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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: It is not.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in response to the Oireachtas committee report on housing and homeless, he has finalised the offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions of €2 billion with the Department of Finance and the Central Bank to facilitate the building of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18299/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he investigated a recent funding from the European Investment Bank for a new Austrian housing bank that will finance the building of approximately 25,000 public rental housing units delivered via municipalities and non-profit providers; if so, if he is seeking a similar investment programme to enhance the proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the type of investigation that should be initiated into the waste industry in view of circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18302/16]

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill. I welcome the representatives of the TFMR group to the Visitors Gallery. It is with deep sorrow that we are discussing this issue again and that the families have to go through this debate again. We have to try to finally deal with it. The recent HSE report stated that 26 pregnancies were terminated by our health service in 2015. This compares with the 3,451...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: The Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 is very important legislation that is supported by ICTU, in particular by the main union organising retail workers, Mandate. Both organisations may propose amendments on Committee Stage. I understand that Deputy Cullinane is open to any such amendment. While zero-hour contracts are not as widespread here as they are in the UK, for example, that does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Protection Entitlements (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under SI 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection, Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding Regulations 2004. [19372/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: No, but I do wish to speak.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: With regard to the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016, the trade union Mandate issued a press release yesterday which said:Mandate has now written to all Fianna Fail TD’s calling on them to withdraw their amendment [and] saying any concerns the party may have can be dealt with at the committee stage. Some of the Fianna Fáil Deputies said that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU,...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: There should be a debate on the Chilcot report next week.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: Perhaps the minority Government would consider arranging that.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: Anyone elected on 26 February should have realised that water charges were done. They should have been abolished in a democratic acceptance of what the people had been saying for two years. On 26 February, people went out with their pencils in their hands and voted in the majority of Deputies to abolish water charges. That message to the Government could not have been any clearer. The...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: Fianna Fáil opened the door to the troika but it was smart enough not to close it on the way out. Fianna Fáil could have kept the door open for eventualities such as this one to allow it to abolish the water charges. Terribly, the Labour Party followed through and bolted the door behind itself by signing off on the European Water Framework Directive. It did this in the knowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Protection Entitlements (12 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 5 July 2016, if an employer disregards the statutory instrument (details supplied) the name of the body to which the employee can raise their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (12 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: 314. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when there was a change in the local community programme; and when the Government will pay the difference to redundant workers as a result of a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied). [20791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (12 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: 801. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the outcome of any reports her Department sought from agencies under its remit that related to health and safety and working conditions in the waste industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20838/16]

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: This is probably the first time virtually all Deputies have opposed a Bill. The Migrant Rights Centre and the Mandate trade union, both of which have many dealings with migrant workers, oppose the Bill because it fundamentally weakens the rights and protections afforded to workers. Domestic workers are housekeepers, childminders, nannies and au pairs, all of whom are covered by employment...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: Ms Faughnan is not here to defend Government policy as the Department of Social Protection simply deals with the issues we have raised. The Government instructs the Department to change things. I welcome the increase in rent supplement payments as it has been a huge issue which we have been raising for a long time. It grates on me, however, that more money is going into landlords' pockets...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, met representatives of the bin companies in Athlone last month following the public outcry and concern about huge increases in waste charges as a result of the introduction of the pay-by-weight system. There was a collective sigh of relief nationwide when the Minister said after the meeting in Athlone that waste charges would be frozen for 12 months, that...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply, but the point is that it is being broken. It has been broken for the last two weeks. The company has written to every customer telling them that they must contact the company about their renewed contract. The Minister should not be monitoring it for the next two weeks. This is 14 July and the company is saying that people must pay in advance by 1...