Results 261-280 of 5,121 for speaker:Joan Collins

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: Ceann Comhairle, can I ask why?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: Can I ask why, though? That does not normally happen. They normally try to guillotine it.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It is vital we come back to the housing emergency before the Dáil breaks up this week so that the Government is not allowed off the hook for a desperate situation thousands are facing throughout the country. The Government made the summer recess as long as it could this summer because it knows every moment we are not in here is another...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 840. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a lack of theatre beds and resources and long waiting lists for scoliosis procedures in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied). [34309/23]

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: I am delighted to speak on this report containing the recommendations of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight because it is very important. The reports I have heard from workers are just shocking. There is clearly a problem owing to the exploitation of workers in the Irish film industry. It appears to be hidden away through dodgy financial and legal checks, but the bottom line is that...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: It is becoming clear that Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and now the Green Party intend to end Irish neutrality and move towards NATO against the wishes of the Irish people. As of 17 April, 71% of the country supported neutrality. That is an overwhelming percentage of people. Ireland initially voted to reject both the Nice and Lisbon treaties. Both had to come back with clauses protecting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm, in view of a statement made by the Minister for Finance on 22 June 2023 that “there will be a core welfare package to try to improve the incomes of people who are on fixed incomes”, that these increases will be above the rate of inflation and will increase welfare payments in real terms....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: On 22 June, the Minister for Finance stated there would be core welfare package increases to improve the amounts given to people on fixed incomes. I am delighted to hear the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, say she will listen to stakeholders. In the most recent budget, social welfare increases for pensioners were below the rate of inflation. Age Action has called this a political choice to cut...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: I accept what the Minister is saying. However, we are in an unprecedented, once-off cost-of-living crisis. Inflation is up by 17.2% since January 2021. The consumer price index, CPI, for groceries is up at least 13.1% and may be up by as much as 17%. Electricity prices have risen 112% since 2020. The OECD has pointed to a sharp dip in living standards due to inflation. Fuel poverty is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: I accept what the Minister is saying. However, we are in an unprecedented, once-off cost-of-living crisis. Inflation is up by 17.2% since January 2021. The consumer price index, CPI, for groceries is up at least 13.1% and may be up by as much as 17%. Electricity prices have risen 112% since 2020. The OECD has pointed to a sharp dip in living standards due to inflation. Fuel poverty is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in response to my Leader’s Question on Part V segregation the Minister made statements (details supplied); is it Government policy to ‘pepper-pot’ Part V tenants across developments or to continue to allow the segregation of Part V tenants into separate areas or blocks, as seen in The Davitt apartment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will refuse 2023-2024 licences for cruel hare coursing as there appears to be uncertainty over the number of hare’s in the country (details supplied) [32725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection through investigations by her Department and a firm (details supplied) how many RTÉ workers were found to be on bogus self-employment contracts; and how many have now been placed on full employee contacts. [32975/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to information (details supplied) from an email I have received from RTÉ staff, if her Department has investigated these matters; and what were the conclusions of these investigations. [32976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has completed a thorough investigation of bogus self-employment contacts in RTÉ; and if she is satisfied that no staff at RTÉ are still on a bogus self-employment contract. [32970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Government is planning to implement the commitment to benchmark pensions in ‘A Roadmap for Pension’s Reform 2018-2023’ or pension benchmarking commitments 22, 23 and 24 in the ‘Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025’. [32978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (5 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of data and sources used to measure the 232 unique UN SDG Indicators in the Voluntary National Review to report Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) progress, broken down by the SDG they relate to (details supplied). [32888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of the Child (5 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the text of a Bill in relation to the ratification of the UN Second Optional Protocol has been finalised (details supplied). [32998/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of the Child (5 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Second Optional Protocol on the UNCRC will be ratified (details supplied). [33005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of the Child (5 Jul 2023)

Joan Collins: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the UN Second Optional Protocol will be ratified before the summer recess of Dáil Éireann; and if not, if she will give a guarantee that the protocol will be ratified before the end of 2023. [33006/23]