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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 756. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the free face masks scheme in Luxembourg; and if he will consider introducing a similar scheme to help to protect the general public from the spread of Covid-19. [17342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a public transport recovery task force if he has not already done so with an independent chair and budget (details supplied). [16319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism by which a community employment scheme employee who has worked a number of years and whose term is now ending can extend his or her time on the scheme in view of the fact that the employee is now over 62 years of age. [16336/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can extend a temporary stamp 4 status until receiving an appointment. [16372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that voices of sex workers, including a group (details supplied), are included in the review of the sex work legislation. [16320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making the use of face masks mandatory in indoor public spaces (details supplied). [16324/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include north County Dublin, Limerick city and so on in the daily Covid-19 dashboard in which new cases are arising; and if he will also include the gender of the daily new cases. [16335/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (15 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: I am coming in now. Deputy Thomas Pringle was supposed to speak but I am stepping in for him. I wish to focus on our health services because that topic is high on the agenda given the pandemic we have been facing in recent months. A report published last month found that the European Commission made 63 individual demands of member states to cut spending on healthcare provision or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: Special needs assistants should be included as well.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: I am following up on last week when I asked a question about masks. I refer to the 2 m social distancing on public transport having been reduced to 1 m without the mandatory wearing of masks or criminal consequences or fines. It is welcome that that happened this Monday. I use buses and public transport all the time. I was on the bus yesterday and everybody was wearing masks and I was on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of runners, greyhounds injured and greyhounds that died or were put to sleep from 1 January 2020 to date by month in tabular form; and the cause of each injury and death by each greyhound track. [14734/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (14 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a group (details supplied) in respect of adult day services will be examined. [14681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 1016. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses' positions that have been vacant in the Children's Health Ireland hospital group as of 26 June 2020, in tabular form. [14757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (14 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 7 who were waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care at the end of June 2020; and the numbers waiting from zero to three, three to six, six to nine and more than nine months, respectively. [14758/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 1071. To ask the Minister for Health if the Spinraza treatment has been stopped for persons (details supplied); and when the treatment will commence [14951/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: Phase 3 brought the further opening of the economy, with more workers going back to work, and one of the ways they go back to work is on public transport. I have noticed, and people have come to me saying this, that fewer than 50% of people are wearing face masks on public transport. We reduced the 2 m social distancing rule to 1 m on public transport, yet we are lagging behind on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: I thank the Taoiseach. Some 18 people have started the treatment and 12 are still waiting. This was the case before the restrictions were introduced and it is important we deal with this. It is a small number of people who need this treatment urgently. I would really appreciate the Taoiseach following up on this with the Minister. I will send the correspondence to him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: In 2018 and 2019, the families of children with the rare muscle-wasting disease, spinal muscular atrophy, launched a campaign to have the drug, Spinraza, approved. The public and Deputies were targeted so they would support the campaign to ensure patients in Ireland would be reimbursed for the clinically proven and licensed drug. Many Deputies, including the Taoiseach and the now Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (7 Jul 2020)

Joan Collins: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is legal for a company (details supplied) and employers to have control of workers' tips. [13896/20]

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Joan Collins: I am due to speak next. The Independent Group has eight minutes.