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Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy Ó Broin for bringing this motion to the floor of the House. It is important that we keep discussing and raising these issues with the Government. Renters are very much at the coalface of our housing crisis. The vast majority of those entering homelessness are renters. Focus Ireland found 70% of families becoming homeless came from the rental sector....

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: This is pretty clear and simple as far as I am concerned. The Irish people are proud of our history of neutrality and do not want that to change. It offers Ireland a unique place and voice internationally. It allows us to serve as neutral peacekeepers in conflict. It reflects our history as a former colony that rejects wars of aggression and domination. Poll after poll shows Irish people...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I send my solidarity and that of the Right2Change party to the victims of last Thursday's horrific violent attack. There are no words to describe something like this and I wish everyone affected a full recovery. I thank the heroes who responded to the attack and I condemn the violence against gardaí, emergency services and workers in the city on Thursday evening. The children and...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I will not be taking the full 20 minutes for once. I welcome any increases that have come through this Bill and the once-off payments, and I know the hundreds of thousands of people depending on social protection welcome them as well. I welcome the change in the policy around carers and around teenagers at 18 holding onto child benefit when going to university. That has a huge impact on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: My question relates to new guidance given on the General Medical Services, GMS, scheme regarding the tax treatment of GPs' income. This will have a detrimental effect on GP practices, especially community practices. I put a question to the Minister for Health, who said his Department and the HSE had been in contact with Revenue on the issue but offered little other information. A GP...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank People Before Profit for bringing this motion to the floor of the House. I welcome the announcement of a possible ceasefire and the release of hostages and for humanitarian aid to get into Gaza. I hope the people of Gaza can find some peace while the Israeli bombardment stops. Over the past few weeks, we have been watching a genocide unfold before our eyes. More than 14,000...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion to the House. I am supporting it because my experience has been that there are serious issues in the health service. We are in this position because of a political choice by the Government to underfund our health services. We will now see plans to recruit an extra 7,000 needed staff scrapped. The recruitment freeze will continue into next...

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Pringle. I do not know whether I welcome the Bill. It is an indictment of our political system that it has taken more than eight years to address the injustices the Clerys workers faced in 2015. Since then, we have seen the Debenhams workers left out to dry due to a failure of this House to act on collective redundancies. More recently, we have seen the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: She has waited since 2019.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach is contradicting reports that came out quite recently.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I would like to put on the record that I agree with the last two leaders in their calls on Palestine. I raise the specific issue concerning the health service.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: We saw in the budget last month the political choice to underfund our health service. At the Joint Committee on Health in September, the CEO of the HSE said the level of underfunding would amount to between €1.4 billion and €1.5 billion in 2023. On the same day, the Secretary General of the Department of Health said this budget would be a definite underfunding of existing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I did not mention the NHS.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I accept that money has been put into the health service - there is no doubt about it - but we are coming from a very low level in the first place. The national lCU audit annual report specifically stated there are just six critical care beds per 100,000 people, after a record level of money into the health service. That is less than half of the OECD average of 14.1. The reality is these...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I support the Private Members' motion tabled by the Social Democrats. I am disappointed with the Government's amendment. The only thing in common that the motion and the amendment call for is a ceasefire, on which we all agree. We all call for this and we all need to push for it. What we are witnessing before our very eyes is the annihilation of Gaza and its people. So far more than...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: In reply to a parliamentary question last June, the Tánaiste stated that “in the absence of progress towards a two-State solution", Ireland would recognise Palestinian statehood. This was reaffirmed in September, when he stated that the Government favours recognition. With the sheer brutality of the ethnic cleansing we are witnessing the Israeli state rain down on Gaza, with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I agree with that, but he should be calling for Palestinian statehood to strengthen our hand.

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I am still none the wiser as to what the Deputy's position is on the European charter.

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I am pleased that the Energy Charter Treaty is being discussed. Only one Government speaker has spoken on this matter so far. This is one of the most important issues facing Europe and the world. I know there are two speakers coming in to speak now but I would have thought there would have been more Green Party speakers.

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Joan Collins: I cannot emphasise enough the importance of discussing the Energy Charter Treaty. I raised this issue twice last April, once with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and once with the Tánaiste. I was none the wiser about the Government's stance on the obvious detrimental effects of this treaty other than that it would hide behind the EU for political cover. During Leaders' Questions, I...