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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: I tabled this matter not to scaremonger or bring about a spiral of fear but to raise a very practical question. My concern does not pertain to those who are vaccinated, it relates to those who are unvaccinated coming from the UK by air or sea. Immunologists and scientists are extremely concerned about the situation. The UK is going to return to the herd immunity strategy it launched at the...

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: As my colleague, Deputy Pringle, has said, the housing crisis has not come about by accident. It is in fact a result of deliberate policy decisions by successive governments dominated by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the interests of landlords, property speculators, developers and the private for-profit banks. The housing crisis is not a failure of policy from the point of view of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for the doctorate in counselling psychologists in training. [29293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 467. To ask the Minister for Health when kaftrio for CF patients who are 12 years of age and older will be approved for use here (details supplied). [29361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29363/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: Did the Minister mention the number of Pfizer vaccines coming in?

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: I will be very quick. Again, I will have to avoid niceties because I only have two minutes. I support an immediate public investigation, not on the back of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night, even though it was harrowing to watch, but on the basis that it should have happened a long time ago. I note the change to the vaccine programme. I hope it works and that there will...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: On a point of order, Members of the Opposition like ourselves are fighting for speaking slots in this debate. The Government had 21 minutes in this discussion that could have been used by the Opposition.

Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: It was good to hear that the Minister will support the Bill. I listened intently to the point she made about what has happened since 2018 and about the audit completed and published in 2019. I was not aware of that. I have not seen that report. Maybe it went into committee and was discussed there but I think it must be brought into the Dáil or the education committee to discuss the...

Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: The Irish banking system, based on for-profit private banks, failed disastrously in the financial crash of 2008 and 2010. The State was forced into a €70 billion bailout paid for with a decade of austerity, seriously impacting public services and, of course, a situation in which many homeowners lost their homes. This was a consequence of extremely risky speculative spending in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: The reason the committee put forward that the legislation should be brought in within six months is that, in December 2019, at the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Mr. Tim Duggan, assistant secretary of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection said: [L]egislative provisions are being developed to encourage workers to apply to scope section for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: That was made clear by Mr. Duggan in December 2019, when he indicated clearly that the process had started, that there were a few small issues to be addressed and that it would be published in 2020. It is now June 2021. The reason we put a period of six months in the report was to give a bit of impetus to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and, we hoped, the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has, in conjunction with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, initiated the drawing up of anti-victimisation and blacklisting legislation within six months in line with the recommendation in the report of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: Has the Minister's Department, in conjunction with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, initiated the drawing up of anti-victimisation and blacklisting legislation within six months in line with the recommendation in the report of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands entitled, Examination of Bogus Self-Employment, published...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be reviewed as workers return to work; if the payment will remain open beyond 1 July 2021; and if workers who return to work on fewer hours or on a reduced hourly rate of pay will retain their payment level based on their weekly pay pre-March 2020. [35754/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: Can the Minister for Social Protection tell me if the pandemic unemployment payment will be reviewed as workers return to work and if application for the payment will remain open beyond 1 July 2021? I am aware that the Minister has extended this until 7 July but it should be pushed out further. Will workers, who return to work on fewer hours on a reduced hourly rate of pay retain their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: The particular reason I tabled this question on Monday on the extension for new entrants was because I was hearing in the background about clouds on the horizon with regard to the Delta variant etc. Many workers probably have gone back to begin the reopening and may have to go back on the PUP again. We do not know what is happening with regard to the Delta variant of the virus. We are told...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: I urge the Minister to review this again. I am aware, from having spoken to people in the trade union movement, that they want workers to go back to work to a safe environment. That is the key issue for them but they also want people to get back to work. On the second part of my question on which I will speak briefly, I have been hearing anecdotal evidence that workers have been brought...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparations that are been made to progress children with special needs from primary schools to secondary schools. [35385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a standard ventilation system is recommended for schools; if schools have been supported by a grant to install pandemic ventilation; and if there are checks by the Health and Safety Authority to ensure these systems are up to standard. [35351/21]