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Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Joan Collins
595. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting one year for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Schools Establishment
Joan Collins
92. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 12 June 2018, if primary school children in Dublin 8 and 12 will be able to access a school (details supplied); and if not, the location in which they can access secondary education. [29235/18]
Wed, 4 Jul 2018
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Special Education Review
Joan Collins
127. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing review of the NCSE is reviewing the need for permanent contracted SNA jobs in schools in the future particularly with the possibility that assessments will not be carried out by SENOs to diagnose medical conditions and needs; and his views on whether there is a need now to allocate permanent SNAs, per an agreed methodology, pupil ratio in schools. [29130/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Schools Administration
Joan Collins
180. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the response to a query (details supplied). [29147/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
Joan Collins
181. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation of a SNA (details supplied); his views on whether in cases in which a SNA has had his or her hours cut by a third, the SNA should be able to apply to go on the panel to seek full-time hours elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Schools Data
Joan Collins
182. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether Ireland is five pupils per class above the EU average, OECD 2017, in primary schools; his plans to progress the reduction started in 2018 to meet EU average class sizes of 20; and his further views on whether DEIS school class sizes need to be reduced. [29160/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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School Staff
Joan Collins
185. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the almost 5,000 middle management posts lost in the recession should now be restored; and the way in which he plans to resolve this issue into the future (details supplied). [29200/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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Departmental Funding
Joan Collins
567. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) has received a grant; if so, when it received the grant; and the location in which the housing was built. [27430/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a proposal by a group, details supplied, will be supported as a pilot scheme; if the land will be taken out of Dublin City Council's land initiative proposal; and if funds from capital expenditure in budget 2019 will be provided. [27060/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
39. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the reliance on for-profit private developers to supply social and cost rental models of housing and so on will not deal with the housing emergency now or into the future and that a rights based housing programme, such as that in Finland, should be the model that he pursues, in view of the recent visit and comments of the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26610/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
59. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the right to housing must be inserted into the Constitution as a sign of intent to tackle the housing crisis into the future in view of the recent visit and comments of the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha. [26609/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Legislative Measures
Joan Collins
41. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to initiate the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017, which the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection facilitated on 31 May 2018 (details supplied). [26529/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Legislative Programme
Joan Collins
56. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will bring forward the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017, which was due to be considered by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection on 31 May 2018. [26530/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Citizens Information Board
Joan Collins
69. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Comptroller and Auditor General signed off on the Citizen Information Board's accounts for 2017; and if so, when (details supplied). [26531/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
359. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE's weekly review of children waiting longer than four months for scoliosis surgery takes place; the format the review takes; the way in which the resulting decisions are documented and recorded; and the persons who carry out the weekly review. [26484/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
362. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the wait times for young adults of 16 to 21 years of age in need of scoliosis care to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Mater Hospital when referred by a general practitioner. [26499/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
363. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the outpatient waiting lists for children who are waiting up to 36 months for an appointment. [26500/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Public Services Outsourcing
Joan Collins
364. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been no activity regarding outsourcing to other hospitals since 2017 in view of the fact that over 84 children are waiting over four month targets; and the reason there is no letter or information sent to parents to inform them regarding outsourcing (details supplied). [26504/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Garda Station Refurbishment
Joan Collins
114. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the long-term plan for Sundrive Garda station, Dublin 12. [26022/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Hospital Services
Joan Collins
155. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the location in which persons can access the 2018 waiting list action plan for scoliosis; and when it will be publicised [26005/18]