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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Not for these families.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I know the Minister of State has been doing a lot to try to get services up to scratch. At the end of the day, that is what we really want to hear. This is where we get most queries from families. As the previous Deputy said, it is impossible to go back to parents without any information. Two weeks ago, the Dublin 12 autism group organised a round table for families to speak to Deputies...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome this debate on the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 and that the Government have brought it forward. I also welcome the fact that they are willing to listen to the issues around the service charges and have changed the legislation as it came before the Dáil. It is very important to recognise that this Bill would not be before us if it were not...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Marciniak.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: The number of renters being obliged to leave their homes is staggering. Last year, 3,038 households renting were served a notice to quit, mainly because the landlord was selling. This is the highest number of tenant evictions to take place in a single year since the foundation of the State. The number of families facing eviction has continued unabated into this year. Renters are living...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: These families are facing this crisis now. People are walking into our constituency office, and I am sure every other Deputy is seeing that in his or her constituency office, with notices to quit and all sorts of housing problems. They have been told by the family support and emergency accommodation units that they are at capacity - they do not have anywhere to put them. Either the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: Buy them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she received a notice from a school (details supplied) indicating that a board of management was yet to be established; if the notice was received; the reason given by the school for not establishing the board of management; if she has been advised on the nomination and designation for the chairperson of the school; if steps will be taken...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 286. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1742 of 14 June 2022, if an organisation (details supplied) closed its offices and transferred its equipment to St James’s Hospital in January 2022; if transcranial magnetic stimulation is accessible to private patients who have mental health, epilepsy and addiction issues; and if there are other public hospitals...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire for tabling the motion, which is timely. It was part of the pressure that we have seen in the response from the Government in the past hour. A good quality free education should be a basic essential in a modern society. It is the norm in most advanced countries. However, free primary and secondary education in this country is a myth, as has been said....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) needs a public service card to renew their driving licence; and the reason they cannot use another form of identification. [36143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to a family (details supplied); and if an independent inquiry will be conducted on the decision by An Garda Síochána to not carry out a forensic examination and an investigation of the matter. [35930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has for the site on Davitt Road (details supplied); if is intended for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35760/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I will try to be brief. I welcome the Minister of State. Is the Department of Education planning further investment for this year to reduce the average class size by one pupil to bring it closer to the European average? A reduction in general class sizes would assist the delivery of services for disabled and autistic children. Will the Minister of State update us on the in-school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I asked about the July summer education programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: I do not have any questions. I am listening intently to this debate although I have just come back in, for which I apologise.

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Joan Collins: The State has failed to provide special needs school places in their local area to every child who needs them. It has also failed to provide the resources to ensure those rights are vindicated properly in schools. More trained staff, sensory rooms, equipment and access therapists are needed. One third of vacancies are in the CDNTs that were set up, we were told, to get over the problems...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered utilising workers in small creches who are let go during the summer months to give them an option to work and provide the July provision. [34863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected needs for school placements for special needs and autistic children in secondary schools, either by CHO area or by county, from September 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [34858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to schools (details supplied) that need to open autism classes in Dublin 12. [34864/22]