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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: Many of the areas have already been covered. I was listening closely and I know things have improved. I have linked in with the community at St. Margaret's Traveller site in Ballymun where the community is caught in behind high walls and have super depots being built around them while the conditions they live in remain absolutely dire. Only for the community on site, it would be a lot...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise an issue that was recently highlighted to me regarding animal welfare. I was very concerned to learn about plans to exports thousands of pigs from Ireland to China. EURACTIV has reported the backlash to the Government's announcement. Tilly Metz MEP, who chaired the committee of inquiry on the protection of animals during transport, states exporting pigs from Ireland to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: Live exports are outrageous.

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: After Luxembourg, Dublin is now the most expensive city in Europe to live in. A key factor in that is the cost of housing, particularly in the private rental sector. The majority of available accommodation in Dublin is empty luxury apartments, empty because their rents are unaffordable. This is alongside an oversupply of luxury student accommodation with rents beyond the means of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: Yesterday, Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett raised with the Taoiseach some very serious questions in regard to the role of NAMA but his reply, as usual, did not deal with the issues raised. I will try to make the matter very simple. Will the Taoiseach's Government, through the Minister responsible, instruct NAMA to provide the following: a map and details of land it currently holds, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the Taoiseach. What I know is that NAMA has €1.2 billion in funding reserves and 577 ha of residential development land, and that is a headline figure. That landholding and those cash reserves are capable of delivering up to 80,000 affordable and cost-rental homes. We know NAMA has been selling apartments for up to €500,000 and more. I put it to the Taoiseach and his...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Tarchur chuig Roghchoiste [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: Tairgim: Go gcuirfear an Bille faoi bhráid an Roghchoiste um Thithíocht, Rialtas Áitiúil agus Oidhreacht de réir Bhuan-Ordú 180. I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Order 180.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: First, I welcome that the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan. At the beginning, I thought that the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, was going to answer all the questions. It is becoming a feature that Deputies are submitting their questions and are not getting the replies and a Minister of State-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: That is why I welcome her being here. That is why I said it. I am not here to have a go at the Minister of State. I want to express the frustration of parents whose children are losing special education hours. One parent who contacted me said that her son lost two days of special education teaching this week. The loss of one-to-one teaching to help him with social skills and extra...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister of State. I am aware there is a problem and a bit of a crisis in the 3,300 schools around the country and they are finding it very difficult to get substitute teachers to cover absences. I raised the matter last week with the Tánaiste. A particular school had cover for one absent teacher and could not get other cover. This is happening in many schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the unintended consequences of the EWSS and the impact it has on those seeking mortgages (details supplied). [51763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 112. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of waiting lists will be concluded. [50811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the legislation for safe access zones to ensure persons can access reproductive health services in safety with dignity and with the right to privacy. [50774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has onsite therapists and behavioural therapists; and, if so, the number. [50642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a school (details supplied). [50732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the budget measure of free contraception for women aged 17 to 25 years of age; if it includes long-acting reversible contraceptives, diaphragms, copper coil, the vagina ring, condoms and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the budget measure of free contraception for women aged 17 to 25 years of age; if it includes long-acting reversible contraceptives, diaphragms, copper coil, the vagina ring, condoms and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 823. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of negotiations on the consultant contract; the number of vacant public consultant positions in the health service; and if a breakdown of vacant public consultant positions will be provided. [50959/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Travellers' Experiences in Prison and Related Matters: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were detailed and informative. They also show that the Travelling community in the Prison Service are treated the same as they are in the community, or even worse. We have figures showing how high the population in the Prison Service is but do we know how many reoffend? Is there a figure for that, for both men and women? I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Travellers' Experiences in Prison and Related Matters: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: Chairman, I have a question before we conclude. Have the statements gone up for the public?