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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The NTA refused to meet me and other public representatives.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: A lot of people in communities are relying on a service that comes every hour.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the new spines for BusConnects, particularly the G, C and D spines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: A lot has been said already. I feel very privileged and humbled to have listened to people's stories today. I missed the first session because I could not make it. It has really opened my eyes a bit further about how autism impacts on everybody in a different way. There are difficulties in getting involved with the legal system. The forms are complex. Life is not made easy for people...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The Government has decided to lift the eviction ban in the public interest. Thousands of people face losing their homes when the ban is lifted on 1 April. It is understood that more than 2,000 households might have faced eviction over the winter months. On top of that, extra people have received notices to quit since November. I do not know the exact figure, but I imagine it is at least...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Where are those 650 emergency beds?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister provide the House with that information?

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: It seems this Government thinks the cost-of-living crisis has been dealt with for now. It has ignored calls from groups like Age Action and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for proper increases to core social welfare payments of at least €8 to €12. It ignored calls for the fuel allowance to be given to more people on fixed and low incomes. It took away badly-needed supports...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this Private Members' motion. I support it. While the move away from cash during Covid was understandable, cash remains an important part of life for many people in this country. There is real need for cash in society, whether it be for elderly people who might not know how to access digital services, people with disabilities who need access...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: It is shameful.

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I will begin by reading into the record the contents of the Bill that Deputies Tully, Guirke and Ó Laoghaire have put forward. It reads as follows: An Act to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: It is education.

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I will resubmit the questions when we come back after the break next week. There is a distance between what we are hearing officially and what is happening on the ground. Parents feel that the 40-plus children put into that special school were just put into a building and did not get the wraparound services they need. There is an occupational therapy room in the school but no occupational...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I will speak to what should be but is not in the Finance Bill. Inflation and prices have risen this month, despite the Government’s assurances that inflation would reduce during the year and its decisions to start removing the few supports people had to help them during the cost-of-living crisis. The Government seems to think that fiddling around with VAT and excise rates, while...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I object to the Minister for housing leaving the Chamber at this point in time; I really do.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Exactly, he is not the Minister for housing.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. I welcome the Minister back to the Chamber. It was totally disrespectful that he left.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I am not saying it is about me. I am talking about the debate and the people who are facing notices to quit.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: From listening to the Taoiseach's earlier statements, it is clear that even he has lost faith in the ability of the Government to deal with the housing crisis. Out of one side of his mouth, last January he said things could be even worse, but out of the other side comes the Government's policies we are all supposed to be reassured by. The Government knows its policies are not working and...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: This motion is full of very detailed, researched information on carers and their lives in Ireland. I will highlight the most important figure in the motion, that is, the €20 billion saved by the State through the 1 billion hours of unpaid care that takes place in families throughout the country each year. Successive Governments have long relied on the unpaid work of hundreds of...