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Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: No, but I do wish to speak.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: With regard to the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016, the trade union Mandate issued a press release yesterday which said:Mandate has now written to all Fianna Fail TD’s calling on them to withdraw their amendment [and] saying any concerns the party may have can be dealt with at the committee stage. Some of the Fianna Fáil Deputies said that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU,...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: The Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 is very important legislation that is supported by ICTU, in particular by the main union organising retail workers, Mandate. Both organisations may propose amendments on Committee Stage. I understand that Deputy Cullinane is open to any such amendment. While zero-hour contracts are not as widespread here as they are in the UK, for example, that does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Protection Entitlements (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Collins: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under SI 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection, Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding Regulations 2004. [19372/16]

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill. I welcome the representatives of the TFMR group to the Visitors Gallery. It is with deep sorrow that we are discussing this issue again and that the families have to go through this debate again. We have to try to finally deal with it. The recent HSE report stated that 26 pregnancies were terminated by our health service in 2015. This compares with the 3,451...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: I find it strange to listen to the Minister's response. He is right to say we need emergency accommodation but the families concerned also need hope. They need to believe that perhaps a year down the line they will be in a local authority house in permanent accommodation to enable their kids to go to school. The Minister's strategy with a 70:30 split between private and public housing is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: It is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse his Social Housing Strategy 2020 from 70% of social housing needs being met through the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme and rent supplement scheme, RSS, and 30% through local authority and approved housing bodies build, to 70% local authority and approved housing bodies build and 30% through HAP...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: The Government's policy, stated in its Social Housing Strategy 2020, was that 70% of social housing need was to be met by the rent supplement scheme and landlords and 30% by social housing. The Minister and the Government have repeatedly said the way out of the crisis was to build housing. Their priority seems to be to build private housing, not social housing. I am asking the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: I challenge the Government's dependence on the private sector to build the housing we need. The Minister is not interested in pumping money into social housing. Social housing stock decreased from 18.4% in 1961 to 9% in 2011. More than 100,000 people are on the housing waiting list. While the Minister is correct that not everybody wants a home, people want stability. With the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister is talking about 10,000.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in response to the Oireachtas committee report on housing and homeless, he has finalised the offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions of €2 billion with the Department of Finance and the Central Bank to facilitate the building of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18299/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he investigated a recent funding from the European Investment Bank for a new Austrian housing bank that will finance the building of approximately 25,000 public rental housing units delivered via municipalities and non-profit providers; if so, if he is seeking a similar investment programme to enhance the proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (29 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the type of investigation that should be initiated into the waste industry in view of circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18302/16]

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputy Connolly. I questioned what I would say on this Bill because many of us in opposition who support the Right2Water campaign have to question whether we support the legislation because it is a farce. I do not reckon that the EU is working hand in hand with national governments on these issues, yet five days after the vote for Brexit because of the arrogance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase the national Traveller accommodation budget from €5.5 million to the 2008 level of €40 million as per the recommendation from the Committee on Housing and Homelessness; and when he will set up a stand-alone agency to oversee delivery of Traveller-specific accommodation. [18307/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person selected for JobPath is prohibited from applying for a community employment scheme. [17971/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 397. To ask the Minister for Health why the required services have not been provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [18097/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the companies involved in the tendering process for the recent broadband contract; the criteria involved in drawing up the tender; the companies which got the tender; and how the value of the tender. [18312/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: If I were a UK citizen I would have voted to remain in Europe. If I had held a political position in the UK my priority would have been to oppose the right wing, xenophobic, racist, jingoistic, empire yearning leave campaign. That would have been my position, and I am a socialist. I acknowledge that there are many varying positions within different parties and organisations but that is my...