Results 1,961-1,980 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the level to which staffing levels in the national ambulance service need to fall to before it is considered a national emergency; and the point at which the Army could be called to assist the service [12101/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received during 2018 from staff in the north-east national ambulance service regarding failure to be given a break during their shift. [12102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance stations nationally in which there have been reports of rat, mice or other rodent infestation in 2018; the actions taken on such matters; and if there have been incidents in which staff have had to vacate due to such infestations. [12103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff were moved from the ambulance station in UCHG to Merlin Park and then subsequently moved back out. [12104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if a health and safety report was carried out on the ambulance based in UCHG; if a report was also carried out by HIQA; if the reports have been made available to the local health and safety representative in the ambulance base; and if a copy will be made available. [12105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on the provision of private ambulances from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. [12122/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the collective agreement between the recognised unions and the HSE regarding paramedic ICO locations; and if there have been adverse incidents regarding this agreement. [12123/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 425. To ask the Minister for Health his views in whether ICO staff should progress to paramedic training and compete for training with members of the public. [12124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if the current roster is the minimum staffing level for ICO nationally. [12125/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paramedics in the national ambulance service are being refused payment for attending court when summoned by the court to give evidence on behalf of the State; his views on whether the HSE may be in breach of its financial regulations on the matter; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a cost to those using emergency accommodation provided by the HSE for nursing staff of a hospital (details supplied) over the past five years. [12149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum staffing level for intermediate care operative grades in County Limerick; and the provisions that have been put in place to cover absences for the grade in the area. [12241/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason overtime for intermediate care operative grades in the national ambulance service in County Limerick has been discontinued; and the amount paid to private ambulances from 1 January to 31 December 2018 in County Limerick. [12242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interns in the national ambulance service that have used the emergency accommodation provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Marys Hospital in a location (details supplied) in the past five years. [12243/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (12 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency accommodation is provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Marys Hospital at a location (details supplied) occupied by the national ambulance service DNL; and if so, the number of managers of the service who have used the accommodation facility in the past five years. [12244/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I accept the amendment from Fianna Fáil, whose Deputies were at the briefing by CityWide the other day. It is very practical and I welcome the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, has said she would attend the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. CityWide should also come in along with the task forces and the HSE to drill down to what is happening with the...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— global opium production jumped by 65 per cent from 2016 to 2017, the highest ever recorded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and global cocaine manufacture rose by 56 per cent between 2013 and 2016, reaching its highest level ever in 2016; — illicit drugs like opium and cocaine are booming and new drugs...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I present this motion to provide the House with the opportunity to engage in an urgent and focused debate on the implementation by drug and alcohol task forces of the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, which was launched in July 2017. The national drugs strategy has enjoyed cross-party support over the years with Ministers in successive Governments committed to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise some important questions on the issues of workers rights. I want to begin on a positive note with the coming into effect of the banded hours legislation this week. I have been informed by the Mandate union, which represents workers in the retail sector, that there has been a significant uptake in union membership on the basis of this legislation and a huge interest in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: They are all related.