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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: In December, I submitted a question on the lack of development assessments for newborn babies at three and ten months of age at the Old County Road Health Centre. The reply I received explained there was a deficit of public health nurses and that a plan was in place to see children on the waiting list in January 2023. I put the question again in the Dáil at the end of January, after...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses for engaging with the committee on these issues. As noted, the disconnection moratorium has come to an end. All members of the committee should be raising that with the Minister, particularly with reference to people who have registered as vulnerable energy users. As the witnesses pointed out, householders may have built up cumulative bills over the winter. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: That will involve detailed communication between individuals and the networks. How can the networks ensure they will get to those vulnerable people? Dr. Keilthy spoke about how community energy advisers can play that role, and I fully agree, but as things stand, how can we communicate this information better with the people who need it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: No, in respect of Dublin City Council, we got a report stating it would not be able to finish the retrofitting of all its tenants until 2032 with the money it is receiving annually, so that money needs to increase to allow it to get more done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: Yes, other counties could be different, but it is certainly the case in Dublin City Council.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring the wording for a referendum on the public ownership and management of water services, a commitment having been given by him that the wording would be brought to Cabinet early in 2023. [20765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the regeneration of an estate (details supplied); if he is aware of a move by Dublin City Council to cease its contract with a company; and the reason the contract has been terminated. [20810/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Joan Collins: That working group is something we can push for with the regulator, the suppliers and the Government. That is important and, especially in the case of the gas networks, it needs to be dealt with. Has the charity received queries regarding the use of prepaid meters, including for electricity? If a person gets a smart meter, he or she has to look online for networks and choose a tariff...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government intends to declare its intent to leave the Energy Charter Treaty, given the widely criticised European Commission reforms to the treaty. [20140/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: Does the Government intend to declare its intention to leave the energy charter treaty, ECT, in light of the widely criticised reforms proposed by the European Commission? When I questioned the Taoiseach on the ECT last week, I was told we would work in concert with the EU on modernisation. However, the European Commission said that given the number of countries quitting individually,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: Nine countries have indicated they will leave the treaty and a number have already left. The modernisation attempts have failed. The European Commission has already agreed on modernisation reforms leading to countries exiting the treaty with EU officials saying that there is no qualified majority in the Council to adopt the modernised treaty. The European Commission said that given the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: We need to lead on these issues and we are not leading by remaining in those negotiations. We are supporting the closed-door arbitration court which allows companies to sue for lost profits. We are supporting the protection of €344.6 billion in European fossil fuel assets. Total claims are estimated to cost governments €1.3 trillion worldwide by 2050. There is an ongoing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: Why have the other countries abandoned it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (27 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: It is benefiting the fossil fuel companies. We should have statements on this in the Dáil.

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for putting forward this legislation, which I support. The OECD released its report, Taxing Wages 2022, confirming that Irish workers saw a sharp decrease in living standards last year. It called the combination of a 3.3% decrease in real wages and a 0.8% increase in average income tax paid a double blow for workers. This is not just a double blow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank the Secretary General and Mr. Molloy for attending the meeting. I have some questions. I do not know whether the new general agreement has come into play. A letter was sent in from Fórsa and the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants, AHCPS, in regard to the last meeting we had in November and the issues they had with some of the statements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: Apologies. That is true. I thank the Secretary General. I welcome him addressing those concerns about the independence of the social welfare appeals officer, SWAO, and the fact that it will now be given to the chief appeals officer after the social welfare appeals officer has made a decision. That was a concern, and I would still have a concern that there would be pressure on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Joan Collins: I also welcome the fact that Mr. McKeon will take it on board the need to update the leaflet, so that there is a hard copy information leaflet. That is important, because while a lot of people are savvy on computers and so on, there are people who are not, and who depend on the word, as such, in leaflet form. I would appeal to the Department to do that. It was said the rise in appeals has...