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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: First, I want to comment on the 80% unemployment rate in the Traveller community. That, in itself, represents a dire failure of the State in dealing with the issue. It is not something that happened overnight. It has been a prevailing attitude right throughout the Departments of State and within my own community - the settled community. When there is 80% unemployment such as in the working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: And those in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (18 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: This issue was raised this morning by two party leaders. The Taoiseach's response was underwhelming. Yesterday, the Minister, Deputy Zappone, said she was shocked and stunned by the hikes in insurance premia. I have been contacted by a number of providers in my area who are overwhelmed by what they are being quoted. One operator of a crèche on Wainsfort Road is facing closure as the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (18 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The €1,500 additional support payment is in recognition of the additional administration that childcare providers were tasked with in 2019. This is the statement that issued from the Minister herself today. This will go to administration and will not necessarily go anywhere else. We have to consider deeply what sort of society we are in at the moment. We are dependent on...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Joan Collins: First, I express my thanks for the warm and friendly response I received on the doorsteps in Dublin South-Central during the general election campaign. Second, I thank the people of Dublin South-Central for using their canny voting skills to re-elect me to the Thirty-third Dáil. I am humbled and delighted. The main issues I encountered on the doorsteps were the dire housing crisis;...

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Joan Collins: As I only have four minutes, I will also avoid the niceties. I know that front-line workers and public officials have done a lot of work. I wish them well in their work in the next period because they are possibly going to face a difficult situation in hospitals and elsewhere. I refer to the letter from Patricia King, the president of ICTU, to the Taoiseach yesterday. The letter refers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Mar 2020)

Joan Collins: 970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a decision was taken to withdraw the prosecution of a person (details supplied) on charges of animal cruelty in Monaghan District Court in February 2020; if the original charges of the case will be published; and the reason they were withdrawn. [3708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Joan Collins: 1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated cost of building a one, two and three bedroom public unit on public land. [3703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with the Indian Embassy regarding the killing of over 40 persons in New Delhi in February 2020; and his plans to raise this issue with his European counterparts. [4523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to prevent the closure of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [4524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the rate of VAT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress in establishing an autism-specific school at a school (details supplied). [4522/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the evidence that special schools and units are not compatible with the views of the UN of inclusion under the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be provided in view of the negative response of persons in respect of same (details supplied); and the evidence the NCSE has to verify Brunswick inclusion model. [4527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 has commenced; the person or body involved in the review; the person or body that will be included in the review; when it will be finalised; and if it has not commenced, when it will commence. [4520/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to correspondence in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [4860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 1054. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure all transport workers are provided with hand sanitisers (details supplied). [4866/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions which will be made for persons with fixed low incomes reliant on prepay power services that run out of income. [4870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (20 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is an appropriate time to re-evaluate the special arrangements that entities such as REITs enjoy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be designated as a school for children of 5 years of age and over with complex needs in view of the fact a patron from the CDETB has expressed interest and the NCSE has been informed of the matter. [6274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Joan Collins: 422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nationalities which refused to give details of the locations they would quarantine for the 14 day period as reported recently at airports here. [6339/20]