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Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Harkin. I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for presenting this Private Members' motion to the Dáil. I welcome the news that the Government is planning to scrap the Green Paper on Disability Reform. The proposals were widely condemned by a broad coalition of disability, mental health and carers' groups. I am glad the Government has recognised, as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I thank the Taoiseach. It has been 15 years since the crash. Until 2021, many of these workers had not even received a pay increase. The staffing community of voluntary organisations who are awarded the pay increase of 8% have not received it and have not been paid to date. That is outrageous. Why has it not been paid and when will it be paid? This needs to happen urgently. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I agree with the last two speakers on the documentary last night on the O'Shea report but I want to raise the following issue. Earlier this month, we learned that health and social care staff with community and voluntary bodies are still awaiting pay increases agreed last October. I am referring to section 10, section 39 and section 56 workers. There was an agreement for an 8% pay increase...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: It is their view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I really appreciate them and they have highlighted some aspects I was not aware of. They also made clear some issues I was aware of, particularly relating to the average earnings and the input to the budget. We still have not got an explanation, as Ms Loughran said. I will dovetail a bit to the PBO report we discussed earlier on universal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: For clarity-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: -----Mr. Moynihan is making it very clear that AHBs have no access specifically to retrofitting grants or anything like that for their complexes or for housing estates. Mr. Seán Moynihan: I will go away and clarify that. I did not come prepared for that question but I will drop a note to the Deputy on it. My understanding is, from my experience, that we do not, but I better check...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: No.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputies Connolly, McNamara, Harkin and Fitzmaurice.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: There is a lot of fanfare about this being a new start for Fine Gael, this Government and the country. In reality, what we see is the same old stale, out-of-touch political system that has been in power since the foundation of the State. We can play political musical chairs and give everything a fresh look but this is just two sides of the same coin. It is another Taoiseach for Fine Gael...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: 790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 February 2024, if a matter regarding a fuel allowance payment (details supplied) can be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14799/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: On a point of order, it is inappropriate for certain people to say that elected representatives here hate the Irish people. That was totally out of order and should have been slapped down immediately. I would never say that to anybody, even if I disagreed with his or her politics.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: It was said that the loony left hates the Irish people. I think that sort of language should be shot down immediately. Sorry, I am not telling the Ceann Comhairle how to do his job but I just think it is-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: They are dog whistles.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion to the House. It is a worthy motion and worthy of good debate. We are watching the Government stand over a rapidly worsening crisis of accommodation for international protection applicants and Irish people. Time and again, the Government has missed the targets it has set for itself. It has become a national disgrace. We are failing...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: At that time, there were not proper facilities in place. The camp on Mount Street existed because of the failure of the State to provide appropriate accommodation and the camp at Crooksling has quickly become another failure of the State to provide appropriate accommodation. Tents are not appropriate accommodation and the Minister knows that. I know he wants to try to resolve it but we...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: How dare you.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: The Deputy over there is laughing her head off to rile people up.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: This day nine years ago, more than 88,000 people marched for the Right2Water campaign. One of its demands was to keep water permanently in public hands. Many parliamentary members of the Government parties signed the SIPTU petition - I am holding a photograph of one of them signing it - supporting this demand in 2015. On World Water Day tomorrow, I will chair a uniting the community public...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Joan Collins: Will the Tánaiste confirm that the Government will hold a referendum on the public ownership, management and maintenance of our water system, and when it will hold it?