Results 121-140 of 326 for long speaker:Joan Collins

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (27 Jun 2020)

Joan Collins: ...came to propping up Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party wrestled with its conscience and its conscience never won. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael could have been forced into this position a long time ago if the Labour Party had not propped them up, as they have done. The Green Party, in endorsing this programme for Government, is betraying all those who voted for...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: ...existing State-owned land at the low interest rates available through the European Investment Bank for a massive programme to build public housing for rent at affordable rents with proper security of tenure. As long as the Minister and this Government set their faces against such a programme, the crisis will continue. No amount of spinning the figures can disguise that fact. I will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: ...other areas in which the State has a role to play, the organisations involved will need to develop affirmative policies so as to link with the community immediately and ask it where they can direct long-term strategies to get people into work and an environment where they can feel positive and confident. The individual I mentioned has no confidence in himself and is nervous of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)

Joan Collins: ...probably have at a maximum 40 working days left in this Dáil. The Government, when it wants to, as with the liquidation of IBRC, can bring in legislation overnight. Why has the Minister taken so long to bring forward the amendments he said he would bring forward? I believe he is trying to bury the Bill. He will not do that, as far as I am concerned and, I hope, as far as the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...sufficient public land to build 100,000 public housing units. There can be mixed tenure and mixed income with traditional public housing and the European cost rental model giving people affordable rents and long-term security. That is the mix we need. From my point of view, it is not an ideological issue. We need housing that people can afford and the Government is not providing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Collins: ...with a disability or who have lung illnesses, problems with walking or issues with their hips or backs. At 50,000 people, this must be the biggest consultation we have had in this city for a long time and it shows that the people want to have a part in this process of change. I believe the National Transport Authority has responded in certain areas and has looked at the communities that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: ..., that this be addressed. This is why I have been so impressed with Missie. All of the witnesses here today have been involved with their communities but she has been pushing on Traveller health for so long. That is not to disrespect anybody else who has spoken here today. When we asked a representative from the HSE last week about the ethnic identifier we were told that it would be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to respond to the long delays for public patients applying for the cross-Border directive and the long delays for public patients on the remuneration of payments for their operations from the HSE; the number of persons that were working in the application section and remuneration section in May 2019; the number working in the section...

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I firstly thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this debate, under considerable pressure from both the campaigning activists and Deputy Bríd Smith, who has pushed this issue for the past week and longer. If democracy is to mean anything at a time of climate crisis, an opportunity must be allowed to discuss and debate important policy developments. One of the most subtle and devious...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (26 Sep 2019)

Joan Collins: .... This scheme was brought in on the basis that people would be reimbursed within 30 days. People are getting credit union loans. This particular gentleman has been out of work for so long while waiting for his operation that he is on the pension rate of pay. He could not afford to pay the €15,000. His brother took out a loan of €15,000 from the credit union to pay it. He...

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

Joan Collins: ...the 1920s. One way to reduce energy is to eliminate planned obsolescence. In the production of consumer goods if a fridge, washing machine or mobile phone were designed to last at least twice as long as now we would produce less. We would also reduce the energy used in the transportation of goods. We could also revert to making goods that are easily and cheaply repaired instead of...

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Joan Collins: ...Between 2011 and 2016, there was a 5.4% decline in their population and a decline in Irish usage as a daily active language. The Minister should be especially concerned about that, since he went a long way to try to re-educate himself on the language for his brief. The 1996 report of the interdepartmental committee did not include island representatives, which is a key factor in that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Trade Union Recognition (3 Jul 2019)

Joan Collins: ...discussions with officials and the HSE to try to resolve this issue. The Minister of State assured the House that everyone wanted to see a resolution, but there has been none. Six months is a long time and people are getting tired of this. If the Minister of State thinks that workers will just walk away after fighting for the past ten years to have their union of choice recognised, he...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: ...by the ASD class and experienced staff. Unfortunately, not all schools cater for ASD classes from junior infants to sixth class, which can be very stressful for the children involved. There are long waiting lists to access ASD units in Dublin 12. Children with moderate to severe autism are unable to access mainstream classrooms and require autism specific schools where they can have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: Many areas have been covered already so I will not refer to them. I thank our guests for attending. Many Opposition Deputies have been raising this issue for a long time. The shutter has been pulled down. It is similar to what is done at The Ivy - the curtains are pulled shut - every time people go in to protest tip theft. I have met Mr. Cullen before and he said then what he has also...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: ...conditions in such an environment. In July 2018 workers were headhunted by management of The Ivy because they were possibly the best in the city and because of their experience as they had spent a long time working in the industry. They left jobs to work in the restaurant with the expectation that it would be a good place in which to work, with a good atmosphere and decent wages and that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: ...have given in recognition of good service. This workforce is mainly young, with many migrant workers and students. They are not very aware of their rights in the workplace. For example, they often work long hours without a break and they are not aware there should be an 11 hour break between shifts. They are not unionised for fear of being dismissed. Two of the workers I met are no...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Joan Collins: ...such as a ramp to gain access to his or her house, it needs to be provided immediately because the person needs it, as I am sure the Minister of State will agree. Leaving an application for so long is ridiculous. In my short contribution I want to mention occupational therapists. Many people must go to private occupational therapists and pay out €200 when they should be getting...

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

Joan Collins: ...held by Tusla in respect of Bessborough mother and baby home contain information concerning seriously questionable adoption practices. As the Minister of State is aware, the HSE said as much as long ago as 2009. As the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the order that owned Bessborough, prepared to cease operating the institution as an adoption agency throughout 2009 and...

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: ...because I only have two minutes. I refer to today's report from the Ombudsman. It is very disingenuous of the Minister to make reference to the report. We know that this has been happening for so long. It has been going on for years now, and the situation is not being resolved. Seventy-five per cent of council tenancies are now HAP tenancies. This is an incredible figure, and the...