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Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Medical Research and Training
Joan Collins
497. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 to provide an additional 120 GP training places. [43610/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Health Services
Joan Collins
498. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a centre of excellence for adult deficit hyperactivity disorder; and the costs of these plans. [43611/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Joan Collins
499. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of vascular stenting procedures carried out in each public hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43612/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Joan Collins
501. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of a National Psychology Placement Office; and the funding for this establishment, including staff costs. [43615/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Bus Services
Joan Collins
14. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport to intervene and arrange a meeting with the NTA with public representatives and a resident representation regarding the removal of several bus routes in Dublin (details supplied), as to date the NTA has refused to do so. [42970/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Bus Services
Joan Collins
64. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he stands over the NTA’s refusal to meet public representatives and residents following a request from this Deputy to meet the NTA before it attempts to implement changes to bus services (details supplied). [42973/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Water Services
Joan Collins
341. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what oversight, if any, his Department has in the awarding of public contracts by Uisce Éireann, particularly in relation to the Hybrid 2 project at Ringsend, which has been awarded to a company (details supplied); and if he is satisfied that this company is complying with obligations under public procurement regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 284/2016 Section 18 subsection (4) (a), in the fields of 'Environmental, Social and Labour Law'. [41364/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Abortion Services
Joan Collins
32. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health how he is making the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 a priority, to have it in operation by Christmas 2023 (details supplied). [40652/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for their operation. [40651/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Adoption Services
Joan Collins
834. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what percentage of tracing applications made under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 have been allocated to a social worker by the Adoption Authority of Ireland and Tusla – the Child and Family Agency respectively (with the percentage provided for each body). [39992/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Pension Provisions
Joan Collins
69. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will sign-off on agreed pensionincreases (details supplied). [35681/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Taxi Regulations
Joan Collins
188. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport to reasonably justify the decision of the NTA in November 2022, to accommodate 30% of taxi operators, while excluding the other 70% from extending the operational life of taxi vehicles (details supplied). [35659/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Hospital Services
Joan Collins
1102. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will deliver on the promise in the Programme for Government to support Clinical Genetic Services at CHI, Crumlin, by appointing six genomic resource associate roles to reduce the currently unacceptable two-year waiting list, as called for by a campaign (details supplied). [35627/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Dental Services
Joan Collins
1124. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the options that are available to a person aged 15 years who has been waiting since January 2019 for orthodontic treatment; if they qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund or the Cross-Border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
840. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if there is a lack of theatre beds and resources and long waiting lists for scoliosis procedures in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied). [34309/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Housing Policy
Joan Collins
18. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in response to my Leader’s Question on Part V segregation the Minister made statements (details supplied); is it Government policy to ‘pepper-pot’ Part V tenants across developments or to continue to allow the segregation of Part V tenants into separate areas or blocks, as seen in The Davitt apartment complex. [33096/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Hare Coursing
Joan Collins
76. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will refuse 2023-2024 licences for cruel hare coursing as there appears to be uncertainty over the number of hare’s in the country (details supplied) [32725/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Joan Collins
108. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm, in view of a statement made by the Minister for Finance on 22 June 2023 that “there will be a core welfare package to try to improve the incomes of people who are on fixed incomes”, that these increases will be above the rate of inflation and will increase welfare payments in real terms. [32977/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Joan Collins
126. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection through investigations by her Department and a firm (details supplied) how many RTÉ workers were found to be on bogus self-employment contracts; and how many have now been placed on full employee contacts. [32975/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Joan Collins
128. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to information (details supplied) from an email I have received from RTÉ staff, if her Department has investigated these matters; and what were the conclusions of these investigations. [32976/23]