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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: As has been said, over 150 workers at north Dublin pharmaceutical plant face being put on unpaid leave from today. Shift workers at SK biotek in Swords will be put on protective notice. Connect trade union shop steward Ms Ruth Russell has said that SK biotek bought the plant from Bristol-Myers Squibb and signed an agreement protecting staff terms and conditions of employment. This...

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The crux of the Minister's contribution is that there is nothing to see here, move along, the Government is dealing with everything. He said that next year an autism group will be set up to look at the whole area of ASD right across the board. He referenced disability services and the Disability Act but the reality, as other Deputies have said, is that there are major problems for parents...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The matter of Scoil Colm on Armagh Road in Dublin 12 has been raised with the Minister for Education and Skills a number of times. The Dublin 12 Campaign for ASD Inclusion has asked for it to be considered as an autism-specific school. Where are we in that regard? The issue has been raised a number of times in the past month. Will the Minister meet the parents and the public...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The remarks made by Deputy Grealish at a meeting in Oughterard in September, when he referred to economic migrants from Africa as "spongers", and his contribution during Leaders' Question yesterday, where he implied that remittances going from Ireland to Nigeria could be the proceeds of crime and fraud, are an absolute disgrace. This is dog-whistle racism. The members of the Rural...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I think people should know who these people are.

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: The "great replacement" is a lunatic conspiracy theory that goes back directly to the Nazi party. It claims there is a plan to replace the white population in Europe through the dilution of national identity and the promotion of multiculturalism. This is absolute madness, but also very dangerous. On direct provision, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, has described direct...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I want to address our policy on visa applications, which is linked to our migration policy. I invited a person from Pakistan over to Ireland two years ago. His visa application was, however, refused. It was stated that the visa documentation submitted was deemed to be false and there was not satisfaction that the event to which the person was invited would take place. All the immigration...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Life on low income is the norm for a large proportion of our society. One in every six people in Ireland lives with an income below the poverty line. That is 15.7% of the population. As highlighted in a number of studies, this corresponds to approximately 760,000 people. Poverty levels reached their lowest point in Ireland in 2009 when 14.1% of the population was classified as poor....

Topical Issue Debate: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. He clarified and outlined the circumstances of the legislative process for a mother or father in recognising citizenship. In the case in question, Sofia was born in Spain. Kashka is Polish and Sinéad, who lives in Bangor Road, Crumlin, is Irish. That information is the media so my mentioning it is not a problem. Their daughter is stateless. They...

Topical Issue Debate: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I wish to raise the issue of the granting of a passport for Sofia, the child of Sinéad Deevy and Kashka Sankowska. This is in light of the fact that the Children and Family Relationships Bill has not been fully enacted, leaving Sofia effectively stateless and unable to travel home to Dublin. Both Ireland and Poland have refused to acknowledge the existence of Sinéad's and...

Wexford By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I move: That the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk of the Dáil to issue his writ for the election of a Member to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the membership of the present Dáil consequent on the election to the European Parliament of Mick Wallace, a member for the constituency of Wexford.

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Clare Daly and Mick Wallace for their contributions in the Dáil since 2014. They were effective, diligent and determined on every issue in which they intervened. Everybody will agree that their political presence and tenacity is sorely missed in the Dáil and in Irish politics. They will bring the same political pressure and tenacity in Europe. Like others, I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: All of us, as well as the workers and trade unions in Dublin Bus, are working to get a public transport system that has the right network and frequency. I am concerned about people having to walk distances to get to spine services, particularly people with a disability or who have lung illnesses, problems with walking or issues with their hips or backs. At 50,000 people, this must be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Is Mr. Creegan saying the NTA is looking at providing park-and-ride services at the outer end of spines? Is he saying there will be park-and-ride services but that the NTA will not run them, that they will be contracted out or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: That makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I apologise but I have to go.

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Private Members' motion which has prompted this discussion. As has been said, a number of different Private Member's motions have been tabled on this issue recently. The last one was in March of this year when myself and my Independents 4 Change colleagues tabled a motion with the backing of CityWide which was concerned at the direction in which the drugs task forces were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: My question is for the ICGP. I was on the Sláintecare committee and we discussed GP accessibility and the number of GPs relative to the population, which has been affected by austerity. It means the most vulnerable people are left at the end of the queue. My own partner had to wait a week and a half for an appointment in the primary healthcare unit in our area. This affects certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: Ms O'Donoghue is saying she has four part-time equivalents for two full-time jobs. What does her community need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: That is what we need to consider.