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Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: Rent controls first, then deal individually with those landlords who have problems with that.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister did not answer two of the questions I put. Will NAMA be part of that discussion on Thursday? It should be, because it is the biggest property owner almost in the world. In regard to Fr. Scully House, why are those 90 units not handed over immediately?

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: These units could deal immediately with those who are homeless currently. There are 1,400 families in emergency accommodation, 168 people or more in Dublin city alone. Whatever we can do in Dublin must be done around the country where similar supports are needed. The Minister was correct in saying that 248 homeless people from the homeless list were provided with long-term accommodation,...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: What happened outside Leinster House on Monday morning is a tragedy for the whole country and, in particular, the Government. I would like to extend my sincere condolences to Jonathan, his family and his friends. The best thing we can do is to do something about the situation he faced on the streets night after night. When one contrasts what happened yesterday with the fact that NAMA, the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the current unemployment rate for those aged under 25 in the Dublin 12 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the EU water framework directive 2003, Article 9.4, which permits the continued exemption from water charges of the domestic sector here regarding the Water Services Act 2013. [46251/14]

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: While I understand the point made by the Tánaiste, can she provide the background as to why she is introducing this amendment before the House this afternoon?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: But it is an amendment to a Bill.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: Can the Tánaiste repeat that?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: Yesterday, the Tánaiste stated that she would insert an amendment in the Social Welfare Bill next week. Will she announce that and the reasons for tabling the amendment here?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (27 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an up to date assessment on Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht and the reason the Mary Immaculate College in Limerick feels it necessary to put on an extra Gaeilge module this semester; and the reason the cost is so high to avail of this training. [40043/14]

Human Rights Budgeting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: There may have been a slight economic recovery but it has been on the backs of ordinary people who have paid for it. The ordinary people, the taxpayers, workers and social welfare recipients, have borne the brunt of €30 billion being taken out of the economy in eight years. This has been a very blunt instrument to impose on a people within the space of a short period of time. In...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: I support my colleagues on this committee. People who paid into their pensions over years and decades in some cases have a legitimate expectation but the rug has been pulled from under their feet. It is wrong. In instances where Ministers are getting second and third pensions, we are told that they are legitimate expectations and there is talk about property rights. In instances where...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: That is the logic I would be working on. Deputy Catherine Murphy and I wanted to table this amendment because this is the first opportunity we have had in social welfare legislation to table such an amendment. All it seeks is to delete Irish Water as a nominated body for the acceptance of PPS numbers. I understand that in future legislation the Department of Social Protection will be the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: This legislation to establish Irish Water was introduced well before the legislation on-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: I will be doing the same in respect of the amount of 15% that is being taken.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: There is a certain frustration that the Tánaiste is not hearing the reason why we are putting down these amendments. I know of a case involving someone who put in an appeal on 9 June for a disability payment. The person got a reply on 18 November stating that the time had elapsed, there had been an administrative problem and the person should submit a new claim. A total of five months...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Amendment of Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 3.The Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 is amended by inserting the following after subsection (4) of section 311:“(5) (a) An Appeals Officer shall decide an appeal within a prescribed time of 60 working days from the date of receipt of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: I support this amendment. Following the 2012 Act there was an opportunity for MABS to link in with the Lough payment scheme to help the people who were most vulnerable. Approximately 400 people were on the list at the time. I raised the matter with the Minister in April this year, as did several other Deputies. The idea was not only to help them to pay debts but also to assist in the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: Can we get a timeframe, maybe two or three months, for when the Minister will get back to us?