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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to a family (details supplied); and if an independent inquiry will be conducted on the decision by An Garda Síochána to not carry out a forensic examination and an investigation of the matter. [35930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has for the site on Davitt Road (details supplied); if is intended for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35760/22]

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Marciniak.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome this debate on the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 and that the Government have brought it forward. I also welcome the fact that they are willing to listen to the issues around the service charges and have changed the legislation as it came before the Dáil. It is very important to recognise that this Bill would not be before us if it were not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Last week, during Leaders' Questions to the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, I raised the issue of the continuation of notices to quit. The difference now is that the family support unit of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive states that it is at capacity, there are no available hub spaces and hotels and bed and breakfasts have little availability. I gave the Minister the example of a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Simon states that there will be record numbers in the next two months, while Members will be away.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Not for these families.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I will be brief. The motion on the confidence in the Government reads that Dáil Éireann reaffirms it confidence in the Government. In the 30 seconds available to me, I will put on the record that I have absolutely no confidence in this Government now and never had confidence in it from day one. I will never have any confidence in any government formation that includes Fianna...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Recently, both the Minister responsible for housing and the Taoiseach claimed progress was being made in the Government’s so-called Housing for All plan. This claim flies in the face of reality given the actual statistics concerning any area covered by the plan. We have a new homelessness emergency on top of the existing crisis. It is a crisis within a crisis, which was partly...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank People Before Profit for introducing the Rent Reduction Bill, which I support. I think many will consider the proposal in the Bill to reduce rents in the private rental sector revolutionary, but a revolutionary approach, a practical and realistic proposal on behalf of renters, is what is required. The right to a secure, affordable place to live, a home, is an essential human right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I know the Minister of State has been doing a lot to try to get services up to scratch. At the end of the day, that is what we really want to hear. This is where we get most queries from families. As the previous Deputy said, it is impossible to go back to parents without any information. Two weeks ago, the Dublin 12 autism group organised a round table for families to speak to Deputies...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (13 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 52. To ask the Taoiseach the assurances that his Department would seek to make sure that a person’s activities abroad would not impact negatively on a person’s duties as State Solicitor in Ireland; the reason that they were not asked to stand down while court cases abroad in relation to their activities were ongoing. [35752/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (13 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 56. To ask the Taoiseach the assurances that his Department would seek to make sure that a person’s activities abroad would not impact negatively on a person’s duties as State Solicitor in Ireland; the reason that they were not asked to stand down while court cases abroad in relation to their activities were ongoing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to amalgamate four grants (details supplied) into one overall scheme, similar in structure to the access to work scheme in the UK. [38601/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: What is the estimated cost of amalgamating the four grants that comprise the reasonable accommodation fund, namely, the workplace equipment adaptation grant, the disability awareness support scheme, the personal reader grant and the job interview interpreter grant into one overall scheme, similar in structure to the UK's access to work scheme? The Minister of State knows where I am coming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome that. Bringing the four schemes together is helpful in that it can make the scheme easier to access for both disabled jobseekers and employers. That is where AsIAm is coming from. What is currently provided for by the Department is not sufficient to help some cohorts access the workplace, such as members of the deaf community. There is no structure in place for people who want...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State is quite correct that employers are obliged to work under the Disability Act, but if they do not have support themselves, they cannot do that. That is why it is important employers are aware of these schemes and we should have a one-stop shop for access to them. Is the Minister of State thinking of setting up a reasonable support passport or something like that, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider setting up a cost-of-living hardship fund to be distributed by community welfare officers in the community and accessible by families and persons who are deeply affected by the cost-of-living increases in food, medical bills, essential clothing and back-to-school costs; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider setting up a cost-of-living hardship fund to be distributed by community welfare officers in the community and accessible by families and persons who are deeply affected by the cost-of-living increases in food, medical bills, essential clothing and back-to-school costs. I ask her to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (14 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I accept what the Minister said about the availability of hardship fund with no limit. When I was first active in politics as a councillor, we worked very closely with the community welfare officers in the area. There was one in the health centre in Crumlin and one in Curlew Road health centre in Drimnagh, as well as others in Parnell Road and Walkinstown. People approaching me would be...