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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: They are not getting paid that.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I will share time with Deputy Pringle. There is a great deal of confusion about this issue because people think it involves moving the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 onto the next stage. Like every Deputy who has spoken so far in this debate, I have received many emails on this Bill. In light of the ongoing confusion I have mentioned, a concerted effort is needed to send people...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: The Mandate union has said it wants to keep this piece of legislation. There is a concern that the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, is putting the strong arm on certain parts of this Bill. Is it unusual to have two different Acts under which a claim can be pursued against an employer? I have been advised it is. Is it a serious problem that an employee can use two...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: Every one us campaigned to have a six-month look-back period with the Dunnes Stores workers who sought the provision. It was reflected in the Bill brought through by Deputy Cullinane, as he reflected the demands of the Dunnes Stores workers. It was kicked to 18 months and Fianna Fáil spoke of setting it at 13 months. It was going all over the place. On Committee Stage there was an...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: It is extremely important that the amendment of the Minister be rejected. It certainly has IBEC written all over it. IBEC stated it is deeply concerned about the implications of the proposed banded hours legislation. It states:A further proposed amendment was a suggestion that an employer be obliged to offer any additional available working hours to existing staff before recruiting new...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: In the trade unions' experience older workers and those with longer service will continue to be discriminated against as employers choose to hire new workers on lesser terms and conditions of employment rather than allow their existing staff to utilise the extra hours when available. This leads to an increase in low-paid precarious work, an area in which Ireland is one of the worst offenders...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) is closed; if it is being treated as a historical missing person case; and if the complete file on the investigation by An Garda Síochána will be sent to the person's sibling. [31406/18]

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I congratulate and commend my colleague, Deputy Pringle, his team, Trócaire and everybody in the Chamber who played a role in getting this Bill to this Stage. It is an important landmark in the Dáil. It sends out a message worldwide that we are not only laggards but we can actually do constructive work on climate change. We know climate change is having a severe impact on the...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: Is Ireland going to grind to a halt every time there is some snow or a heatwave? Storm Emma left thousands without water and, during the hottest summer for decades, Irish Water has implemented a hosepipe ban and called on householders to conserve water by taking four-minute showers, using a cup when cleaning teeth and only using their washing machines when full or when necessary. That is...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: It is a farce. It was supposed to be two and a half hours.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: On the face of it this is a good amendment but we have not had the opportunity to scrutinise it. Bogus self-employment is one of the biggest issues facing workers across the board, from English language teachers, to RTÉ, Ryanair and the construction industry. I recall meeting a guy, whose name I cannot recall, who wrote a book about bogus self-employment. He was a courier in the late...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to raise this question. In March, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government asked the committee to give him two months to come back with wording on the Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016, to which this committee graciously acceded. It is disappointing that the Minister has not yet come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: The key issue is that this committee gave the Minister time to come back to it on this matter. I accept that he has to bring any proposed wording to the Cabinet but he should first come back to the committee to explain that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: Is it possible that the committee could reply to the Minister to thank him and ask him if it could be expedited as quickly as possible, maybe by early September?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: The Minister had said June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: Yes, he has indicated that he will do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I do not believe it is up to me or the Minister being happy. It is up to the committee to be happy with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I thank the Chairman for her time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Housing Model: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I am an advocate of the cost-rental model, which Dr. Healy put forward two years ago, because it could be a game changer for our society. We should not get hung up on whether it is on the balance sheet or off it. We have to get the concept out there. We should not differentiate between social housing and cost rental - it should all be public housing. A person should be allowed onto a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Barnardos and Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Pre-Budget Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: I do not have many questions after the last two speakers.