Results 1-20 of 37 for speaker:Joanne Collins

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I raise the issue of thatched homes. Thatched home owners are facing a growing crisis. They are part of our built heritage. They are not just homes. Every year the owners face the struggle of finding house insurance. Many insurers have just left that sector altogether. The ones that have stayed in the game are charging anything up to €2,500 for house insurance once the owners can...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Flooding is no longer an occasional crisis. It is an ever-present threat affecting lives, homes and livelihoods throughout the country. From County Limerick to County Cork and from County Galway to the midlands, communities are living in fear of the next storm, the next flood warning or the next disaster. We saw this again just a few months...

Seanad: Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister. It has never been harder to be a renter in this country. In Limerick, like across the State, rents are soaring, supply is vanishing and behind each number is a person - a student, a lone parent or a young worker barely scraping by. There were over 16,000 eviction notices last year. In my county, rents are at record highs. Student accommodation is oversubscribed...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (3 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister of State. I want to raise the issue of ash dieback, which is of deep concern to farmers, landowners and rural communities across Ireland. Ash dieback is not just a crisis for forestry; it is an environmental, economic and cultural disaster. For generations, ash trees have been a defining feature of our landscape, vital to biodiversity and central to our rural...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (3 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The crisis did not happen by accident. It was due to Government failure to address the lack of good import controls. I am concerned about where the costs will land. Plantation owners who applied for the grant will get it back but it will come in staged payments, so they will be out of pocket until they have the trees planted. What about the...

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister to the House. I wish to raise a significant flaw in the NCS which is creating financial hardship for childcare providers and placing an unfair burden on parents. Under the current rules, if a parent collects their child early from childcare, the provider is financially penalised. It must either refund the portion of the subsidy it received from the NCS or absorb the...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (27 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I second the motion.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister of State. For too many families in my area, securing an appropriate school place for a child with additional needs is a battle. It is a battle against waiting lists, inadequate resources and a system that often places too much bureaucracy ahead of children's rights. In County Limerick, the reality is stark. Parents of children with autism and other additional needs...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: Sorry, is this on all amendments?

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I will speak for a second, if that is okay.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: Amendment No. 10 is to ensure there is ongoing training and professional development for our investigators. Maritime technology, safety regulations and accident investigation methodologies are consistently evolving. Investigators must receive continual training to ensure their work remains aligned with international best practice. This amendment would place a legal obligation on the...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I move amendment No. 7: In page 10, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(a) staff should be qualified master mariners, ship surveyors and/or marine engineers and their competencies should include marine engineering, naval architecture and seagoing experience; (b) appointment of staff should not be at the sole discretion of the Chief Investigator; (c) necessary...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I move amendment No. 8: In page 10, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(2) The Minister shall ensure the investigations must be held by suitably qualified persons who have appropriate working knowledge and practical experience in the subject matter of the safety investigation they are conducting.”.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Joanne Collins: I move amendment No. 10: In page 10, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(5) A person who holds, or held at any time during the one year period immediately before the relevant date— (a) an established position as a civil servant as an officer of the Minister, or (b) an unestablished position as a civil servant as an officer of the Minister, shall not be...