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Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I am extremely disappointed by the Government's response to this considered and well-drafted Bill which deals with very important issues. Deputy Wallace and his staff did a great deal of work on the legislation. More important, as the Deputy will agree, I salute those who are present in numbers in the Gallery, in particular those who gave testimony about the issues they face. I take...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise a matter concerning collective bargaining legislation and the point made by the Taoiseach regarding the programme for Government. Eight print workers are on unofficial strike across the road from this House because they feel the collective bargaining deal they made in 2007 has been broken.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I cannot bring this onto the agenda of the Dáil because I cannot raise it as a Topical Issue matter. I would like the Taoiseach to say how he can intervene in this and bring it to the Labour Court or the Labour Relations Commission.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: There is more need.

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: The establishment of Irish Water and the metering of water is a huge mistake, politically, economically and socially. The Minister of State said that the metering of water will lead to a significant reduction in the consumption of water but reports show that in London and elsewhere that happens initially but then the level of consumption increases as people revert to their general usage...

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: That is not what I have seen in reports.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: No real plan is in place.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: The Government has not stated, given that 95,000 families nationally are concerned, how it should address this issue over a three to five-year period. It will not be resolved through the provision of 5,000 houses per year, even were the Government to meet that level. As for the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, I have encountered cases in which a RAS landlord has sold the housing unit and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State should admit to the reality that we have a housing crisis. This is the main issue that comes through my door every day. People come having waited ten years for a housing allocation and with problems with transfers. The rental accommodation scheme is drying up. Some landlords figure they can get more from the private rental schemes than the RAS. We are moving to a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of lenders operating in the Irish property market who are prepared to operate the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgage restructurings which have been initiated by lenders under the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of split mortgages with the parking of both capital and interest payments which lenders have offered under the mortgage...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 147:In page 16, to delete lines 33 to 39, and in page 17, to delete lines 1 to 32.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 150:In page 17, to delete lines 33 to 39, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “Offences 22. (1) It shall be an offence--(a) to intentionally or recklessly end a pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant woman, (b) for a person other than an appropriately qualified practitioner to perform a surgical medical procedure for the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I ask the Minister to take the opportunity to remove it or to give a commitment that he remove it in the near future. Along with the number of medics diagnosing suicidal ideation, the lack of clarification of the definition of the unborn, the lack of clarity for the medical profession in respect of the imminent threat to the life of a woman, this is another section which makes this the most...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 97:In page 12, to delete line 2 and substitute the following:"(a) a general practitioner or a medical practitioner of a relevant speciality, and".

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 72:In page 10, line 19, to delete “an obstetrician who practises as such at an appropriate institution” and substitute “a general practitioner or a medical practitioner of a relevant specialty”.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 31:In page 8, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “CHAPTER 1 Medical treatment lawful under this Act Rape and incest, risk to health and risk to well-being of the woman 7. (1) It shall be lawful for a woman, following consultation with her general practitioner, to obtain a termination of pregnancy if--(a) she believes her health, physical or...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 21:In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following:“ “unborn”, means a foetus which has reached that stage of development at which, if born, it would be capable of life outside the womb;”.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: Yes, and it relates to the amendments of Deputies Higgins and Boyd Barrett dealing with categorisation of incest and rape of women, which are some of the most heinous crimes that can be committed against women or men in certain circumstances. A woman can become pregnant with an unwanted child as a result of such an act. Some of the Government representatives yesterday indicated again that...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: We would like to reduce the number of practitioners to two or one but we know that would never be accepted. We hoped the Government might at least accept this amendment. An obstetrician could refuse a termination to a woman with suicidal intent on the basis of suicidal ideation. Many people do not believe an obstetrician is in a position to make that decision when a psychiatrist is already...