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Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I take exception to some of the comments that have been made to the effect that there has been no difference between where we were 22 months ago and where we are now. We now have a vaccine that has worked quite effectively. It is stopping infection and death in the country. No one ever said it was going to stop infection, and that should be clearly pointed out. We also have a Covid savvy...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I give best wishes to everybody inside and outside the House over the festive season. There is a cohort of families who will find it difficult over the Christmas season. Five weeks ago in Leaders' Questions to the Taoiseach I raised the inability to recruit and retain staff in the crucial area of home care services. Despite the increased allocation of hours in the budget by the Government,...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: As one of the five Deputies who introduced this Bill last week on behalf of the Simon Communities of Ireland, I support the Bill, as every and any action that can prevent people being evicted into homelessness is a progressive protective step for people facing increasing notices to quit, evictions and homelessness. My colleagues in my constituency office report that they have seen a steady...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I acknowledge that more than 1 million people have received their third dose of the vaccine to date, but why are there not more local pharmacies and community centres involved in providing third doses? I went to Citywest on the Monday before last. I had not received an appointment from the HSE; I was a walk-in. I got there at 8 o'clock in the morning. I spent two hours standing outside in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: Only four of them are in Dublin 12.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues of lack of water and adequate sanitation at a site (details supplied); the steps his Department will take to ensure that the budget allocated to Traveller accommodation in the area will be utilised to resolve this health and safety matter; and if he will make a statement...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: What issues is the Minister of State talking about?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I accept the point made by the Minister of State that CityWide and the community sector have not been taken out of the equation and that CityWide, the National Family Support Network and Uisce will continue to be on the national oversight committee. If the groups are not named to be on the committee, they are not recognised. It is important that they are named. I hope we will continue to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: For 25 years, our national drugs strategy has been underpinned by a community development approach. In 1996, the then Minister, on behalf of the State, acknowledged to community leaders who had been campaigning on the drugs issue for years that the then Government had not listened. The Minister set up a partnership structure that included community representation as a right to ensure that...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: Our public services face a crisis. They face under-funding, staff shortages and general lack of resources. This has created intolerable working conditions for those who provide essential services and life-saving services. This motion deals with just one element, which is staff shortages and the consequences for Dublin Fire Brigade. I salute the firefighters on their professionalism and...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I welcome the opportunity, along with fellow Opposition Deputies, to introduce this Bill on behalf of the Simon Communities of Ireland. I am supporting the Bill because it is a progressive step for people facing increasing notices to quit and will protect them from eviction and homelessness. In October, 8,830 women, men and children were in emergency accommodation, an increase of 4.2% on...

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

Joan Collins: I genuinely would like to be standing here welcoming an increase in the basic welfare payments. I cannot do so, however, because the budgets for 2020 and 2021 provided no increase in those payments. Given inflation, they were, in effect, a cut in the payments and a continuation of the austerity affecting the most vulnerable in our society. Before the pandemic, 630,000 people in Ireland...

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

Joan Collins: It has been backdated.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I do not know what is wrong with my camera. I just cannot open it. I confirm that I am in Agriculture House.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for the clarification on the supplementary payment. I have just two questions. Many other areas have been covered. Regarding the CE supervisors, it is good that an offer has been made. It is to be hoped they will be happy with the offer. I wish to ask the Minister about the EWSS. A number of Deputies have tabled questions about the PUP to her in the past week or...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (30 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions under the Climate Action Plan that are in place to facilitate electric car charging points in areas in which there are no gardens to accommodate them; and the timeline to accommodate persons wanting to move from fossil fuel to electric vehicles. [58490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (30 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if €80 million was allocated to Dublin City Council in 2019 for it's housing retrofit scheme; if this €80 million been allocated to date; and the amount that was allocated in 2020 and 2021. [58299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (30 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional amount of revenue that would be accrued if employer’s PRSI was increased by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and by 5%, respectively in tabular form. [58500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reports that health and safety officers have made since 23 October 2021 in regard to Covid-19 compliance in the hospitality, public houses, café and restaurant sectors; and if he will provide an update on the levels of compliance. [58296/21]