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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: Back in 2017 Orkambi was reimbursed for market distribution here in Ireland and it was a great boost for the cystic fibrosis, CF, community after a long campaign. A new drug, Kaftrio, has been approved in the USA and by the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in April of this year. I tabled a question to the Minister for Health in early May and I was told the applicants had put in the rapid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with disabilities currently availing of the training support grant that was introduced in 2020; and the breakdown of groups of disabled persons that are applying for the grant. [32535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated for the training support grant; the courses or training opportunities for which the grant has been used; and her plans to increase the amount of the training support grant in Budget 2022. [32537/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: This Bill sets the stage for the future. The future is all those people who were out on the streets, the students in 2019, and all the NGOs that have been campaigning for a robust climate action Bill over recent years. We had hoped to get it from the Green Party but I am afraid that tonight, we did not get it in this Bill. The initial Bill was very weak. The committee did great work on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I welcome Dr. Muldoon and Ms Ward to the committee today. The ombudsman's report is a milestone from the point of view of where we are at in terms of Traveller accommodation. These reports have been coming out for years. We have had health and safety reports on that site, going back to 2011, in which the environmental officer said it was not fit for human habitation. We cannot let this...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: According to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, based on its latest available data which are from 2019, there were 10,809 families from the Travelling community throughout the country in need of accommodation. Given other Travellers may have no engagement with a local authority or do not self-identify for the purposes of data collection, the true population is likely...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory tests will recommence. [30310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue in relation to the case of a business as raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel pass to epilepsy patients given that it is the only mode of transport for them due to their illness. [30330/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: How much time is left?

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I will be brief unlike some of my colleagues. I was going to make a point about why we have arrived at this point and why I supported the emergency draconian legislation in March and October 2020. The key point is that we did not have vaccines then. We now have them and we know they are working. The fact that there are only 93 people in hospitals with Covid is a vindication of that and of...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Connolly for bringing forward this motion and allowing for an urgent and timely discussion on the national maternity strategy. I also thank Ms Beibhinn O'Connor and Ms Rachel Hynes for the work they have put into this motion. I listened to what the Minister said. While HIQA made the point that there has been some progress, an awful lot of issues still have not been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 12 May 2021, the outstanding issues that need to be resolved before the State can proceed to ratify the Second Optional Protocol on the UNCRC which includes the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: It is great to see the witnesses again. I know where they are coming from when they say that they should not be here and we should not be in this situation. One can really hear the frustration and righteous anger felt by the Traveller and Roma communities from the point of view of the way human rights have not been upheld. We must ensure that the independent national Traveller...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Joan Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. What it does is to continue the extraordinary emergency legislation due to expire on 9 June and the Government is extending it to 9 November 2021. It may be further extended for up to three months at a time by resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas. These include measures in section 1 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2021)

Joan Collins: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the contractor for a school (details supplied) will commence building; and if she will request a meeting of stakeholders including a group to examine matters related to the school. [28914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Probation and Welfare Service (27 May 2021)

Joan Collins: 224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage and number of young persons aged up to and including 18 years of age that have an active case with the Probation Service that are also subject to a care order through Tusla. [28884/21]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for the report. As regards the PUP, members are aware that people are getting the payment based on what they earned before the restrictions came in. Now we can see there is an argument for tapering the PUP. If a person who is currently on €250 or €300 works in the restaurant or broader hospitality sector and is brought back for outdoor service but on...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Joan Collins: I will be brief and to the point. I want to come back on the temporary wage subsidy scheme. I take the point made by the Minister that people pay tax on their income. However, the scheme was brought in under extraordinary circumstances. There must have been an arrangement between the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners to forfeit the...