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Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Multidenominational Schools
Joan Collins
376. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the absence of a co-educational, multidenominational, non-fee paying secondary school in the Dublin 8 and 12 catchment areas, these areas will be included in the Dublin 6, 6W and Clonskeagh catchment areas (details supplied). [24883/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Family Resource Centres
Joan Collins
1133. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 16 May 2018, if further funding will be allocated for family resource centre programmes in budget 2019; the category in which a centre (details supplied) has to improve a future application to provide a family resource centre; and the nature of Tusla’s plans to deliver through its commissioning approach for the Dublin 12 area. [24269/18]
Thu, 31 May 2018
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Joan Collins
143. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if it will be examined and the necessary equipment provided in order that they can return home. [24103/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
78. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 1 May 2018, the reason for the inpatient day case action plan failure to provide the NTPF scheme to patients who are transferred from waiting lists in one hospital to another hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23234/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Joan Collins
82. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the date on which the monitoring of the cost efficiencies in test strip usage begin; and if he will request the HTAG to bring forward the review of FreeStyle Libre to a maximum of six months from the date the monitoring began. [23228/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Hospital Beds Data
Joan Collins
354. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity of University Hospital Sligo in 2008; the bed capacity of the hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
Joan Collins
355. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the resource capacity being allocated to implement the alcohol action plan strategy in drugs task forces, for example, in the Canal Communities local drug and alcohol task force, CCLDATF. [23236/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Joan Collins
424. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to provide 92 children that attend a school (details supplied) speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if the children will have access to the July provision. [22221/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Home Help Service Provision
Joan Collins
425. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours available from Old County Road public health centre, Dublin 12 on 1 January 2018 and 1 April 2018 (details supplied). [23227/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Joan Collins
452. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 22 May 2018, the reason the case of the woman concerned (details supplied) was not referred to in the reply; and if a woman can request that her smear test is sent to an Irish laboratory and that there is no cost associated with such a request for the test to be sent to an Irish laboratory. [23726/18]
Tue, 22 May 2018
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School Accommodation Provision
Joan Collins
72. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Dublin 8 and 12 were not included in his recent announcement (details supplied) regarding the establishment of new schools. [22392/18]
Tue, 22 May 2018
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Patient Data
Joan Collins
413. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if the central patient data project has been finalised; if it is at full operational capacity in St. James's Hospital; the name of the information technology company that installed it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/18]
Tue, 22 May 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Joan Collins
416. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to a person (details supplied). [22534/18]
Thu, 17 May 2018
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Mortgage Insurance
Joan Collins
269. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason applicants for local authority mortgage loans source their own mortgage protection insurance in view of the fact that this adds unnecessary expense to an applicants mortgage (details supplied). [21842/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Family Resource Centres
Joan Collins
192. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Dublin 12 was overlooked for the provision of a family resource centre (details supplied). [21566/18]
Tue, 15 May 2018
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Housing Issues
Joan Collins
594. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a lot of new houses being advertised on property-for-sale websites (details supplied) with no given price a price on application, POA; his views on whether developers are using this method to determine the level of interest in their properties and then in turn raising the price due to high demand; his plans to introduce legislation or conditions of planning permission to disallow developers from advertising new houses or apartment developments without a price; and his views on whether the POA should be abolished. [21317/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Joan Collins
167. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if contracts were renewed annually with a company (details supplied) from 2008; if he will provide the quality assurance certificate, that is, the screening process and laboratory performance expectation with each contract; and if he will provide the same information on the clinical pathology laboratory and other laboratories here or overseas for the years they had a contract to analyse Irish smear tests. [20258/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Joan Collins
178. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of times cervical screening programmes were reviewed since 2008; and his views on whether it is best practice to continually review performance to demonstrate an ability to reflect on current practice and improve patient care. [20302/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Housing Regeneration
Joan Collins
28. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to support a regeneration team (details supplied) to utilise public lands at a location for 300 social and public housing units; and if this model will be used as a pilot scheme with a view to extending it to all public lands. [19794/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Joan Collins
70. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason he plans to amend the reporting of homeless figures from monthly to quarterly; and if he will clarify his announcement that the homeless figures are 500 to 600 less than the official reports. [19782/18]