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Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this Private Members' motion. I support it. While the move away from cash during Covid was understandable, cash remains an important part of life for many people in this country. There is real need for cash in society, whether it be for elderly people who might not know how to access digital services, people with disabilities who need access...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: It seems this Government thinks the cost-of-living crisis has been dealt with for now. It has ignored calls from groups like Age Action and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for proper increases to core social welfare payments of at least €8 to €12. It ignored calls for the fuel allowance to be given to more people on fixed and low incomes. It took away badly-needed supports...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The Government has decided to lift the eviction ban in the public interest. Thousands of people face losing their homes when the ban is lifted on 1 April. It is understood that more than 2,000 households might have faced eviction over the winter months. On top of that, extra people have received notices to quit since November. I do not know the exact figure, but I imagine it is at least...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Where are those 650 emergency beds?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister provide the House with that information?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: A lot of people in communities are relying on a service that comes every hour.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees with bus services being withdrawn from communities as part of the BusConnects strategy (details supplied). [9464/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: My question asks whether the Minister agrees with the withdrawal of services from communities as part of the BusConnects strategy. In particular, I raise the issues around the 68, 69 and 13 bus routes, which run through Bluebell, Inchicore, Kilmainham, the South Circular Road and Thomas Street. Those services are going to be withdrawn at the end of the second half of this year and replaced...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister. I do not know if he knows the area in question. Bluebell, the Kylemore Road, Inchicore village, Grattan Crescent and Bulfin Estate are all served by the 68, 69 and 13 bus routes. The 13 bus brings people to Thomas Street. The 69 bus brings people down by the Gaelscoil in Islandbridge. The 68 bus brings people to Clanbrassil Street, Camden Street and the eye and ear...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The Minister mentioned the Luas connection. I do not use the Luas in the morning despite the fact I live in Inchicore. I do not use it at peak times because the carriages are too packed and it is impossible to get into them. People are squashed into them. I rely on the connectivity provided by the bus service. Those three buses services are going to be withdrawn and replaced with one bus...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: The NTA refused to meet me and other public representatives.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the new spines for BusConnects, particularly the G, C and D spines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (2 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: A lot has been said already. I feel very privileged and humbled to have listened to people's stories today. I missed the first session because I could not make it. It has really opened my eyes a bit further about how autism impacts on everybody in a different way. There are difficulties in getting involved with the legal system. The forms are complex. Life is not made easy for people...

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

Joan Collins: The relevant figure is 10,798.

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

Joan Collins: It is the case.

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

Joan Collins: More than 3,000 people could be facing termination notices at the end of March. What has the Government put in place to provide emergency services for many of those people if, for example, the local authority will not buy the house due to structural issues? I was contacted by a family facing eviction. The council stated that it cannot buy the house in question. The family has a severely...

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

Joan Collins: What about those who are not on a local authority housing list? I ask that the Minister come to the House next week to explain any decision in respect of the eviction ban.

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

Joan Collins: For weeks now this Government has been equivocating on whether or not to extend the eviction ban while people who are living on a knife edge are worrying how they are going to pay the rent and their bills and if they will have a home in the coming months or not. Calls are coming from every sector that deals with housing on the dire need to extend the ban. Threshold has had hundreds of...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill, in line with the Irish League of Credit Unions, as an important first step to achieving a policy framework that allows the credit union movement to strengthen and to grow. I repeat its calls that the Bill needs substantive amendment on Committee Stage to realise the policy and core objectives intended. Credit unions have long been a vital part of people's lives in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: I was contacted by a parent and activist in the Dublin 12 area who argues that families should be given a grant to access services privately. Even though there are long waiting lists for private services and assessments of need, if and when cancellations come up, parents could access those services if they had a grant. Would such an interim measure solve some of the problems around access...