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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school students who have tested positive in the same period. [27984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school teachers who have tested positive in the same period. [27986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school students who have been tested positive in the same period. [27981/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school teachers who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school teachers who have tested positive in the same period. [27983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school students who have tested positive in the same period. [27985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Joan Collins: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school teachers who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school teachers who have tested positive in the same period. [27987/20]

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: I absolutely support the motion brought forward by the Social Democrats on child poverty. As the country entered the current crisis, 700,000 people were living below the poverty line and 225,000 of them were children. The ESRI sounded a stark warning on a big increase in child poverty this year. Social supports are very important and I support all measures called for in the motion. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: We are in the middle of a pandemic and now they are being dismissed by a State company.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: In Cobh on Friday, three workers, including two full-time seasonal workers and a part-time worker, received notice of dismissal even though their contracts had them working until 29 November. It was no coincidence that these workers have been campaigning for toilet and hand-washing facilities at the Spike Island Tours kiosk. One had to get the union in to represent them to get toilet and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: 749. To ask the Minister for Health if the alert that took place in a school (details supplied) on 16 September 202 in relation to the Covid-19 tracker app will be clarified; and the reason for the alert. [26639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: 846. To ask the Minister for Health when up to 500 unfilled consultant posts will be filled; and when the pay inequity in which persons employed after 2012 get paid less will end. [26616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: 848. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation that took place in a school (details supplied) on 16 September 2020; and if he will provide a clear explanation in relation to same in view of the fact that the Covid-19 tracker system must have the confidence of the population. [26632/20]

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Harkin. I support this Bill introduced by the Labour Party. First, I wish to make an observation. We seem to have two Labour parties in Ireland, the one that we saw in government and the one that we see in opposition. In 2012, the Labour Party's Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, began a consultation process on her stated intention to introduce a...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: I thank Sinn Féín for bringing forward this Private Members' motion on community safety and fireworks which I will be supporting. I also support the call by the National Youth Council of Ireland for more investment in youth services. That call is set out in the amendment tabled by Solidarity-People Before Profit. This issue is not only one for now but is a general issue about...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (22 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: 513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 8 September 2020, if she will discuss with NPHET the possibility of reverting social welfare payments to a weekly payment (details supplied). [24899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug dupilumab or dupixent which treats moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adult patients; when and the way in which this drug will become widely available; and if he will provide other relevant information on the drug. [24889/20]

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: With all due respect to the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Troy, the fact that the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar, is not in the Chamber does not just show contempt for the Opposition and the left - we are well used to it at this stage - but also shows contempt for the 1,000 former Debenhams workers. That has not gone unnoticed. He...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: That is not what I said.

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: It has been four years since the report.

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Joan Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the failure of the previous Government to legislate to implement the recommendations of the ‘Expert Examination and Review of Laws on the Protection of Employee Interests when assets are separated from the operating entity (Duffy-Cahill Report)’ which was commissioned following the closure of Clerys’ department...