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An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Joan Collins: I am not a barrister or a solicitor in any shape or form; I am a lay person. I thank the members of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality for the time and effort they took to produce such a comprehensive and progressive report. The report is certainly a lot more progressive than the Government's proposed amendments. I welcome most of the measures in both the 39th and 40th amendments....

Annual Emission Allocation Units Purchase Agreement: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Joan Collins: ...now estimates that we will pass the target of 1.5 degrees in years not decades if we do not rapidly change course in our climate action. We know the effects of climate will hit the poorest first and hardest, not just globally but in Ireland too. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul estimates that as much as 40% of Irish people are living in energy poverty, while the fossil fuel companies...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: ...of weeks. I welcome that. We have received 1,336 emails. Mr. John Campbell, Deputy Pringle's parliamentary assistant, checked it up to midday yesterday. It is a brilliant response from people and supporters who have been subjected to the mother and baby institutions. I will not call them homes. I have cleared this with the people who sent them in. The first email is from Noelle...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: This is a moral and political issue, namely, whether we provide for our elderly and pay what people are owed or drag them through prolonged legal battles to cut costs. The fact remains that thousands of people who were entitled to State care were denied it. This was covered up, and when it came out successive Governments, led by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Green Party and the Labour...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Joan Collins: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this Private Members' motion. I endorse its calls to: - ensure all survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, related institutions, unlawful or forced adoption, and abuse in boarding out and adoptive placements receive redress; - use the findings of the OAK Report as a basis for the redress scheme; - remove the six-month time-based criteria...

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Joan Collins: The publication of the women's health plan and the objectives outlined in it are very welcome. There are specific issues that relate to women's health and the recognition of that is an important step forward. I welcome especially the proposal for free contraception for 17- to 25-year-olds and the commitment to roll that out to those over 25 in the next period. It would be interesting to...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: ...debate. I want to concur with Deputy Connolly in terms of the response from the Minister of State. It is an insult, not just to me but to women in this country. In setting up the legal entity and framework, the Mulvey agreement has spurred the Religious Sisters of Charity to continue on in the same vein. The project was about co-location; now it has changed to full integration....

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: ...not oppose the cross-party motion last night. There is, however, no commitment in the Minister's speech to include all of those who are excluded: the children who spent less than six months in a mother and baby institution; the children who were boarded out; and the children and mothers who were in institutions not covered by the mother and baby homes commission. I support the calls here...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: There are many issues I could raise, such as the national maternity hospital or redress for mother and baby homes, but I wish to raise the inability to recruit and retain staff across the public health service. It is now reaching a crisis point. This is particularly the case in the crucial area of home care services. Despite the increased allocation of hours by the Government, people...

Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank my colleagues, Deputies Pringle and Connolly, for tabling this Bill. It is a discussion that needs to be had. The Bill will move the situation on. Deputy Connolly pointed out that the basic right to identity was key for people. The Bill is simple in that regard, in that it is asking for people to have the right find out what their identities are. The Minister raised issues...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Connolly for bringing forward this motion and allowing for an urgent and timely discussion on the national maternity strategy. I also thank Ms Beibhinn O'Connor and Ms Rachel Hynes for the work they have put into this motion. I listened to what the Minister said. While HIQA made the point that there has been some progress, an awful lot of issues still have not been...

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Joan Collins: ...important an issue for the people who are facing this awful situation. I also commend Deputy Funchion, who introduced this Bill. It is now 20 years since this legislation on adoption information and tracing was first announced and there has still been no action taken. Professor Conor O'Mahony, the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, commenting on the "RTÉ Investigates"...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Joan Collins: First, I thank Deputy Whitmore and the Social Democrats for bringing this Private Members' motion to the Dáil. Like every Deputy here, I have received hundreds of emails from survivors in respect of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. There is a common thread in the emails I have received, the conversations I have had with survivors and those I have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Feb 2021)

Joan Collins: 605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will not dissolve on 28 February 2021; and if it will be extended for another year (details supplied). [9675/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2020)

Joan Collins: I am sure the Tánaiste is aware that today is International Human Rights Day and in that respect, I draw his attention to the survey by the Vienna-based European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, FRA, on conditions for Traveller, Roma and Sinti communities across six EU countries. On Monday, the results of this survey were published. They point to a truly awful situation, with 31% of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: A public state insolvency fund is a matter of course in European countries so it is not unusual and this proposal is not being plucked from the sky. We have solidarity funds such as the Social Insurance Fund where people contribute through PRSI for the good of all even though that they may not get sick. All sorts of reliefs have been brought in for the very wealthy in this country. There...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Collins: 600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her office has made no contact with the UN special rapporteur, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, for the specific purpose of inviting him here to play a role with the mother and baby home survivors. [37221/19]

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for bringing about a debate on this issue. I welcome the survivors who are here to listen to the debate. This motion is being supported by the Coalition of the Mother and Baby Homes Survivors. We did not put forward this motion because it had dropped out of a clear blue sky. It is clear that the records held by Tusla in respect of Bessborough mother and baby home...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: 588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the proposal made by an organisation (details supplied) to split the historical investigations of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes from its redress considerations; and if and when same will be carried out. [8149/19]

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: My position on this issue is on the record of the House, as Deputies Clare Daly, Connolly and I brought it to the Minister's attention during a Topical Issue debate three weeks ago. Deputy Daly raised it again during Leaders' Questions. Mother and baby homes are one of the darkest parts of our history. It was mainly working class women and kids who were treated so badly and with such...