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Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: The mortgage problem.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I will not move the amendment. I will go back to FLAC and ask it to explain-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: No. I will ask FLAC to explain the reasons it raised the issue, particularly in the case of short-term arrears.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I do not think the Minister should worry about the Seanad as it normally does not delay Bills for that length of time. Even when the lone parent's allowance was cut, that did not happen. I know that Seanad Members are now a different mix, but I do not think they would delay the Bill.

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I welcome the debate on mental health reform. I believe this should be debated every couple of months in order to have checks and balances in this regard. I particularly support Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's point about having a monitoring group looking into this every six months and checking where we have come from and where we have not addressed issues that need to be addressed. The most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove a tablet (details supplied), which is prescribed for macular degeneration of the eyes, from the hardship scheme. [34991/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove any item now accessible under the hardship scheme from the hardship scheme. [34992/16]

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I congratulate the justice committee for bringing this report to the Dáil. It has been a very important debate. We have had this debate previously, but this time we have the legislation which Senator Mark Daly brought to the Seanad a number of months ago, which is very important and must be worked on. I would like to hear the Minister of State when summing up state he will support...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: My contribution to tonight's debate will concentrate on lone parents. All sections of society were hammered during the recession and the fact that the Minister is giving €5 here and there and increasing jobseeker's allowance for young people under 25 by €2 shows where society has gone. People will never see the full restoration of what they received before the recession in...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016 [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: A tharchur chuig Roghchoiste - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: Tairgim:Go gcuirfear an Bille faoi bhráid an Roghfhochoiste um Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil de réir Bunordú 84A(3)(a) agus 141. I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on on Housing, Planning and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputies and parties for their support of this Bill. It is an important Bill which has been reflected by the Minister offering pre-legislative access to it. I will not put down red lines yet. However, we need to progress this quickly and not see it buried in the legislative process. Under the new politics arrangement, ten weeks are given for Committee Stage. I would like that...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I want to begin by thanking all of the parties, groups and independent Deputies that have indicated their support for this Bill advocating a referendum on the public ownership and management of our water, the Thirty Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No.2)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (8 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for Traveller specific accommodation submitted to his Department in 2015 and in 2016 by Sligo County Council; the decisions made to date on these applications; if these applications were granted or refused; if refused, the grounds under which they were refused; when decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (8 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding sought and allocated to Sligo County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in respect of Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33432/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a special needs assistant, SNA; and the process for accessing an SNA for preschool children. [32554/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Joan Collins: 478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a special needs assistant, SNA; and the process for accessing an SNA for preschool children. [32553/16]

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (26 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: What about the children's situation now?

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (26 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: As Deputy Ó Snodaigh stated, Deputies were half expecting the reply from the Minister of State. However, I also expected a little more understanding of the position in which the Assumption girls primary school finds itself and possibly some ideas on how to address the issue. The Minister of State indicated that the pupil-teacher ratio currently stands at 27:1. Fifth and sixth year...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (26 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I bring to the attention of the House the fact that three of the parents with daughters in the Assumption girls' school are in the Visitors Gallery. They have had a long day because this morning, in response to the fact that tomorrow they could lose their teacher and with the permission of the parents, there was a protest by the students outside the school. It was very emotional because...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: There seems to be a very softly-softly, kid-gloves treatment of certain well-heeled taxpayers by the Minister for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. Did I say "taxpayers"? Sorry, I meant to say wealthy people who are abusing our tax laws in some cases or, in other cases, engaging in outright tax evasion. In the first group, wealthy people are using a loophole to transfer wealth to...