Results 81-100 of 327 for long speaker:Joan Collins

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Joan Collins: ...xe1;il. The motion reads, "the current National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) contract, which was put in place in 2021 while the attention of the body politic was diverted by the Covid-19 pandemic, no longer offers a walk-in service, the walk-in service having originally ceased temporarily in March 2020 to ensure the safety of the service's staff and of the public using the service during...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Joan Collins: ...;350 million budgeted, €200 million will be used for the National Treatment Purchase Fund or, in other words, almost 50% of the money provided by the State will be spent in private medical facilities. As long as we maintain the two-tier system, with chronic underfunding of the public sector patched up with occasional sticking plasters from the private sector, we will have an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Joan Collins: ...has been won. The unfair dismissals legislation should be amended to give all workers protection from unfair dismissal from day one of their employment, not just after 12 months, which is much too long. We must also deal with the issue whereby there is no penalty under the Act for employers that are found to have unfairly dismissed a worker. There is also the issue of trade union...

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Joan Collins: ...a lot happening]. It is an urgent and serious issue that has to be dealt with in the context of a community-up approach, with multidisciplinary supports going into the communities most affected, along with a health-based approach. In any event, we are very seized of the serious situation in many communities as a result of drug abuse. The Taoiseach was also a guest speaker at the...

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Joan Collins: ...floor and wall tilers registered in Ireland. In 2020, members of the Construction Industry Federation were employing, as tilers, zero apprentices, 50 people with full-time jobs and 693 causal subcontractors. There was a long-established tradition of family involvement in certain building trades, such as bricklaying, plastering, carpentry, etc., but if you talk to construction workers...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Transfer of Undertakings (10 Feb 2022)

Joan Collins: ...The Minister of State said he did not know my question related to the situation at Tesco. However, the question I put in referred to the fact that up to 180 retail security officers, many with long-term service, were told on Tuesday morning that Tesco is acting unilaterally to outsource their employment. The company was named in the question I submitted. We do not do enough to ensure...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: ...The bugbear remains, and the minutes of the HSE board meeting of 29 October 2021 note that the board raised concerns regarding the ultimate ownership of the site, which is being provided through a long-term lease rather than by means of being sold to the State. That discussion will go nowhere because if the Religious Sisters of Charity and their lawyers are not going to agree to that, we...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: ...now set up a new private company, St Vincent's Holdings (SVHs), into which they have said they will transfer their shares in SVHG though this has not yet happened; — the RSC apparently have Vatican approval for this along with approval from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, as under canon law SVUH is the property of the Catholic Church; and — the construction of the...

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: ...responded to my parliamentary question on this issue and she also said at the meeting we had the other day that she acknowledges this situation, which only affects a small number of people. I ask her to examine the matter urgently. Not so long ago, there was a situation where a young woman on disability allowance got a grant for further education, which affected her disability payment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Travellers' Experiences in Prison and Related Matters: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...non-Traveller people. This might help the latter to understand that Travellers are human and there is no difference between them other than that the Traveller community has been separated for so long from society it has become a group that people are suspicious of when they should be welcoming them. I have a question for Mr. Wilson, Mr. Black and Mr. Beirne. What more can be done to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the budget measure of free contraception for women aged 17 to 25 years of age; if it includes long-acting reversible contraceptives, diaphragms, copper coil, the vagina ring, condoms and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: 822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the budget measure of free contraception for women aged 17 to 25 years of age; if it includes long-acting reversible contraceptives, diaphragms, copper coil, the vagina ring, condoms and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...three weeks. This has led to excessive disruption within the school. I currently have teachers out on sick leave. One of these sick leaves is being covered until mid-term but the teacher will no longer be available after that. I advertised a long-term subbing contract for 19 weeks to include allocated hours the school is owed and sick leave. However, I received no applications, even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...try to negotiate to get the build there. I know things are in place now, and at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Travelling Community, one speaker said that it took a long time to get to the bad state that we are in and it will take a while to get us out of that, but when the Traveller communities link in with the authorities, they should be responded to very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...try to negotiate to get the build there. I know things are in place now, and at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Travelling Community, one speaker said that it took a long time to get to the bad state that we are in and it will take a while to get us out of that, but when the Traveller communities link in with the authorities, they should be responded to very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...? Cena is seeking 22 homes in the Cork, Kerry and Limerick areas. Where will they be located? Will they be in housing estates? Mr. Dillon made the interesting point that this crisis has been long in the making and it will not be easy to solve it quickly. Trying to plan for the future is also a major problem. People have been living on halting sites for 20 years. They have had...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: ...Ireland. The cost rental model could achieve mixed tenure with well-designed, well-built, environmentally sustainable housing and an emphasis on community facilities. Rents must be affordable with long-term security of tenure. The differential rent system will apply to traditional council housing and cost rental accommodation. It would cater for workers whose incomes are above the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: ...preparatory stage. I ask the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health to make this an urgent Bill and to bring the heads of the Bill to the Dáil very quickly. It is three years now and that is too long.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: ...why is it only now, with waiting lists approaching nearly 1 million, that emergency action is being considered? The plan to provide three new elective hospitals in Dublin, Galway and Cork is also long overdue. The response of our public health service staff to the Covid-19 pandemic shows what is possible and what can be achieved if they are given the necessary resources and funding....

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: ...based on human rights obligations, needs and demands to which the Government must be committed to solve the issues. The report particularly underlines the opportunity at hand to eradicate the long-standing issues of child poverty and family homelessness which impact on every aspect of children's lives. A Better Normal is an initiative designed to ensure that children are considered and...