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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Development Strategy: Engagement with Minister for Rural and Community Development (20 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I am not really going to make any points on the report itself because rural Deputies representing their communities can do that and I am an urban Deputy. I wish to make a point regarding the LES and job clubs. Together with other Deputies, I have been contacted by many such services, whose providers are concerned about the tendering out the LES in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Laois and Offaly....

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Last week, I attended a meeting of the St. Stephen's Green Trust to discuss Travellers in the mainstream labour market. One of the points made was that the travelling community feels it has been looked at under a microscope to the point that is has been almost wiped out. There have been so many reports and recommendations on accommodation, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I previously raised with the Taoiseach on Questions on Promised Legislation the issue of a worker on the front line, who has been at the coal face since March 2020, risking her health and well-being and those of her family. McCauley's pharmacy put that worker and many of her work colleagues on the temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, without their knowledge. She and her colleagues received...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I said in my introduction that the fact the scheme was introduced to protect workers' jobs and keep companies floats was positive. There was nothing wrong with the scheme. I do not think the Government introduced it in the knowledge that workers were going to have a pay cut effectively. The Taoiseach mentioned the Revenue Commissioners. Revenue was prepared to wipe off the tax revenue...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: That is brilliant.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: And workers are suffering for it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach's response was very weak.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I congratulate the Green Party on bringing the Bill to this point. In saying that, the revised Bill is a great disappointment. To assess it, one must ask two core questions. First, if the legislation is implemented in full and all the targets in it are achieved, will Ireland have done all it can to ensure that human activities do not cause global average temperatures to increase by more...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Human Rights Council (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 839. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will lead a joint statement in the UN Human Rights Council for the upcoming 80th meeting of the Standing Committee (details supplied). [18314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Credits (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if credits are automatically awarded in cases in which a person received the pandemic unemployment payment as with other social welfare payments as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with lupus were in category 4 and have subsequently been removed from the category (details supplied). [18252/21]

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: I support the two motions before the House. Obviously it is necessary to extend these schemes but I believe the Government should go further. It should consider tapered measures as workers return to work. Many will not go back to work full time initially. Many will go back on 20 hours per week or will experience some reduction in their hours but no worker should be left short of money or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of ASD classes in Dublin 12. [20991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the four schools compelled to open ASD or autism classes in Dublin 12; and if a progress report in relation to same will be provided. [20992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional schools will be compelled to open ASD classes in Dublin 12. [20994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two schools (details supplied) that are in a tender process; and the status of progress in relation to same. [20993/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on the pay restoration in section 39 workplaces (details supplied); and if those workers excluded from this process will be included in the new process during the second round of discussions which begin in May 2021. [21015/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 176. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure issues (details supplied) regarding section 39 pay restoration are addressed. [21024/21]

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: Like other Deputies, I thank the USI for driving this legislation in respect of the situation students were faced with last year. I thank Deputy Ó Broin, who also drove matters in the context of the drafting of this Bill. I was happy to sign the Bill on behalf of the Independent Group. I am speaking in support of the Bill, which I hope will get support from all sides of the House. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Apr 2021)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the dire need of PPE including oxygen from Europe with immediate effect to the health service in India; and if emergency oxygen will be sent to India as soon as possible. [22469/21]