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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: As far as I am aware, GPs are covered under the Medical Council in respect of ethics and so on. Why is the obstetrician there? Just being registered with the Medical Council is not a good enough reason to explain why an obstetrician is included and a GP is not included. I do not accept what the Minister of State is saying and I do not see why he cannot accept the amendment.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 7:In page 5, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“ “appropriately qualified practitioner” means a general practitioner, medical practitioner, midwife, obstetrician, gynaecologist, as defined in this Act;”.This amendment is about broadening the Bill. That does not mean we are supportive of it in its present draft. It proposes to...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I refer to amendment No. 60, the amendment we tabled in this grouping. It takes up the issue of the classification of "an unborn human life" and substitutes "a pregnancy". It tries to take out the worst elements of this Bill in terms of handling the situation of a woman, because that is what it should be about. The points have been made. This should be about the protection of the life of...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: It is about the commitment to having a referendum.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: Will the Government commit to it?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: When we put forward Deputy Daly's Bill twice last year, if we had known that we could have formed legislation around fatal foetal abnormalities, we would have done so. In the discussion of those Bills, we heard from families who told a tragic story to the Minister and the world about those desperate issues. They received support and legal advice related to the D case in the European Court...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has requested assessment for eight students for special needs assistant support and only one student has been assessed by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, and they have yet to receive the report from NEPS. [33686/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for Irish dancing groups to assist them in attending world championships; and if he will list those grants and the way to apply for them. [33700/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the proposals put forward by the co-ordinator of the Dominican Campus School Completion Programme with the support of the three primary schools (details supplied); if she has considered the proposals; and if she will respond to same. [33690/13]

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: His name is Tony Rochford.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Car Test (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a national car testing centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 cannot process vintage cars for the €200 VRT charge. [33152/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the criteria that eligibility for community employment schemes is only based on receiving a jobseeker's payment for 12 months at the time of making his or her application and that persons who signing on for credits due to the fact that their partner is working is discriminatory on family grounds; and if she will consider changing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Missing Children (4 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: We all welcome the introduction of the hotline number and many people have sought its introduction for a long time. I particularly mention Mr. Tom Brown, who has campaigned for a long time since his sister went missing. The Minister indicated that the hotline would be used in 23 countries. There seems to be a problem with Finland. What is happening in that regard? The report of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Missing Children (4 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: That is the benefit of a hotline number, as the data can tell us what is happening on the ground. A point was made by Ms Delphine Moralis, the secretary general of Missing Children Europe, indicating that the response rate in 15 member states is 1%, but in Italy and Belgium, where the number is best known, the response rates are 6% and 4% respectively. This relates to promotion of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Missing Children (4 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with the launch of the new 116000 number, the number of calls that have been received to date; the amount spent on advertising the line; where this advertising has been targeted; the number of countries that have an operational 116000 service; if long term funding is now in place for the continuance of the service; and if she will make a...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: This is an important amendment Bill which I support fully. The issue of equality budgeting was raised more than a year and a half ago in respect of its impact on sections of society. It has been seen to operate fairly effectively in places such as Scotland, where it has been in place for a number of years. Consequently, useful legislation in this regard exists in other countries that could...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: They should state that because of austerity and what has happened in Ireland, a man has been on hunger strike for 17 days and this should not be ignored. Members should be out there supporting him.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: At the expense of people who need it.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: Why is he implementing them?

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: You are the Labour Party that is supposed to be representing the ordinary working man and woman.