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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: Regarding the local authority-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: Will the Taoiseach meet with the group?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: This day nine years ago, more than 88,000 people marched for the Right2Water campaign. One of its demands was to keep water permanently in public hands. Many parliamentary members of the Government parties signed the SIPTU petition - I am holding a photograph of one of them signing it - supporting this demand in 2015. On World Water Day tomorrow, I will chair a uniting the community public...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: Will the Tánaiste confirm that the Government will hold a referendum on the public ownership, management and maintenance of our water system, and when it will hold it?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: I know. You would probably win this one.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: If you do not change the wording.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: That is no guarantee. The Government could change that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: The key thing is it will be in the Constitution-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: -----so no future governments can change it.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: How dare you.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: The Deputy over there is laughing her head off to rile people up.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion to the House. It is a worthy motion and worthy of good debate. We are watching the Government stand over a rapidly worsening crisis of accommodation for international protection applicants and Irish people. Time and again, the Government has missed the targets it has set for itself. It has become a national disgrace. We are failing...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: At that time, there were not proper facilities in place. The camp on Mount Street existed because of the failure of the State to provide appropriate accommodation and the camp at Crooksling has quickly become another failure of the State to provide appropriate accommodation. Tents are not appropriate accommodation and the Minister knows that. I know he wants to try to resolve it but we...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: On a point of order, it is inappropriate for certain people to say that elected representatives here hate the Irish people. That was totally out of order and should have been slapped down immediately. I would never say that to anybody, even if I disagreed with his or her politics.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: It was said that the loony left hates the Irish people. I think that sort of language should be shot down immediately. Sorry, I am not telling the Ceann Comhairle how to do his job but I just think it is-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: They are dog whistles.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: 807. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she is not removing or amending Article 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 whereby in certain criminal cases the private counselling/ therapy records of the victim of sexual abuse can have their records made available to the accused abuser (details supplied). [11756/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: 812. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Minister for State in her Department stated on 1 December 2023 that the State should be in a position to ratify Second Optional Protocol to the Convention in the Rights of a Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; if the State will be in the position to ratify the second...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: 1105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the likely date for an awareness raising campaign to commence in relation to the new Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 (details supplied); if the details of the campaign have been decided; if assurances will be given that this awareness campaign on the OPSC will be made available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Statutory Instruments: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: In agreement with a point that has been raised on the DSP disregard for March 2025, can Mr. Egan put an estimate on when the Department is going to start reviewing it? If people are going into this agreement with a student or whoever, it will be very important that they have a longer term understanding of it and that the student is not going to be in a situation in March where they feel that...