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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 200 new Garda recruits allocated to the Kilmainham, Sundrive, Kevin Street, Ballyfermot and Crumlin Garda stations. [17368/19]

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: Like everybody else here, we are exasperated by the fact that we are back again to speak about homelessness and frustrated by the sight of people walking into our constituency offices, including with children in prams, because they have been served with notices to quit and their landlords are selling the properties in which they live. There is no tangible response from the Government on...

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister has failed, his Government has failed, and in some ways many people here on the left have failed because we have not held them to account. I am really looking forward to a general election to challenge the Government on these issues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Joan Collins: There are many serious and important issues to be raised here today and I want to raise again the issue of workers' rights. This is the first opportunity to do so since May Day or International Workers' Day last Wednesday. I contacted the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in advance to make her aware that I would ask this question and seek clarity. On 7 March last when...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Joan Collins: A survey on this issue has been carried out on restaurants in Galway and it has been proven that this practice goes on quite regularly. Senator Gavan produced that survey. Information is also available in respect of The Ivy restaurant; the Minister will have seen the payslips. There have also been reports in the media in respect of the Hard Rock Cafe and other restaurants and retailers who...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Legislation (9 May 2019)

Joan Collins: At lunchtime, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and I accepted a petition from 11 carriage drivers who came down from Merrion Road. They gave it to us in order that we might hand it to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Councillors Cieran Perry and Deirdre Heney accepted a petition from the same carriage drivers to hand to the CEO of Dublin City Council. The letter is entitled "Dublin...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Legislation (9 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The letter and petition have been drawn up by professional carriage drivers and owners who were operating under license from Dublin City Council. They want to be part of a system that is legal. They want to know that they are covered under the by-laws. It has been six months since Deputy O'Sullivan raised this matter. The Minister's reply to Deputy O'Sullivan stated that he would ensure...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for bringing about a debate on this issue. I welcome the survivors who are here to listen to the debate. This motion is being supported by the Coalition of the Mother and Baby Homes Survivors. We did not put forward this motion because it had dropped out of a clear blue sky. It is clear that the records held by Tusla in respect of Bessborough mother and baby home...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: It was horrifying to see four members of a young family in the council offices in Tallaght yesterday because they had been removed from a hotel on Friday night and could not get accommodation. Accommodation was provided after a sit-in in the council offices. That is an outrage, as is the fact that the family was given hotel accommodation in a location which meant that the children had to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if an inspection by the Revenue Commissioners has taken place to ascertain whether a company (details supplied) paid taxes on service charges collected and credit card tips collected since it opened in 2018; and if so, the outcome of same. [22740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that a company (details supplied) is ignoring recommendations of the Labour Court; and the way in which she plans to respond to same. [22757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the sectoral employment order she plans to introduce will ban tips being used as part of payment of wages. [22714/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ban businesses from adding service charges that often go to the employer and not staff. [22744/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister for Health has stated in the House on a number of occasions that negotiation and discussion is the priority rather than workers having to take strike action. The ambulance medics are going back out again on Friday for a 24-hour strike. They have been out three times already and have engaged in two protests outside the Dáil, yet this matter has still not been resolved....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach did not answer my question. He ignored it completely.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: He should have at least had the decency to say that.

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I too note that the Bill will put more responsibility on the person making the application than on the local authority, although I will nonetheless support the Bill. It should be progressed and we can take all points on board during the debate in committee, where Deputies can work out how we can most effectively accelerate the application process. That is the most important aspect of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for putting this matter on the agenda. I will provide background to my question on whether the Industrial Relations Act 1990 needs to be revised. Times have changed since it was introduced, as have working conditions and the strength of unions. How employers treat their workers has also changed. We have bogus self-employment and all sorts of issues being faced...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The final sentence of the reply should be challenged. There is a need for the Act to be amended on the specific issue I am raising. I have said very clearly that Mandate used to use section 26 whereby both parties voluntarily agreed to go to the Labour Court, but Tesco has refused to do this and Mandate has had to use section 20, which is binding on the union but not the employer. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: It is not a win-win in this instance.