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Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome Family Carers Ireland to the Visitors Gallery. I was at its briefing today. I fully support its pre-budget submission, "A Decade Lost". Its very reasonable demands are outlined in this motion and in the Sinn Féin amendment. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Member's motion but I also have to put on record my astonishment at the hypocrisy of the Labour Party...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: -----6,300 families have been awarded home help which they are not being given.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: Respite hours are key for carers. Some 83% of carers do not have access to appropriate respite. That is absolutely outrageous.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: They are not appalling. The following are words from Family Carers Ireland's submission, "These findings are a damning indictment of Government’s attitude towards carers and are completely at odds with Sláintecare’s core objective - to shift the delivery of care from an acute setting towards care in the community and home." Is the Minister of State saying those figures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no contact with a group (details supplied) on expanding the catchment area of the Harold's Cross school site to include Dublin 8 and Dublin 12. [27132/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: It would have been good to receive a copy of the Minister of State's speech.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I do not have one and it is very hard to pick up all of the detail. One of the key points is that section 32D of the Central Bank Act 1942, as amended, provides that the Central Bank of Ireland may, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, make regulations prescribing an annual industry funding levy to be paid. The Minister did not have to give his approval, which is why the Irish...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I received an email from the Irish League of Credit Unions about the industry funding levy on credit unions. I had also seen that in the newspapers. On 14 June, the Central Bank announced plans to increase the industry funding levy on credit unions from approximately €1.5 million per annum to approximately €7.8 million by the end of 2022. This increase was approved by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teacher Supply (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I have a similar question on this issue, Question No. 77. The Minister has said he knows what the issues are. I quote from a report on his visit:Denise Somers, who has just completed her first year in Abu Dhabi, is the type of person McHugh is hoping to convince to return home. She graduated in 2016 and moved for job security after struggling to make ends meet in Ireland, where she did...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has investigated setting up an ASD specific school in an existing school (details supplied). [26795/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: Has the Minister investigated establishing an ASD specific school in an existing school that is not being used, namely, Scoil Colm on Armagh Road in Crumlin, Dublin 12? I am raising this issue on behalf of the Dublin 12 campaign for ASD inclusion. They are a group of parents who are campaigning for the establishment of ASD units, classes and specific schools in the area and accreditation...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. In Dublin 12 there are nine ASD classes, with a maximum of six children attending each class. The classes range from early intervention preschool classes up to and including sixth class. The children remain in the ASD class until they are integrated into a mainstream classroom, where they have the benefit of learning among their peers, while having the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Minister's response because parents of children with autism in the area must go outside it to look for classes. One parent cannot even get his child into a school. For children with moderate to severe autism who are unable to cope in a mainstream setting, an ASD specific school will fulfil their educational needs. Scoil Colm is run by the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet parents (details supplied) regarding ASD units in their area. [26576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies he is proposing to bring home the 6,000 Irish teachers working abroad, with significant numbers in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar; and the expected outcome of his visit to the United Arab Emirates. [26596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [25872/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: Many areas have been covered already so I will not refer to them. I thank our guests for attending. Many Opposition Deputies have been raising this issue for a long time. The shutter has been pulled down. It is similar to what is done at The Ivy - the curtains are pulled shut - every time people go in to protest tip theft. I have met Mr. Cullen before and he said then what he has also...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I am very happy to speak in support of the Bill. I organised a press conference this morning to support Senator Gavan's National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017 at which a former worker in The Ivy restaurant spoke. She expressed articulately the conditions in such an environment. In July 2018 workers were headhunted by management of The Ivy because they were possibly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: First, the current position is that if one accepts tips one is supposed to pay tax on them to the Revenue Commissioners. This Bill does not change that, so the Taoiseach is throwing a red herring into this. Second, we held a press conference today at which Julia, one of workers from The Ivy who is no longer working there, made an appeal to the Minister to support this Bill. The Bill...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: I am a bit bemused by the attitude of Fine Gael to the National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017. The Bill was introduced by Senator Gavan and passed by the Seanad. The Bill will be introduced in the House this evening during Sinn Féin's Private Members' time. It is a simple Bill that will outlaw the practice of employers using tips or service charges to make up...