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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: A public state insolvency fund is a matter of course in European countries so it is not unusual and this proposal is not being plucked from the sky. We have solidarity funds such as the Social Insurance Fund where people contribute through PRSI for the good of all even though that they may not get sick. All sorts of reliefs have been brought in for the very wealthy in this country. There...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: The Debenhams workers organised a meeting last Thursday. Representatives from many political parties, including Fianna Fáil, were at that meeting. The workers were filling us in about the outcome of the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, negotiations - or non-negotiations, as such. They raised serious issues about what can be done under the legal framework of insolvency. They said...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: I welcome the restoration of the full PUP to €350 a week and the restoration of the wage supplement. This should have been included in the budget but as I noted during the budget debate, it was inevitable that we would move to stricter restrictions very soon. The proposal to tax the PUP is mean, miserly and unnecessary. The last thing workers who have been laid off and whose incomes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Stadium Projects (4 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm that the strategic assessment report and preliminary business case for the Dalymount Park proposal has been carried out fully in accordance with the public sector spending code and that the preliminary business case has or will be published. [34044/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Stadium Projects (4 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the funding business case for the Dalymount Park project on the sale of Tolka Park; and if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is a reserved function related to public land and subject to a vote by Dublin City councillors. [34043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if foxhunting with hounds and all related activities have been stopped during level 5 restrictions; and if a ban will be introduced due to the cruelty to foxes and the public health concerns associated with large groups of hunters gathering and traversing the countryside. [34036/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of the Director of the Health Protection and Surveillance Centre will be filled with a full-time consultant contract with the relative pay and conditions (details supplied) [33309/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET or his Department has drawn up a formal written memo or advice on zero Covid-19 in view of the Taoiseach stating he is unwilling to embrace zero Covid-19 on advice from NPHET. [33308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will provide guidelines to deal with the situation. [32599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 1348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors here; the number that have qualified as consultants and are not employed as consultants; and the number of public health medicine consultants that came home to fill positions (details supplied) [33332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 1349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not drawn up the proper consultant contracts for such doctors (details supplied) [33333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 1350. To ask the Minister for Health the public health measures being put in place to ensure the isolation of Covid-19 infection within the Travelling community, the rate of which has increased in the past four weeks. [33334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a group of environmental scientists feeding into NPHET; if not, the reason; and the amount allocated to improve ventilation in buildings (details supplied). [33341/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: Following on from the Minister's indication that he will not accept any amendments, it is really important to recognise, as has been registered by many Deputies in the Dáil over the past day or two, what we are dealing with here. The Minister is ignoring the wishes of the people who have survived these institutions and their families and relatives. We are dealing with one of the major...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used in deciding to pay the Christmas bonus to those on pandemic unemployment payment with the proviso that the recipient must be on the payment for four months. [31641/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: There was a big sigh of relief when it was announced in the budget that the Christmas bonus will be paid this year at 100%. There was also an announcement that it will be extended to those on the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and those on jobseeker's allowance but there is an added qualification in that a person will need to have been on the payment for four months. Does that mean...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if a new company is eligible for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, if the previous company was availing of the scheme in cases in which the trading operations of a company change from one company to another. [30791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sporting Rights (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 2009 could be extended to allow for Nations League matches to be shown live on terrestrial television as is the case for the European Championships and the World Cup. [30482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been allocated a roll number; if a patron has been allocated in view of the fact there is a patron ready to take up this role; and the stage of the process to open the school as an autism-specific school in 2021. [30432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether urgent action is necessary to reduce class sizes and that adequate funding must be provided in budget 2021 to bring class sizes down to the European average. [30446/20]