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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Joan Collins: I am very humbled, listening to the experiences of the speakers. As a person who has full faculties, I understand there are some issues but I do not have the lived experience of people. I had the pleasure of knowing Dermot Walsh who was an advocate for independent living. He worked full time with Dublin Bus advocating for disabled access for transport. Is there somebody there who took his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (28 Sep 2022)

Joan Collins: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department will intervene to assist homeowners in an area (details supplied) in relation to payment of bills of €68,000 to rectify the absence of fire and safety regulations in the buildings. [47404/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Joan Collins: I am very humbled, listening to the experiences of the speakers. As a person who has full faculties, I understand there are some issues but I do not have the lived experience of people. I had the pleasure of knowing Dermot Walsh who was an advocate for independent living. He worked full time with Dublin Bus advocating for disabled access for transport. Is there somebody there who took his...

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I draw the attention of the Minister of State to proposals for a renewed repair and lease scheme that Simon Communities Ireland launched last Thursday. It states that Housing for All has set out low targets for the delivery of properties under the repair and lease scheme with only 130 units envisioned for 2023. Simon Communities Ireland proposes that a target of 5,000 vacant units in 2023...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I have listened to what was discussed here. What does the Teaching Council believe could be done to facilitate students in the July provision and in schools? Ms Fox referred to the seven programmes, one of which is inclusive education. Ms Fox stated that all 116,000 teachers can teach an autistic child with special needs. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I would like that clarified because I believe we are going around in circles with regard to the Teaching Council. The council seems to be only looking after the actual qualifications and that teachers are registered with those qualifications. What I am getting back from Ms Fox is that thereafter, the council has no role in this regard, so we are going to have to go somewhere else for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Ms Fox for that clarification.

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Pringle and his office for bringing forward this motion for the provision of free and accessible public transport. This is an important motion and I fully support its emphasis on rural areas and greater access for those with disabilities. I also want to approach this issue from the point of view of meeting the targets for CO2emissions, and the transformation to a green...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: In that case, we really should not have a problem around July provision or children's education. I seek clarification that this is what Ms Fox is saying as the Teaching Council.

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: On behalf of the Independent Group, I wish to begin by extending the apologies of Deputy Thomas Pringle, representative for the Donegal constituency, who cannot be here today to join in the condolences being offered to the people of Creeslough as he is in attendance at the Council of Europe. He asked me to say a few words. This morning, President Higgins spoke with Deputy Pringle and the...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: The Government had a number of options to alleviate the cost of electricity facing families, older people, people with disabilities, carers, small businesses, etc., but the option it chose was to pay the electricity credit. Other options mentioned included capping the prices charged by energy companies, nationalising those companies trading in Ireland, a windfall tax on energy companies or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I do not know if the Minister is aware of the situation facing local authority workers who work in water services. Under the current service-level agreement, SLA, these workers, who are employed by local authorities, provide services to Irish Water. Under the terms of the SLA, they can, if they wish, transfer to Irish Water in January 2026. Part of the agreement was that there would be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister. I have had a lot of contact and discussions with the workers involved. They have told me they will resist in every way they can being railroaded into an agreement without a vote, a guarantee of their public service status and a referendum. They will not accept it. The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: The management has said there is no employment there.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that each school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have an autism class; the status of same; and if she is prepared to initiate the 37A process. [49616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of teachers which results in classes including special education classes not going ahead (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this ongoing issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review (details supplied). [50612/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: When will the Minister for Social Protection publish the child maintenance review, which she received in April? Groups representing lone parents expected it to be made public before the summer recess. Does the Minister have money in the pot for the implementation of any recommendations that may come from the review later in the year?