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Topical Issue Debate: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. He clarified and outlined the circumstances of the legislative process for a mother or father in recognising citizenship. In the case in question, Sofia was born in Spain. Kashka is Polish and Sinéad, who lives in Bangor Road, Crumlin, is Irish. That information is the media so my mentioning it is not a problem. Their daughter is stateless. They...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Life on low income is the norm for a large proportion of our society. One in every six people in Ireland lives with an income below the poverty line. That is 15.7% of the population. As highlighted in a number of studies, this corresponds to approximately 760,000 people. Poverty levels reached their lowest point in Ireland in 2009 when 14.1% of the population was classified as poor....

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The remarks made by Deputy Grealish at a meeting in Oughterard in September, when he referred to economic migrants from Africa as "spongers", and his contribution during Leaders' Question yesterday, where he implied that remittances going from Ireland to Nigeria could be the proceeds of crime and fraud, are an absolute disgrace. This is dog-whistle racism. The members of the Rural...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I think people should know who these people are.

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The "great replacement" is a lunatic conspiracy theory that goes back directly to the Nazi party. It claims there is a plan to replace the white population in Europe through the dilution of national identity and the promotion of multiculturalism. This is absolute madness, but also very dangerous. On direct provision, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, has described direct...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I want to address our policy on visa applications, which is linked to our migration policy. I invited a person from Pakistan over to Ireland two years ago. His visa application was, however, refused. It was stated that the visa documentation submitted was deemed to be false and there was not satisfaction that the event to which the person was invited would take place. All the immigration...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The matter of Scoil Colm on Armagh Road in Dublin 12 has been raised with the Minister for Education and Skills a number of times. The Dublin 12 Campaign for ASD Inclusion has asked for it to be considered as an autism-specific school. Where are we in that regard? The issue has been raised a number of times in the past month. Will the Minister meet the parents and the public...

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The crux of the Minister's contribution is that there is nothing to see here, move along, the Government is dealing with everything. He said that next year an autism group will be set up to look at the whole area of ASD right across the board. He referenced disability services and the Disability Act but the reality, as other Deputies have said, is that there are major problems for parents...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: As has been said, over 150 workers at north Dublin pharmaceutical plant face being put on unpaid leave from today. Shift workers at SK biotek in Swords will be put on protective notice. Connect trade union shop steward Ms Ruth Russell has said that SK biotek bought the plant from Bristol-Myers Squibb and signed an agreement protecting staff terms and conditions of employment. This...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I echo what Deputy Pringle said. Some of the workers have been working at the plant for over 30 years. They have invested their lives in the companies that have operated at it. SK Biotek commenced operations at the plant in December 2017 and gave a commitment to bring forward a contract of five years under the transfer of undertakings legislation. That is important legislation in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Does the Taoiseach agree that the situation with the redevelopment of O'Devaney Gardens, a former council housing estate, is a fiasco? It was a fiasco from the start and it a fiasco now. It is an incredible situation given the scale of the housing and homeless emergency we face. This site, with 14 acres of prime land owned by the State and suitable for up to 800 housing units, has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Free.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Why would the Taoiseach not want more houses when he can give over to a developer public lands and have that developer potentially selling those homes in the private market for €420,000? This is public land. It all sounds very good but the fact of the matter is the Government's policies on solving the housing crisis are simply not working. The dogs in the street know that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: They are private developers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: That is where the ideological difference is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: It is not.

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputies Connolly and Maureen O'Sullivan.

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: How much time do we have?

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: First, I refer to the email that Senator Dolan sent us today. It is important to record his point of view: "I have witnessed for the past 25 years the constant erosion of the practical life enhancing tool of a personal assistance service since it burst onto the political agenda in the early 90's under the leadership of Martin Naughton and ... People such as Dermot Walsh, Florence Dougall,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) has been received; when the application will be processed; when a decision will be made in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47731/19]