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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that persons have been on the housing waiting list for two decades, that more than 68,000 persons and families are on housing waiting lists and that more than 8,700 persons are in emergency homelessness accommodation; and his plans to tackle the housing emergency. [27755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the anti-eviction legislation will be reinstated for renters. [27754/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for bringing this Private Members' motion to the Dáil. It is very apt as Dublin and Donegal were already at level 3 and overnight the whole of the country went to that level. This will have a major impact on jobs, particularly in the retail and pub sectors, as well as restaurants. As I stated yesterday in a question to the Taoiseach, the...

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Bill and thank Deputy Munster and Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. There is a real need for robust workers rights legislation in this country. Often legislation comes through, IBEC steps in the way and the Government goes its way and not the workers' way. Last week, in a debate on child poverty, I spoke about the relevance of low pay in relation to the high...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: This is an exceptional budget for exceptional times. The headlines refer to billions of euro being spent in this budget to keep us all in this together and keep us all working together. The priority for any Government would have to be combating Covid-19, while trying to maintain people's jobs and livelihoods. This should also, however, be seen as an opportunity to take stock, look at our...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 3 December 2019, when the review of the climate action plan will be completed, in particular, the recommendation in relation to the issue of revisits for additional works under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29666/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sporting Rights (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 2009 could be extended to allow for Nations League matches to be shown live on terrestrial television as is the case for the European Championships and the World Cup. [30482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been allocated a roll number; if a patron has been allocated in view of the fact there is a patron ready to take up this role; and the stage of the process to open the school as an autism-specific school in 2021. [30432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether urgent action is necessary to reduce class sizes and that adequate funding must be provided in budget 2021 to bring class sizes down to the European average. [30446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if class sizes in DEIS schools will be reduced. [30447/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the disparity per pupil funding between primary and post-primary education will be rectified. [30448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the scandal of unequal pay for those who entered teaching in each of the years 2011 to 2014 will end; and the timeline for same. [30449/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: There was a big sigh of relief when it was announced in the budget that the Christmas bonus will be paid this year at 100%. There was also an announcement that it will be extended to those on the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and those on jobseeker's allowance but there is an added qualification in that a person will need to have been on the payment for four months. Does that mean...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if a new company is eligible for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, if the previous company was availing of the scheme in cases in which the trading operations of a company change from one company to another. [30791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used in deciding to pay the Christmas bonus to those on pandemic unemployment payment with the proviso that the recipient must be on the payment for four months. [31641/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: Following on from the Minister's indication that he will not accept any amendments, it is really important to recognise, as has been registered by many Deputies in the Dáil over the past day or two, what we are dealing with here. The Minister is ignoring the wishes of the people who have survived these institutions and their families and relatives. We are dealing with one of the major...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of the Director of the Health Protection and Surveillance Centre will be filled with a full-time consultant contract with the relative pay and conditions (details supplied) [33309/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET or his Department has drawn up a formal written memo or advice on zero Covid-19 in view of the Taoiseach stating he is unwilling to embrace zero Covid-19 on advice from NPHET. [33308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will provide guidelines to deal with the situation. [32599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 1348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors here; the number that have qualified as consultants and are not employed as consultants; and the number of public health medicine consultants that came home to fill positions (details supplied) [33332/20]