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Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Joan Collins: I salute the medical scientists in the Public Gallery today and all of those who were on the picket line yesterday and last week. I thank People Before Profit for tabling this important Private Members’ motion in the Dáil. The intervention by the Labour Court is to be welcomed, given the key role that medical scientists play in the delivery of our healthcare, but the HSE and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 May 2022)

Joan Collins: 738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that were injured at racetracks from 1 January 2022 to date; the nature and date of the injuries at the tracks at which they occurred; the number euthanised by track vets; the number and the causes of additional racing fatalities; and if post-mortems were carried out. [26484/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2022)

Joan Collins: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a social welfare payment matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (25 May 2022)

Joan Collins: 148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the extension of parents leave from five to seven weeks announced in Budget 2022 will come into effect (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26824/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Joan Collins: Deputy McNamara is not in the Chamber so I will divide the time with Deputy Pringle. I listened to the Minister of State's update on the passport service and the unprecedented number of passport applications that have been received and processed by the Passport Office. I accept that to a point, but the fact that we are a year into this means that patience is beginning to get thin. As we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Joan Collins: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further advise on a SUSI-grant matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied). [27043/22]

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Joan Collins: I will outline my points in three areas. A free, widely available and decarbonised public transport system must be at the heart of a just transition and transformation. In Ireland, transport makes up the largest demand for energy. It is responsible for more than 40% of energy-related CO2emissions. In 2021, private cars represented 42% of total transport energy demand. In the same year,...

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Joan Collins: I am not sure. I thought he would have been here. He is expected here.

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank the Acting Chairman. I have been at stalls in my constituency over the last couple of weeks to build for the demonstration on 18 June by the Cost of Living Coalition. There is much anger and frustration from workers and people on social welfare. I was talking to a young woman who has two children. She said she has been really impacted by the rise in the cost of her shop. She made...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The Joint Committee on Social Protection met this morning to discuss pensions and social protection-related issues with representatives of Foster Care Ireland and the Irish Foster Care Association, along with foster parents. We discussed many aspects of the fostering system. The committee will write a report and submit recommendations to the Minister. One issue I think should be raised...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The foster care allowance is an urgent issue and cannot wait for the budget. Other areas can wait but the allowances cannot.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Joan Collins: 661. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) concerning the health clinic on Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, will be investigated; if an urgent meeting will take place with the HSE, the residents' committee and Deputies from the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 1185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the foster carer’s payment (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 1742. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of cocaine addiction and or for mental health care; and if so, the locations in which the treatment is provided. [30153/22]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The findings of the HIQA investigation into the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick were extremely shocking and according to HIQA, could put lives at risk. HIQA's verdict was that the emergency department is under-resourced, understaffed and poorly managed. That verdict could be employed for our public health services as a whole. They are all under-resourced, understaffed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The number of renters having to leave their homes is staggering. Last year, 3,038 households renting were served a notice to quit, mainly because the landlord was selling. This is the highest number of tenant evictions in a single year since the foundation of the State. Renters are living in fear and insecurity. They are terrified of losing their homes and facing the impossible task of...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart Vótála ag Aois 16) 2021: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Pringle for bringing the Bill to the Chamber today and his staff for pulling it together for presentation to the Dáil. I am very disappointed as we were given the indication that the Government would accept the Bill but it seems we will now have to wait until 2023 for a Second Reading. Surely something like this could be looked at for the Electoral Reform Bill 2022, even...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I thank Sinn Féin for the opportunity to debate this issue again. The issue is one of the most serious facing the people of this country and it is of its time. I find the position of the Government on the cost-of-living crisis quite incredible. People are struggling now. They are struggling to put food on the table, pay their rent or mortgage,...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome all the families and campaigners who are in the Gallery today. It is a shame they have to come in here again after all their years of campaigning. However, there is a need for their presence. I see the Minister of State is nodding. I hope this will spur her on to push for action moreso than long-term strategies. We know what we need. We must fill the children's disability...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I have not really been involved in this debate, but Mental Health Reform, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters a couple of weeks ago, asked me to put forward amendments to support Deputies Cairns and Ward from the point of view what they went through on Committee Stage. I really want to support amendments Nos. 2, 36, 37 and 53. I will make an appeal to the Minister....