Results 801-820 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Health: Independent Review Mechanism (18 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 810. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting up of the independent radiation therapist review (details supplied) in addition to his commitment to implement any recommendations which could emanate from the review dealing with the crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists and or service improvements like advanced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I have been listening intently for the past hour and a half. As was said earlier on, in some ways I am probably more confused than I was when I came in. This probably reflects the frustration and confusion felt by these children and their families. I do not think that after this meeting, they will feel there is light at the end of the tunnel. Deputy Carroll MacNeill got to the crux of it,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review (details supplied). [50612/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: When will the Minister for Social Protection publish the child maintenance review, which she received in April? Groups representing lone parents expected it to be made public before the summer recess. Does the Minister have money in the pot for the implementation of any recommendations that may come from the review later in the year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: As the Minister will be aware, this review was warmly welcomed by lone parents and the organisations One Family and SPARK, and they were very keen to process the review. The Minister says the review will not be published until possibly the end of the year or maybe early next year. Has she made provision within her Department's budget for the implementation of any recommendations that may...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: The Minister will understand there is a sense of urgency among lone parents and the groups representing them that this would be processed as quickly as possible. I again ask if she has made provision in her budget from the point of view of the recommendations coming out of this review. I do not know whether payments will be costed, whether a one-stop shop will be set up or whatever comes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the evidence on which she based the increase of €2 per week, 30 cent per day for the qualified child increase for children under the age of 12 years. [50621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read a post-Budget 2023 analysis (details supplied) that highlights that after the Q4 2022 cost-of-living measures are implemented, a one-parent family with two children, one in primary and one in secondary will face a shortfall of €9.40 and for those with an older child, this rises to €82.73; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-organise community welfare officers back into the community for at least two to three days per week, but preferably permanently (details supplied). [50624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the fuel allowance has not been extended to working family payment recipients. [50629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (13 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 452. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [50972/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister. I have had a lot of contact and discussions with the workers involved. They have told me they will resist in every way they can being railroaded into an agreement without a vote, a guarantee of their public service status and a referendum. They will not accept it. The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: The management has said there is no employment there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I do not know if the Minister is aware of the situation facing local authority workers who work in water services. Under the current service-level agreement, SLA, these workers, who are employed by local authorities, provide services to Irish Water. Under the terms of the SLA, they can, if they wish, transfer to Irish Water in January 2026. Part of the agreement was that there would be a...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: The Government had a number of options to alleviate the cost of electricity facing families, older people, people with disabilities, carers, small businesses, etc., but the option it chose was to pay the electricity credit. Other options mentioned included capping the prices charged by energy companies, nationalising those companies trading in Ireland, a windfall tax on energy companies or...

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: On behalf of the Independent Group, I wish to begin by extending the apologies of Deputy Thomas Pringle, representative for the Donegal constituency, who cannot be here today to join in the condolences being offered to the people of Creeslough as he is in attendance at the Council of Europe. He asked me to say a few words. This morning, President Higgins spoke with Deputy Pringle and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that each school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have an autism class; the status of same; and if she is prepared to initiate the 37A process. [49616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of teachers which results in classes including special education classes not going ahead (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this ongoing issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Pringle and his office for bringing forward this motion for the provision of free and accessible public transport. This is an important motion and I fully support its emphasis on rural areas and greater access for those with disabilities. I also want to approach this issue from the point of view of meeting the targets for CO2emissions, and the transformation to a green...

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I draw the attention of the Minister of State to proposals for a renewed repair and lease scheme that Simon Communities Ireland launched last Thursday. It states that Housing for All has set out low targets for the delivery of properties under the repair and lease scheme with only 130 units envisioned for 2023. Simon Communities Ireland proposes that a target of 5,000 vacant units in 2023...