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Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: ...day it was much ado about nothing because it is a very modest budget. People will be relieved that taxes are not rising. At the same time, the tax increases that have been brought in, while welcome by individuals, make very little difference in the greater scheme of things. I do not know if the Minister has read the ESRI analysis which contains a verdict that by the end of 2018 the...

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing time with Deputy Joan Collins. A couple of years ago, I was in Barcelona at the invitation of Diplocat, with a number of Deputies and Senators. Diplocat is a public private partnership and is all about fostering dialogue and building relations between the citizens of Catalonia and other countries. They were looking for the active involvement of Catalan society in exchanging...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: ...the other Independents. I will name them because they are here. Senator Boyhan went to the meeting referred to earlier, which, by the way, was six hours long. I thank Senators Gerard Craughwell, Joan Freeman, Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen, Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Brian Ó Domhnaill and Billy Lawless. I thank the Sinn Féin grouping led by Senator Rose...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Joan Collins: ...by a Catholic priest in the 1930s and reflects the ethos and values of a society dominated by the Catholic Church and conservative thinking of the time. It does not correspond to the needs of the Ireland that we live in today, in the 21st century. We need a constitution which prioritises the rights of citizens as opposed to those of private property, the State, and the Catholic Church. ...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: ...our pensions system, particularly gender inequality. We know that it was his Government which brought about that inequality, along with his cohorts in the Labour Party and the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, who made the changes to the PRSI bands in 2012 which have impacted mainly on women. We know that since those changes were introduced in 2012 over 40,000...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

...old age pension. It is going to rise over time. It is absolutely critical, therefore, that we protect the system and discuss the funding pressures to make sure things will be in place. We in Ireland are very critical of many of the measures in place in Ireland, but the actual public social welfare pension system is one of the great success stories of Irish social policy. If one looks...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Joan Collins: ...should be legislated for and there should be a commitment to close all hubs by December 2019? Does he agree there is a danger, as the study says, that the newly established family hubs could become a form of direct provision for poor families? The report finds that the major reliance of successive Governments, particularly in the context of Rebuilding Ireland, on the private sector to...

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Collins: I welcome this debate on the quarterly report on housing and Rebuilding Ireland. Unfortunately, all we have seen recently is targets with nothing happening on the ground. The housing crisis is a social emergency and poses a major risk to the economy. However, the Government policy response has not been adequate and, as far as I can see, has worsened the crisis. The core failing is the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Local Authorities (7 Jun 2017)

Ms Joan Martin: My colleague from Derry dealt with the economic aspects at a macro level. I want to reach down closer to the ground and talk about the impact on communities and individuals in their daily lives. As we have heard, the Border corridor suffered more than any other part of Ireland and Northern Ireland during the long political conflict which left us with a weaker economy and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Skills and Apprenticeship Schemes: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I will be brief. There are a number of summary points I want to make, to some of which perhaps the presenters might come back with more data later and to which the committee could also return. First, I thank all those present this evening for the presentations they made and sent in. Frankly, having listened to both the previous speaker from the construction industry and the first speaker...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Joan Collins: ...emergency accommodation to another, often miles away from the schools their children attend, is not a solution and Niamh Randall from Simon Communities stressed this point this morning on "Morning Ireland". The other key question about the hubs is how long will families be there before they are properly housed. We now know the rapid build modular houses, proposed originally as...

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: ...isolation. If we allow that wing to gain supremacy, then we will also suffer economically. We will suffer proportionately far more than any other EU state. If the EU speaking as one means that Ireland cannot make that point as often and as loudly as is necessary, then this language of cohesion simply disguises what can be bully-boy tactics. I do not see the point of - and I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)

Ms Joan Martin: To touch on some of what is covered in the document, we appreciate the fact that communities throughout Ireland have faced a difficult recession and are facing into a difficult future. I have tried to set out what differentiates the likes of Louth as a Border County. What I have said also applies to those areas of Donegal that lie close to Derry. All of our community,...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...to happen again, to be swept under the carpet or to be denied. Until we do that we will be a nation living in a deep and inescapable cloud of shame. I am proud to have worked with the campaigner, Joan McDermott from Cork, and to call her a friend. She is the definition of a survivor. She is my hero. She was imprisoned in the hell of Bessborough House in 1967 because she had committed...

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2017)

Catherine Byrne: ...an obligation to facilitate the passage of the Bill as smoothly as we can. Hopefully before the year is out we can have the first supervised injection facility in Dublin. 4 o’clock Deputy Joan Collins spoke about the knowledge she has gained from working with the Canal Communities local drug task force. As we share the same constituency, we have both dealt with the same...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...of Donald Trump caused dismay - that is not too strong a word - or certainly deep concern among many people in Europe and certainly for anybody involved in public affairs in Europe. Some welcomed it but from listening to the Irish people the vast majority of them shared those real concerns. Having watched since his inauguration, with growing and deepening concern, his hateful rhetoric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

...from the public water system. If group water schemes were part of the public water system, there would be no need for a provision for the transfer of ownership, in order for them to become part of the public system, by being taken in charge, voluntarily or otherwise. Their privately held assets and associated rights are also protected under Articles 40 and 43 of the Constitution, dealing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: ...social housing for renting and specific groups such as older people. There is a strategic development zone in Dublin West, Hansfield, for which there has been full planning permission for ten years to build an additional 3,000 houses on a very nice site which is very attractive and which will be well supported by purchasers and renters. It will not be possible, however, to develop the...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...a further and larger cost on the State because the current legislation is open to challenge. Let me explain. In 2012 a measure was introduced in this House by the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. It gave recognition to what were called homemakers. They are usually women but sometimes men who leave their jobs during the course of their working lives. When their...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: ...not have been shown so readily in the past. We should be thankful for small mercies and new politics. While the Social Welfare Bill 2016 includes a number of good measures which I very much welcome, it does not go far enough in many areas. The fiver Friday budget will do very little for many. I welcome the €5 increase in weekly social welfare payments which have been the...