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

Joan Collins: ...included. It is a three stage process to bringing it back completely, I hope. Has Crosscare had the opportunity to discuss this directly with the Minister? Its submission said it would cost €5 million to €6 million. Is that for the 900?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Collins: There was a debate in the House last night on the closure of more than 159 post offices in rural communities. Throughout the country there have been large, angry meetings in response to the proposals as communities are opposed to the closures. Similarly, in Dublin city and the greater Dublin region there have been meetings in response to the proposed BusConnects project, which has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Barnardos and Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Pre-Budget Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: .... There has been real structural damage to families over that period and ten years of it has caused major psychological and health problems. What are the witnesses' thoughts on that? The €5 per week that Barnardos is calling for will cost €45.6 million. Given recent announcements on gas and electricity prices, would such an increase be enough? The Employment...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: ...than €3 billion in tax cuts were given away, mostly to those who are already well off and to businesses and corporations. Deputies' wages, for example, have risen and we are now better off by €5,000. Some 50% of workers on medium incomes - and those who earn less - are only better off to the tune of €707. The average increase for most workers was €5. Like...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (11 Jul 2018)

Joan Collins: If the Minister was earning the average industrial wage and he received a €5 increase in his weekly wage, what does he think would be the impact of that increase in the context of, for example, paying utility bills? What impact does a €5 increase have on a person who is in receipt of a pension and whose rent increases, even if that individual is a local authority tenant? The...

Implementing the National Drugs Strategy: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Joan Collins: ...the increases that other public services are receiving, yet their funding was cut as promptly and as quickly as that of those workers back in 2011-12. This is despite a significant additional allocation of €4 million to €5 million to the drugs initiative budget for 2018. However, none of this additional funding is currently set to be allocated to the community drugs...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Collins: ...to €100 per week, children's allowance was subject to means tests and taxed, rent supplement was halved and overall education cuts, which affected many lone parents among others, totalled €134 million. In 2010, jobseeker's allowance for those under 21 was cut to €100, the minimum wage was cut by €1 per hour, there was a 4% cut in social welfare payments,...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Joan Collins: ...The Indecon report on lone parents was supposed to be delivered long before the budget but was only released last Monday. It showed an increase in the number of lone parents working but found that 52% were worse off due to the cuts introduced by Deputy Burton in 2012. She shed crocodile tears here yesterday about her shock at how children were being treated in the budget. Simply having...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Joan Collins: ...Independents 4 Change and other Deputies are supporting it. The motion should probably have come sooner. When these matters were being debated in 2012, there was disagreement about how the €110 million should be utilised to support survivors who were subjected to abuse over the years in State and religious institutions. There was a suggestion that the money should be administered...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: ...to allow for the investigation of all suspect payments to politicians and local authority officials in connection with a spate of rezonings in Dublin city. The tribunal cost the public in or around €250 million, taking into account third party costs, so it was a high price to pay for the grubby actions of certain people - politicians, developers and planners - involved in the...

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: ...to set up a system to generate more income for a period under the HSE's radar. The HSE says that when all the medication was dispensed to a patient on the same date, Lloyds was only entitled to a €5 fee, yet it was claiming an additional €3.75 from the executive. The company increased its dispensing fees by 66%. This is significant increase not to be noticed quickly. I...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: ...Ireland. One of these companies, Apple Operations International, managed to channel $30 billion without making a single tax return. In 2011, Google made $12.4 billion in profit and paid just $22 million in tax. Google Ireland is owned by Google Ireland Holdings, which is in turn owned by Motorola Mobility International, which operates from a post office box in Bermuda. This nameplate...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: ...while the average family household with two adults and two children could be expected on these figures to enjoy an annual income of more than €140,000 per year, 33% of households earn less than €30,000, 56% earn less than €50,000 and 62% earn less than the mean household income of €56,000. A household earning more than €60,000 is classified as high...

European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: ...such proposal is denounced as a demand for a debt write-off which cannot be countenanced under any circumstance. The Minister for Finance came out with a despicable statement that they still owed us €350 million. This is consistent with the "No" vote and the boycott by the Government of the UN committee on international debt in New York today. It is unbelievable that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Home Beds (21 Jan 2015)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have accessed beds in nursing homes from hospitals with the €25 million extra funding for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2438/15]

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: ...Sean Moynihan, the chief executive officer of ALONE, commented:After seven successive years of harsh budgets disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable, we now are in a situation whereby 1 in 5 older people are at risk of poverty or suffering deprivation, despite the National Positive Ageing Strategy. We are questioning whether this budget will do anything to bridge the gap between...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: ...the Bill has the robustness to deal with some of the issues raised in the dispute. We have another situation with 17 workers at Kishoge community college in Lucan. The contractor was paid €95,000 but only €35,000 has been paid to the workers. Issues arise with regard to relevant contract tax and the workers having to be self-employed subcontractors. The money trickling...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: ...it was a big hurrah for the economy. It is good to see jobs created, but some 12,100 of them are part-time jobs. This means that people do not have enough hours to earn a decent wage. There are 150,000 part-time workers who want more hours, an increase from the 4,000 in 2007. There are some 86,000 people on Mickey Mouse schemes, with no real jobs for them at the end of them. To June...

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: ...they had joined the union. The ten who had were made redundant practically the following day. The Gleeson Group is not a small company led by a maverick employer. The company, which employed 750 people at that time, distributes Tipperary Water and Gilbeys Wines and made a profit of just under €5 million last year. The owner, Pat Cooney, threatened to sack half of his workforce...

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: ...to do shopping. Public transport provides a very important social service. I will do all in my power to support such a service in our community. We also had a problem with the change to the No. 150 bus service. In the past three weeks Dublin Bus has again reduced the frequency, which has an impact on the level of service to the community. If a service becomes less regular, people...