to a real and genuine discussion rather than simply eight minutes during Topical Issue matters today. I would welcome it if the Minister of State brought all these proposals to the Dáil and contacted the Irish League of...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: It can be.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: This is a proposition from the Irish League of Credit Unions that has been with the Minister, Deputy Kelly, since before the budget on 29 September. It proposes to invest in a State-owned financial vehicle which would on-lend to approved housing bodies to fund the development of social housing. The key benefit arising for the credit union movement from this proposition is that it would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: Choices were made over the past five years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: This was first brought to the attention of Tusla in September 2014 when Respond had a meeting with the agency about this issue. Its representatives flagged the fact that they would be unable to provide the €350,000 in funding to Cuan Álainn refuge centre after this year. No commitments were given by Tusla officials or anybody else but they requested that Respond keep the centre...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Minister's recognition of Cuan Álainn refuge as a valuable resource, which is badly needed. Representatives of SAFE Ireland will appear before the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality later to talk about the need to properly resource domestic violence services. They say that at least €30 million needs to be put into services, and various agencies,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: It was flagged a year ago.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Cuan Álainn women's refuge centre in Tallaght in Dublin 24; that since 2012 it has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence; if he has met with Respond housing association, as stated by him on 7 October 2015; his plans to prevent this crucial refuge for women from closure; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: I tabled this question because Deputy Seán Crowe raised the matter as a Topical Issue on 7 October and in his reply the Minister replied that Respond! is in good financial health and that he would go to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to see what could be done. The Minister said he hoped a meeting with Respond! could be arranged shortly. Has the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Proceedings (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which has released its third report; his views on whether the project is producing invaluable information and data on child care cases in the courts; and the way he is utilising these data. [35516/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the One in Four annual report released on 7 October 2015; his views on the resources needed to respond to child sex abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35513/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which states that child care costs in Ireland are the highest in the European Union, at 35% of income spent here compared with 12% of income on average in the European Union; his views on the report's indication that 0.2% of Ireland's gross domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the serious funding crisis in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, whereby 5,000 children, some at significant risk, are awaiting allocation of a social worker, with some children being left at risk of serious harm according to a briefing document from the agency's chief executive; how his Department is addressing this serious...