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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: There have been 1,000 acts of anti-social behaviour against bus workers and drivers in the past 18 months. There have been four assaults on Bus Éireann services in the past couple of weeks. Until recently, I did not know that Bus Éireann does not record assaults unless the worker is absent for more than three days. A worker could be assaulted but it is not recorded if he or she...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Network Safety (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: I know they are fitted in the low-floor coaches, but the Minister made the point that other coaches are not fitted with security screens. There are safety concerns. I am sure that the health and safety committee could look at something like that. Where there is a will there is a way. If something needs to be done and can be done, it should be done. Assault screens should be fitted on all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Services (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 to provide that no direct award of public service contracts for public transport passenger services in excess of 10% will continue in view of his comments that he has no ideological position on the privatisation of public transport. [52116/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Services (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: This question relates to privatisation and when privatisation is not privatisation. It is amazing the play on words by both the Minister and the CEO of the NTA, who have consistently stated that bus services have not been privatised and have only been tendered out, and a private company happens to have won that tender even though Bus Éireann underbid it by €3 million. Its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Services (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: It can be changed. The Minister could amend the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 to stop further competitive tendering so that when this 10% tender won by Go Ahead next goes to tender, serious consideration could be given to the competitive tendering of Bus Éireann. In this case, Bus Éireann under bid the Go Ahead company by €3 million, had the staff and had good pay and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Services (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: The Minister keeps saying that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Services (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: I challenge the Minister on that. It is the words used. The Minister spoke of the "PSO bus market". We do not have a bus market. Our public transport service needs to be protected, developed and funded, and needs more buses on routes, which is important as the cuts that have been made since the austerity years. More buses are needed on our streets. That determines the thinking behind...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commencement of Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: I have been in regular contact with families waiting for certain provisions of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 to take effect. The legislation was enacted in July and families are waiting anxiously due to the dilemma they face regarding the registration of their children at birth. They have been waiting now for six months. I have put down questions on the matter...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commencement of Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: I will read to the Minister of State an email I received from a parent which demonstrates the frustration people feel. I want to put it on the record of the Dáil because this issue is urgent and needs to be moved along. This parent says that she and her wife have been together since 2003. They married in 2009 under UK legislation. They both made the decision to have their first child...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safety of public transport workers will be supported by creating a dedicated transport police resource that would have the powers of detention and arrest. [52117/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: Did the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, get approval from Cabinet today for the first phase of construction of the National Maternity Hospital at St. Vincent's Hospital? The first phase is the car park and the pharmacy. Is the Taoiseach concerned that the National Maternity Hospital plans are in breach of the European Commission's energy performance of buildings directive updated in...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: She is behind you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (18 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if compensation will be provided for the last minute cancellation of an event. [53066/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the technical amendments to the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 can be dealt with in a separate process with the agreement of the Cabinet and Opposition parties in order to facilitate Part 9 of the enactment of same in view of the length of time being taken to progress of the Social Welfare,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Delays (19 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there are prolonged delays in processing payments for successful applicants of carer's allowance such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the steps she is taking to eliminate these delays. [53445/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Delays (19 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: Why are there prolonged delays in processing payments for successful applicants for carer's allowance? At the time of my submitting this question, a constituent who had won an appeal on 25 September 2018 had still not received payment. She called in on Monday and told us that she has been paid eventually. This woman is looking after her grandmother and she only got paid this week after an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Delays (19 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: I accept the Minister's address on this but the fact was that the appeal was cleared and the applicant won the appeal on 25 September. It then went to the carers section for payment. It took from 25 September until now for the payment to come through. I accept that the appeals office is separate to the Department but how could it be more linked in with the Department and is there a way to...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Joan Collins: We have to put this legislation into perspective, particularly for the 10,000 Dunnes Stores workers, as well for workers in the retail and hospitality sectors. They need this legislation enacted as quickly as possible. Since the Dunnes Stores workers went out on strike in April 2015, three and a half years ago, this legislation has been on the agenda for these workers. Mandate, the union...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: There are many important issues that could be raised today but I am starting the year as I mean to continue, on the issue of housing, which to my mind will be a legacy failure of this Government unless there is a change of policy. On 29 March last year, the Taoiseach stated the housing and homelessness crisis was a national emergency yet the main causes of this emergency are the housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: Many people feel the Government is working very hard for landlords and developers and not for those who need housing. There are thousands in this city with housing needs. Fair rent homes work on the principle that people pay a fair rent based on the cost to build and maintain their homes. It is not based on the current profit-driven model for which the Taoiseach stands. Fair rent homes...