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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: ...year, it is expected to be 14.3%. In 2016, the rate of long-term unemployment was 4.3%. It is currently 2.1%. There has been no real progress in this area. Page 176 refers to the number of Magdalen commission customers in payment. The Department needs to be a little more sensitive in regard to Magdalen survivors. They should perhaps be recorded as Magdalen survivors rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Joan Collins: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Magdalen laundries and Bethany homes including Ovoca House, Westbank Orphanage and the Church of Ireland Magdalen home, Leeson Street will be included in the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry into mother and babies homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/14]

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: We are not the only ones asking these questions but Justice for Magdalenes is also raising these concerns. I asked the Minister last week if she had contacted that organisation to give it a full picture of what the State is putting in place, including the legislation and what she says she is considering outside it. That would have been a better approach and given the Justice for Magdalenes...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: ...in this legislation. Women want to see this provision made for their families. The HAA card covers counselling for the card holder and family members. On the issue of hospital treatment, will Magdalen women receive an appointment within two weeks? This is within the remit of the HAA card and pertinent to Magdalen women. Massage, reflexology, acupuncture, aromatherapy and...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: According to the McAleese report there was no single or simple story of the Magdalen laundries. A system of slavery, servitude and enforced labour is the single, simple story of the Magdalen laundries. I am glad that the Taoiseach recognised that in the apology given on behalf of the State concerning that era when women were subjected to such treatment over the decades. The women in the...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: I am deeply disappointed by this, as are many of the ladies concerned and the Justice for Magdalenes group. When the Minister is dealing with certain aspects of the Bill and will consider other aspects outside it, it leaves a lot open to question. In 2012 I heard a Minister say legislation would not be enacted if proper child care facilities were not wrapped around one-parent families....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (25 Feb 2014)

Joan Collins: 564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the dedicated unit and helpline for the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, as recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke, have not been set up to assist those survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on the provision of an administrative scheme, under her Department, to assist Magdalen survivors in availing of complementary therapies. [11581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of liaison officers that will be employed to assist the Magdalen survivors in understanding their entitlements; and if the liaison officers will operate centrally from her Department or on a local basis. [11586/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 542. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive their enhanced medical cards. [11582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the application process for the enhanced medical cards for Magdalen survivors. [11583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 544. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive a guide to their enhanced medical card. [11584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if a complaints and appeals process will be put in place for Magdalen survivors availing of the enhanced medical card scheme. [11589/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will contact all general practitioners, public and private, hospitals and other relevant health service providers of Magdalen survivors entitlements under the enhanced medical card. [11590/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that Magdalen survivors do not have to resolve any difficulties with the enhanced medical card scheme or explain their entitlements to health care professionals. [11591/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the administrative arrangements for Magdalen survivors living overseas. [11598/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 550. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has contacted the health service providers in each of the countries where Magdalen survivors are known to be living. [11599/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if guides will be made available to Magdalen survivors living overseas to assist them in understanding their entitlements under the administrative arrangements. [11600/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has established the fund to provide access for Magdalen laundries survivors to complementary therapies under the ex gratia scheme (details supplied). [9383/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Joan Collins: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalen Laundries that live overseas, as referred to by the previous Minister on 24 September 2014. [9382/17]