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Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: It is about Government policy-----

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: -----after the Jonathan Corrie situation.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: Dublin City Council turned around 230 voids with the money it got from the Government. It it turned around another 200 without money for the Government and it still has 230 to turnaround.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: The money is not coming through and there needs to be a debate in the Chamber on it. If the Taoiseach is going to the sub-committee will he ask the Minister to come to the House to explain to us what the situation is?

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I do not think so.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: Where is the opportunity to come back in here and report to us? We will be closing the Dáil in ten days.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I will not labour the point but this is an important amendment. The Government has not indicated how quickly social housing will be provided. Social and private residential housing are urgently needed. Will the vacant site levy be directed towards social housing?

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: Reading through the Bill gives no sense whatsoever of the emergency and crisis in our communities and society at present. Almost 100,000 people are on the housing list. Many people are couch surfing and in emergency accommodation. Last month 65 families, all from the private rental sector, approached the local authority homeless section seeking emergency accommodation. In May the figure...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I will quote from the Bills Digest, explaining what this is about. It states:Section 33 amends [section] 96 of the 2000 Act. [It d]etails how a developer may satisfy his or her Part V obligations. This section removes the option of providing a cash payment in lieu of social housing, [which is grand] as well as removing the option of providing sites elsewhere [which is also grand]. It...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I will be brief. I would like to reiterate the request I made to the Minister of State last time out. The reduction in the Part V social and affordable housing requirement from 20% to 10% is bad enough. It is actually terrible. Now it has been decided that rather than securing that 10%, provision should be made for the option of leasing out that 10% as private rented accommodation. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on his Department resourcing the area based childhood programme when the matched funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies is withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (8 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions he has put in place to ensure parents have access to proven parenting courses in their local area. [27316/15]

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: The Tánaiste should visit Barretstown.

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I support this group of amendments. Unfortunately, I missed the closing date to submit my own proposals and it was not possible, with only two days to do so, to put forward amendments to the amendments. I support the appeal from transgender people aged 16 to 18 and under 16 for the Government to take this opportunity to make provision for an interim gender certificate. Will the Minister of...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: I am disappointed. Like my colleagues I do not want to put an age on when a person is entitled to gender recognition. It is a shame. I received a letter sent from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, to the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, stating he has proposed two further amendments to the Bill. The letter states:Dear Joan Following our...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: Everyone has made the points as to why this amendment should be accepted by the Government. I cannot see why the Minister of State will not accept it. It would give a bit of a boost to those in the transgender community. It would give them a positive feeling that we are serious about moving the situation on, even though the Minister of State is not accepting any changes with regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Joan Collins: 928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received any request for financial assistance from Galway City Council and from Sligo County Council, in respect of costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family; if his Department had budgeted for the visit; the level of funding his Department plans to provide to Galway City...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Collins: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that thousands of children of lone parents will potentially have no adult supervision, except expensive child care costs, with the cut in the one-parent family payment in respect of those of seven years and older; her plans to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Collins: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department received an application from Sligo County Council on 22 April 2015 for funding to complete the planning and permitting process, the detailed design and tender documentation production for the proposed Rosses Point pier and pontoon scheme; if the council advised his Department on 22 April 2015 that the council had...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Collins: 1519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received any formal request for financial assistance from Sligo County Council in respect of road strengthening works costing €174,212, which the council incurred in preparing for the recent visit of members of the British royal family to Sligo; his plans to provide funding to Sligo County...