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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: I opposed the reduction of social welfare payments to people under 26. Doing that created a situation whereby a divide came in. It was presented as though people's kids were living at home, they did not need that much, they were being given their dinner at home and so on. It did not consider that minorities are affected very differently by homelessness, direct provision or people having...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: When people leave direct provision and are homeless, would they go directly onto homeless HAP? Are they treated differently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: We are discussing people in direct provision specifically here, but I recall seeing that there was difficulty with non-Irish nationals' access to rent and HAP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Finally, on the hearing aid grant, the Minister has simply refused to meet Chime. She has not accommodated it with a meeting to listen to a very basic appeal for people on low incomes or the minimum wage cannot afford to get hearing aids.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Mr. Byrne said he thought it would cost €15 million to €20 million to get to the UK level but he was not asking for that. How does he see it being incrementally brought up to that level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Mr. Byrne. It is based on health inequality.

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: The news on 26 June was devastating for the workers in Cork mail centre. I have raised questions about the management going down late in the evening to inform workers before the board meeting the following day, where they were going to make the official announcement that Cork mail centre was the one. I support the motion and I am glad it is being discussed in the House. I am a member of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Strike action has occurred on six days, including a 24-hour strike on 31 May. Workers will demonstrate outside Leinster House at 12.30 p.m. tomorrow. Unfortunately, there will be a further 24-hour strike. They do not want to do it, but they are being forced to do so because this issue has been ongoing for six months. The Government has had six months to hold discussions with officials and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Could we have the meeting for which we asked?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Whenever you finish. Sorry.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: On a point of order, the Minister of State is right to say that we should not have to do this across the floor-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: -----but we requested a meeting with the Minister on 12 March. Will the Minister of State arrange that meeting?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: Yes, but the Minister of State said that he could not discuss these issues across the floor. Maybe he could arrange a meeting for us.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: I want to preface my comments by saying that the Minister, Deputy Harris, has stated publicly a number of times that he wants to see a resolution of this dispute through dialogue and not through confrontation. The PNA and ambulance personnel members, including paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians, were left with no option in this dispute but to take strike action...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if the main contractor (details supplied) fully complied with the community nursing unit contract in relation to the €18 million community nursing unit on Tymon North Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will provide the supporting evidence to ensure that the main contractor and its sub-contractors are fully compliant with all employment law as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: 349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the main contractor (details supplied) fully complied with the community nursing unit contract in relation to the €18 million community nursing unit on Tymon North Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will provide the supporting evidence to ensure that the main contractor and its sub-contractors are fully...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: I am appalled by the Minister of State's response, because there is no urgency in what he is saying. We knew this was taking place. The Minister of State and the Minister behind him have known for a number of years about the greyhound industry and the treatment of hares in hare coursing. Steps have to be taken, clinically and quickly, to show the industry that these practices will not be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: The only regulations-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: I also wish to thank those involved in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on exposing what, as Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan stated, we already knew. The culture of animal cruelty has not been addressed in this country. Existing legislation and regulations have been found wanting. Apart from the reputational damage caused by the latest scandal involving the greyhound racing industry,...

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill on the basis that the 221+ patient support group and its spokesperson, Stephen Teap, support it and hope there will be no delays to the process. Stephen Teap said, "With the details for this tribunal we haven't seen yet but the first step in the whole process is getting this legislation passed before we can get to what this tribunal means for us." The devil will be in the...