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Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the upcoming Gender Recognition Bill; that the proposed criteria for 16 and 17 year olds to access the legislation is onerous, as it requires parental consent, letters from two physicians and a court order; that it will also leave transsexual and intersex individuals under the age of 16 in legal limbo; and her plans to deal with these...

Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Since the Gender Recognition Bill has been put on hold in regard to discussions with GPs on the medical aspect, is the Minister of State linking in with the opinions of transgender young people on this Bill? I do not think we have adequately dealt with the under-16s or the 16 to 18 year olds and how they are recognised. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for this and...

Other Questions: Gender Recognition (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: We, including the Minister of State, have an opportunity to review the three key areas that have been particularly raised by the transgender community. The fact a 16 to 18 year old has to get two medical consultants, convince his or her parents and go before a judge before getting a certificate is too onerous, and we should seriously look at accepting the self-certification of 16 to 18 year...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: Support must be provided to keep people in their homes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: I presumed the Minister of State would raise the issue of the tenancy protection service. I have the report, which states "553 tenancies were protected, including 462 who were in receipt of an uplift in payment in their rent supplement with the remaining 91 tenancies sustaining their tenancy, as a result of TPS advocacy work." However, more and more families are losing their homes and more...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: The fact is that no housing will be built for at least two years. We will be facing this crisis of families losing their homes because of rent increases. I would be delighted if the Minister, Deputy Kelly, introduced rent certainty and capped rent at a certain level even for three years on an emergency basis and then looked at how people can be protected with regard to rent supplement to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the cap on rent allowance is cognisant of the recent and ongoing increases in rental rates, particularly in the Dublin area. [17540/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: This has arisen on a number of occasions in questions to the Minister of State. The Minister of State cannot control the rent situation in Dublin or elsewhere but rents have increased by 31% since 2010, particularly in Dublin and the commuter belt in Kildare, where people have been forced out of Dublin city because of high rents. Rents also affect people who do not receive rent supplement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the delays in processing applications for rent allowance, in particular for residents of Dublin South Central; and the reason that requests for additional information from her Department automatically result in an application being put to the bottom of the processing pile. [17344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomaly whereby the spouse of a person who dies while on a community employment scheme does not receive six weeks payment, but the spouse of someone who dies while on other payments does. [17343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those on the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's pensions are not entitled to illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Cost (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the use of press releases to provide an unclear picture of the levels of actual fraud in her Department. [17541/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 21 January 2015 in relation to Galway University Hospital, if any scoliosis patients have received the surgery they require from that list. [17740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will refer nine patients (details supplied) waiting for operations to a private hospital for their surgery, if the Health Service Executive cannot or will not operate on them. [17834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 415. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 14 January 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, Dublin 12, in view of the fact that recruitment should have been resourced by March 2015; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (6 May 2015)

Joan Collins: 578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company's failure to drill a well in County Fermanagh in 2014 (details supplied) invalidates its current application for a petroleum exploration licence, in view of the fact that it constitutes a failure to fulfil its work programme in violation of the terms of the licensing option, and section 13 of the licensing...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: Yesterday the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform left before the Technical Group spokespeople began their contribution and again today the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste left just as one of our Members began to speak. That is outrageous. After listening to yesterday's speeches by the Ministers, Deputies Noonan and Howlin, a member of staff in Agriculture House asked...

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: The Government will have to-----

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: I am pleased to speak to this Private Members' motion. This has been an ongoing issue since the crisis hit and many of us on this side of the House believe the Government has not grasped the nettle in terms of the position in which people find themselves. Data released from the Courts Service indicate that as of 1 January, 7,101 civil bills for repossession have been lodged by the banks...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (28 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the public consultation carried out in 2014 in relation to the transposition of new European Union guidelines on public procurement, including an update on whether and when public submissions will be made publicly available. [16672/15]