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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The task forces were working with the HSE-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: That is outrageous.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State is making accusations against-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State should say that outside the House.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State is making accusations-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: How dare the Minister of State say there is no accountability in the drugs task forces?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: I did not ask about funding. Water is a human right. We have worked with the Minister, Deputy Murphy, on this on the committee. We have met the Department twice, once ourselves and once with a barrister. The Minister has recognised this. We tried to get the Bill to Committee Stage in April and the Minister, because he had not got the Attorney General amendment, urged the committee to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister, Deputy Doherty, ask the Minister, Deputy Murphy, to bring the amendments to the committee?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: During the debate on the motion of no confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and his housing policy, I had another reason for expressing no confidence in him. Three years ago, a Bill passed Second Stage in this House without opposition, the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016, which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the fact that the Springboard project is being removed from a centre (details supplied) to two different HSE facilities will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50876/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times to process disability allowance applications in view of the fact that it appears the waiting times have gone up recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50356/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: This question follows on from the previous question. Staff in my constituency office have asked me to raise this issue with the Minister because they have noticed recently, particularly with respect to carer's allowance and disability allowance, that waiting times for processing applications have increased. From the date that all the requested information is provided, it can take anything...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: I take on board what the Minister says. Previously, when the waiting time was 17 weeks and possibly more, changes were made and the Minister provided additional resources. However, my staff are saying there seem to be a drop-off and are asking the reason for that. We are having no problem with illness benefit applications. They seem to be going through and the same applies to jobseeker's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken to reduce the waiting times to process carer’s allowance applications in view of the fact that it appears the waiting times have gone up recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50355/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with bogus self-employment which could be costing the State as much as €1 billion per annum. [50359/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 216. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of educational welfare officer positions nationwide that need to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (4 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: 217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Dublin 12 has been without an educational welfare officer for the past six months; and the actions being taken to rectify the matter. [50478/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: That would be a start.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council recently signed an agreement with a German cuckoo fund called Realis which will see the council paying between €2,000 and €3,000 per unit for a 25-year lease on 87 apartments. The price of each of these apartments was in excess of €630,000. This is the reality of the housing policy of the Government and the Minister. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: The Irish National Teachers Organisation has welcomed the reduction in class sizes in almost every school in the country. It has made the point that there has been a failure to reduce class sizes in DEIS band 1 schools. Will the Minister consider reducing class sizes in those schools on a pro ratabasis compared with every other school? Has the Minister received the upcoming report on class...