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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter. I am raising this issue on behalf of Migrant Nurses Ireland, which explained its members' plight at a presentation in the audiovisual room two weeks ago. The meeting was organised by Deputy Barry. The issue of recruitment and retention remains a huge problem for the HSE. The Joint Committee on Autism discussed it as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I was not expecting that answer. I thought there would be some sort of clarity about how the HSE will resolve the issues these workers are facing. The point that Deputy Barry made is quite correct. When these nurses finish at 8 o'clock in the evening, they cannot ring their children up because it is 1.30 a.m. in India, and when they finish an early morning shift at 8 o'clock, their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I think so as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I ask the Minister to arrange to meet these workers, find out what the issues are and try to resolve them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Okay. Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I welcome the debate on the issue of services in autism disabilities. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion today, giving us the opportunity to discuss it. I wish to read into the Official Report part of the contribution by Mr. Adam Harris from AsIAm to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism on 16 May 2023. He encompasses a lot of the issues we have discussed: Many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 that the NCSE visited to report on suitability for special education provision. [22858/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the National Parents Council Post Primary in view of the fact that the NPCPP is the body named in the Education Act 1998 to represent post primary parents; why funding and recognition for the NPCPP has been withdrawn; and why the Minister has not met with the NPCPP over the past three years despite requests. [22859/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a delay in granting the go ahead of the new build for a school (details supplied) in view that it is now 14 weeks since the school submitted a request to progress the build; and if she will meet with the principal as soon as possible so this new build can go ahead. [22811/23]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for introducing this Bill. It is very timely, this being the fifth anniversary of the significant referendum on the right to access abortion. The important point is that abortion is a healthcare issue. The review was initiated to determine where we were and how the legislation allowed women access to healthcare. We have to say that, in some areas, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister of State for her support. I agree 100% with what Senator Flynn said. Many people believe that autistic children in particular have not been able to access CAMHS or that there has been some discrimination in relation to them. I do not know but I am trying to tease things out. A child may be diagnosed with autism, get their assessment of needs, etc. but the parents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Mr. Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I am sorry, I cannot hear anything. The connection seems to have gone dead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank everyone for their replies. I know of a woman from Brazil who has a degree from the midwestern state university of São Paulo who can only work here after she successfully completes a course that gives her a Quality and Qualifications Ireland accreditation even though she is qualified. How can we make it easier for qualified people from abroad to work here because many of these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the move by Dublin City Council with regard to the regeneration of an estate (details supplied); and the reason the contract ended. [20782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the further qualifications a person (details supplied) needs to enable them to work in the health service, nursing homes and so on; and the cost for same. [23893/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: That is okay.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Before I speak on the motion, I would like to express my deepest condolences and sympathy to Vera, Paul and the family on the loss of their daughter, Ava. We should put that on the record of the Dáil. Last June this House passed a Private Members' motion brought forward by Deputy Connolly. It called on the Government to: - immediately reinstate all respite beds closed as a result of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I welcome Suzanne and Jacqueline. The witnesses have covered a good bit of what I would have asked. I want to ask two questions, the first on workforce planning. How is that being dealt with as services are being expanded in Scotland? Are there special educational processes that are being set up to get more therapists into the service? Second, is respite run on a charity basis or is it...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I read the Taoiseach's interview in the newspapers last week and I thought it was a particularly sly bit of politics to talk about building public housing and the lack of homes to buy in the same breath. The reason homeownership is going down is that successive Governments led by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Green Party have allowed our housing market to become a...