Results 461-480 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Education Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this Private Members' motion to the floor. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it. Last week, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul released its minimum essential standard of living, MESL, 2023 report. Over the past 12 months, the cost of being able to live with dignity has gone up by 10%, climbing by 13% for those who live in a city. The cost of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: It was announced last week that Greyhound is increasing its bin charges again. Over the last 18 months, these charges have increased from €16.50 to €30 per month. One woman has said that in June of last year she was paying €22 a month to have her bins collected by Greyhound Recycling and now expects to be paying €30 from July. This is an increase of more than...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: We need legislation as well. Legislation needs to be changed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (13 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options for a young girl's education (details supplied). [27419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: 1152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will follow up on a request by a person (details supplied) for immediate access to CAMHS. [27456/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: I was asked to raise a particular issue that has escalated this week. I refer to the ongoing industrial dispute at the Irish franchise of the Iceland chain over poor conditions, unpaid wages, sick pay and leave. The owner, Naeem Maniar, appears to be using an opaque corporate structure to avoid paying his workers what they are due or engaging with their union, which is the Independent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Joan Collins: There are questions around the wording there.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I read the Taoiseach's interview in the newspapers last week and I thought it was a particularly sly bit of politics to talk about building public housing and the lack of homes to buy in the same breath. The reason homeownership is going down is that successive Governments led by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Green Party have allowed our housing market to become a...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Before I speak on the motion, I would like to express my deepest condolences and sympathy to Vera, Paul and the family on the loss of their daughter, Ava. We should put that on the record of the Dáil. Last June this House passed a Private Members' motion brought forward by Deputy Connolly. It called on the Government to: - immediately reinstate all respite beds closed as a result of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I welcome Suzanne and Jacqueline. The witnesses have covered a good bit of what I would have asked. I want to ask two questions, the first on workforce planning. How is that being dealt with as services are being expanded in Scotland? Are there special educational processes that are being set up to get more therapists into the service? Second, is respite run on a charity basis or is it...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for introducing this Bill. It is very timely, this being the fifth anniversary of the significant referendum on the right to access abortion. The important point is that abortion is a healthcare issue. The review was initiated to determine where we were and how the legislation allowed women access to healthcare. We have to say that, in some areas, it is...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I welcome the debate on the issue of services in autism disabilities. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion today, giving us the opportunity to discuss it. I wish to read into the Official Report part of the contribution by Mr. Adam Harris from AsIAm to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism on 16 May 2023. He encompasses a lot of the issues we have discussed: Many...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Five hundred asylum seekers were living on the streets a couple of weeks ago. The Taoiseach said today that was down to 250. Ours is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and it is totally unacceptable to have any asylum seeker living in the street, just as it is unacceptable to have any Irish citizen living in the street. I understand it was going to be a struggle to provide for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I have had contact from a woman with a young family who is a healthcare worker in my constituency. She is facing eviction from a rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenancy in Meath on 31 May. Meath County Council has told her it will stop the RAS payments if she overholds, that she needs to leave the home on the date of the termination and that she needs to find a housing assistance payment,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: It was A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023. It is now 2023 and we are going into the next budget, for 2024. The policy states the State pension should be indexed at 34% of average earnings and be tied to the consumer price index and average earnings. As I said, the commitment would put our State pension at €310 per week. The increase of €12 per week that was given in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: It is a policy the Government committed to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: It is what people depend on every week. It is like a wage and people depend on a wage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Last week, Age Action, the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, Active Retirement Ireland and the trade union SIPTU, launched their pension promise campaign. The campaign is to hold the Government to account on the promises made in the pension reform policy, A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023. The policy states the State pension should be indexed at 34% of average earnings and tied to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Joan Collins: You did.