Results 1-20 of 20 for other and baby speaker:Joan Collins

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....

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Joan Collins: ...the fifth anniversary of the significant referendum on the right to access abortion. The important point is that abortion is a healthcare issue. The review was initiated to determine where we were and how the legislation allowed women access to healthcare. We have to say that, in some areas, it is falling short. These are the areas we have to discuss. Several areas in the Bill before...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (24 Jan 2023)

Joan Collins: A constituent contacted me recently regarding local parents whose babies and children are registered with the Old County Road primary care clinic. The clinic is no longer doing baby and child developmental checks. Several local mothers have reported being told by the clinic that these checks cannot be carried out on their babies or small children due to staff shortages. They are being sent...

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...

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"...

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...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Joan Collins: ...the position of a 58 year old woman working 39 hours per week at an Alzheimer's disease support centre. She applied to go on the housing list a number of years ago but she earned too much and was above the cap for the Dublin City Council list. She was in rented accommodation for 14 years and in October she and her partner, a 64 year old man, found themselves homeless because their...

Report on Lone Parents: Motion (15 Feb 2018)

Joan Collins: I congratulate the committee on the report because much hard work went into it. I thank the Chairman for organising the committee to look at this area and produce a report. What really made the difference was that lone parents and Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids, SPARK, appeared before the committee and we had the report from Millar and Crosse which pulled previous information...

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

Joan Collins: We are taking ten minutes each. Before I turn to the Bill, I wish to set out a few background points. In budget 2009, medical cards were means tested and the automatic entitlement to a medical card for over-70s was abolished. In the emergency budget of 2009, the social welfare Christmas bonus was abolished, jobseeker's allowance for those under 20 was reduced to €100 per week,...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: The treatment of asylum seekers will go down in history as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the State. Generations in ten and 20 years will be looking for redress for the treatment they received in this State since 16 years ago. The direct provision system introduced more than 16 years ago was supposed to provide temporary accommodation for up to six months while a...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: It is with heavy and angry hearts that we all came here this morning to discuss the conditions in which people lived in the decades following the foundation of this so-called republic. The treatment of people in mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries and industrial schools as well as our attitude towards services for disabled children was appalling. We have a unique opportunity now to...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: People are clear on my position on the repeal of the eighth amendment. Ireland's historical treatment of women and children is not something of which we can be proud. This was sadly reaffirmed with the news about the findings at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home on Friday. The legacy of the shameful way in which women were treated in the past is evident in the Constitution to this day, and the...

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: Regarding the proposed mother and baby homes inquiry, how can the Taoiseach square stating in the Chamber last Wednesday week that all incidents of sexual abuse should be examined when the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was at the same time telling the Westbank Orphanage survivors that sexual or any other kind of abuse will not be examined in the proposed mother and baby homes inquiry?

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: This is the fourth report and yet again it states what we know needs to be done: we must legislate for abortion. Article 40.3.3° is clear on that basis. The dogs in the street know that needs to be done but we are still waiting for the smallest door to be pushed open to secure the right of a woman to have an abortion when her life is threatened up to the point of suicide. The report...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: ...legislation. I believe the establishment of the expert group was a stalling measure. The Government's grudging acceptance of the need for action came about after a majority of the Irish people demanded action following the tragic death of a woman in Galway. We know that Irish society has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. Those attempting to stem the tide of a more liberal,...

Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: I am very proud to be part of the introduction of this Bill put forward by the United Left Alliance and Deputy Mick Wallace, the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012. The Bill is very specific. It is based on the Supreme Court judgment in the X case. The girl was only 14 years of age at the time and is now a woman, somewhere in...