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

Joan Collins: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs children in Dublin 12, Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 8 who are waiting for school placements in primary or secondary schools for September 2022. [34857/22]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: Amendments Nos. 38 and 53 relate to removing sections 85(7) and 136 to allow an advance healthcare directive and decision supports to be extended to those detained under the Mental Health Act. Leaving these sections in is discriminatory so I expect the Minister will move very quickly and certainly to address those matters. We should not have it brought in under the mental health legislation...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I have not really been involved in this debate, but Mental Health Reform, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters a couple of weeks ago, asked me to put forward amendments to support Deputies Cairns and Ward from the point of view what they went through on Committee Stage. I really want to support amendments Nos. 2, 36, 37 and 53. I will make an appeal to the Minister....

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome all the families and campaigners who are in the Gallery today. It is a shame they have to come in here again after all their years of campaigning. However, there is a need for their presence. I see the Minister of State is nodding. I hope this will spur her on to push for action moreso than long-term strategies. We know what we need. We must fill the children's disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Offices (29 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a process taking place in her Department that will change the appeals officer job specification in relation to appeals decisions; and if there are, if she will provide the changes. [34974/22]

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I thank Sinn Féin for the opportunity to debate this issue again. The issue is one of the most serious facing the people of this country and it is of its time. I find the position of the Government on the cost-of-living crisis quite incredible. People are struggling now. They are struggling to put food on the table, pay their rent or mortgage,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a person (details supplied) cannot pay for the renewal of their driver licence in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will refuse the 2022-2023 coursing licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 859. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a decision made to refer dental services provided in health clinics to private dentists who take medical card patients (details supplied). [34145/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Mr. Kearney, Ms McGrath and Ms Prendeville for coming to the committee today. The main objective of us all is that at the end of this process parents and children would be clear in the role they can play and the role the NCSE plays around the issue we must overcome. Many of the questions have already been asked and answered but I would like to get a bit more detail from Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: On the speech and language therapists in the school inclusion model, will Mr. Kearney send the committee a breakdown of how many will be needed? I have found that some schools had been looking for the service, and to get a special education adviser into the schools, but they have been put on a waiting list. This negates the role of the service if there is a service but the school cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank the officials.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart Vótála ag Aois 16) 2021: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Pringle for bringing the Bill to the Chamber today and his staff for pulling it together for presentation to the Dáil. I am very disappointed as we were given the indication that the Government would accept the Bill but it seems we will now have to wait until 2023 for a Second Reading. Surely something like this could be looked at for the Electoral Reform Bill 2022, even...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The number of renters having 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 in a single year since the foundation of the State. Renters are living in fear and insecurity. They are terrified of losing their homes and facing the impossible task of...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The findings of the HIQA investigation into the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick were extremely shocking and according to HIQA, could put lives at risk. HIQA's verdict was that the emergency department is under-resourced, understaffed and poorly managed. That verdict could be employed for our public health services as a whole. They are all under-resourced, understaffed...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 1185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the foster carer’s payment (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: 1742. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of cocaine addiction and or for mental health care; and if so, the locations in which the treatment is provided. [30153/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The Joint Committee on Social Protection met this morning to discuss pensions and social protection-related issues with representatives of Foster Care Ireland and the Irish Foster Care Association, along with foster parents. We discussed many aspects of the fostering system. The committee will write a report and submit recommendations to the Minister. One issue I think should be raised...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: The foster care allowance is an urgent issue and cannot wait for the budget. Other areas can wait but the allowances cannot.

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Joan Collins: I am not sure. I thought he would have been here. He is expected here.