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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: The agreement cannot be in action.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister made points about the North. I am not a member of Sinn Féin but what is happening in Ireland and throughout Europe is a consequence of the neoliberal agenda governments across Europe have recently followed. We are going to see a winter of discontent next year on the part of workers. A group of workers has been given an award through the Labour Court, while other workers...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: It is strange to hear the Minister express concern that the banks would make gains on the backs of people who find themselves in difficult circumstances. We bailed out the banks to the tune of €64 billion and citizens must repay the interest on this bailout every year. We also gave them millions of euro ostensibly to prevent repossessions at the start of the period of austerity. The...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: That would depend on the loan and the decision would rest with the banks.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 8:In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“27. The Minister is to review section 11 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013 that closed the Mortgage Interest Scheme and shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 3 months of this Bill being enacted, setting out the options for introducing a targeted use of the...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the amendment because this measure blatantly discriminates against women in the context of the pre-1994 period. It must be examined and recommendations made as to how it can be addressed. I agree with previous speakers that there are other anomalies within the pensions system and a body of work needs to be done on that. A previous speaker referred to pensions being averaged out...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the amendment as I did on Committee Stage, because it is a very sensible one. The Minister referred to double payment in regard to compensation on Committee Stage. Perhaps we should tease it out, but if a person is awarded €60,000, or two years' pay, on the basis of an unfair dismissal, the return of the social welfare payments should be on top of that. If the social...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I welcome the fact that the Minister took on the arguments made on Committee Stage on the initiation of the work on the report. The facts are evident. The Minister does take them on board. The poverty rate for children in lone-parent families is 22.1%. The rate for two-parent families with fewer than four children is 7.9%. These individuals are included in the poverty traps. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (24 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount a project (details supplied) has been granted by Limerick regeneration in 2016. [36608/16]

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: Can I ask to have it sent to me as well?

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: My understanding is that this was introduced in 2000 and was very specific to carers supporting an elderly parent or whatever. It was only in such a case that a tax benefit would be accrued. It was opened around 2004 to amount to a gift to children. The Minister has read some recent information, with the investigation indicating that in 2005, properties with a value in excess of €1...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the amendment. It is a very important one. On 16 October, I was contacted by a journalist and a concerned citizen about this loophole. I raised it with the Taoiseach on Leaders' Questions on 26 October. The Taoiseach told me to go away and draw up an amendment to put into the Finance Bill because at that stage it was not on the agenda. The Department of Finance decided last...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (23 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a significant financial contribution is directed towards the costs of a new build (details supplied) from the HSE's capital estate fund; when a final, beneficial decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the recommendations in the June 2015 McMahon report that the direct provision weekly allowance for adults be increased to €38.74 and to €29.80 for children will be acted on. [35974/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness that a targeted use of mortgage interest supplement be restored to assist persons with a short-term mortgage arrears problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to restore the mortgage interest supplement to assist persons with a short term mortgage arrears problem. [36002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the hard means test of €100 over social protection payment to receive fuel allowance (details supplied). [36030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the means test for the fuel allowance (details supplied). [36018/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (22 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are reports that a person (details supplied) is on hunger strike in Globe House direct provision centre, Sligo; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that there is growing concern in regard to the deterioration in the person's health; the action her Department is taking in...