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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: Yes.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister of State send it to all the Deputies of the committee?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: To me, the words "shall" and "shall not" are two different things.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I am also happy the change has come through and that the Minister changed her position, but I still think we should consider the fact that lone parents who are in work will lose money by virtue of the family dividend payment. I wish to reiterate the point made by Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids, SPARK, and One Family at the committee meeting, that on the basis of the figures it...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: The back-to-work family dividend is a good idea and there is no doubt about it. Nobody is saying it is not. The point we are making is the breakdown we received from SPARK is factually correct, and this has been confirmed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection. She stated the figures were right when I sent them to her in a parliamentary question. She qualified it by...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: I support Deputy O'Dea in opposing the section and for the reasons he outlined Those reasons were also highlighted by the Free Legal Advice Centres, which has been quite meticulous in terms of explaining why the section in the principal Act should be repealed. It was wrong to introduce a provision in 2012 whereby a deduction of 15% may be taken from a person's social welfare payment without...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on the provision of an administrative scheme, under her Department, to assist Magdalen survivors in availing of complementary therapies. [11581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of liaison officers that will be employed to assist the Magdalen survivors in understanding their entitlements; and if the liaison officers will operate centrally from her Department or on a local basis. [11586/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 477. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way membership of the advisory body to the dedicated unit will be decided. [11587/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the dedicated unit will be established. [11594/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 479. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the dedicated unit will provide personal advocacy services to women who are living in institutional settings or in the care of the relevant religious congregations. [11595/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 480. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the consultation process for the setting up of the dedicated unit will begin. [11597/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no response to date to the five priorities (details supplied) from the Irish Deaf Society made to her in November 2013 and a commitment from her to consider the priorities with a response by spring 2014. [11990/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 542. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive their enhanced medical cards. [11582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the application process for the enhanced medical cards for Magdalen survivors. [11583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 544. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive a guide to their enhanced medical card. [11584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if a complaints and appeals process will be put in place for Magdalen survivors availing of the enhanced medical card scheme. [11589/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will contact all general practitioners, public and private, hospitals and other relevant health service providers of Magdalen survivors entitlements under the enhanced medical card. [11590/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that Magdalen survivors do not have to resolve any difficulties with the enhanced medical card scheme or explain their entitlements to health care professionals. [11591/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: 548. To ask the Minister for Health when health care services do not have the facility to record enhanced medical cards, if cardholders will be reimbursed in the same manner as Health (Amendment) Act cardholders. [11593/15]