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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: 984. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason no physical masterplan or draft masterplan has been presented to the community or relevant groups in view of the fact that the cost rental proposal for St. Michael's Estate was launched in July 2018; and the reason there has been no financial plan available that would detail the way in which the whole project will...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: No.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for updating us on some of the aspects of Oireachtas joint committee report on the film industry. Today, I attended a meeting in the audiovisual room organised by Deputy Boyd Barrett attended by the workers and members from the industry. It was disappointing to hear men who had significant experience in the industry, ranging from 12 to 35 years, explaining what has...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: He did not receive a verbal or a written warning. He did not receive an opportunity to reply or appeal. It was a tense meeting today which reflected what has happened in the industry in the past ten years. Heretofore there would have been a panel of workers to which the industry could go for a carpenter or a props man. It allowed for continuous work but the workers in question have not...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: We would not have an opportunity to contribute again.

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: That is fine.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: It is not a win-win in this instance.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The employers are refusing to implement Labour Court recommendations.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for putting this matter on the agenda. I will provide background to my question on whether the Industrial Relations Act 1990 needs to be revised. Times have changed since it was introduced, as have working conditions and the strength of unions. How employers treat their workers has also changed. We have bogus self-employment and all sorts of issues being faced...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The final sentence of the reply should be challenged. There is a need for the Act to be amended on the specific issue I am raising. I have said very clearly that Mandate used to use section 26 whereby both parties voluntarily agreed to go to the Labour Court, but Tesco has refused to do this and Mandate has had to use section 20, which is binding on the union but not the employer. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when discussions will commence with the relevant bodies to bring in a sectoral employment order to ensure that tips in cash and credit cards from customers to employees across the industry go directly to the employee; and when same will be introduced. [22792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) does not meet the qualifying criteria for a full rate of pension. [22791/19]

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I too note that the Bill will put more responsibility on the person making the application than on the local authority, although I will nonetheless support the Bill. It should be progressed and we can take all points on board during the debate in committee, where Deputies can work out how we can most effectively accelerate the application process. That is the most important aspect of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach did not answer my question. He ignored it completely.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: He should have at least had the decency to say that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: The Minister for Health has stated in the House on a number of occasions that negotiation and discussion is the priority rather than workers having to take strike action. The ambulance medics are going back out again on Friday for a 24-hour strike. They have been out three times already and have engaged in two protests outside the Dáil, yet this matter has still not been resolved....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: It was horrifying to see four members of a young family in the council offices in Tallaght yesterday because they had been removed from a hotel on Friday night and could not get accommodation. Accommodation was provided after a sit-in in the council offices. That is an outrage, as is the fact that the family was given hotel accommodation in a location which meant that the children had to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if an inspection by the Revenue Commissioners has taken place to ascertain whether a company (details supplied) paid taxes on service charges collected and credit card tips collected since it opened in 2018; and if so, the outcome of same. [22740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that a company (details supplied) is ignoring recommendations of the Labour Court; and the way in which she plans to respond to same. [22757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 May 2019)

Joan Collins: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the sectoral employment order she plans to introduce will ban tips being used as part of payment of wages. [22714/19]