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Report on Bogus Self-Employment: Motion (27 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: I was a member of the 32nd Dáil Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I was the only member of that committee coming into this Dáil. As a member of the current committee, I requested that the committee continue with this report. It was a difficult one because when one is not dealing directly with the witnesses such as ICTU and all of the other groups, one...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion on the cost of living and I thank Deputy Nash for putting it on the agenda. We know that, over the past 14 months, inflation has risen by 5.5%. That 5.5% is just a figure but the reality of that 5.5% is increases in basics such as bread, milk, butter, pasta and other groceries. It is estimated that the weekly shop for the average family...

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

Joan Collins: It looks like we have been deserted tonight in regard to this 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...

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

Joan Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — in 2013 a decision was made to move the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) from Holles St to the Elm Park site to co-locate with St. Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH), which was to be part of the construction of four new co-located maternity hospitals; and — this led to a dispute with the St Vincent's Hospital Group...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: Our public services face a crisis. They face under-funding, staff shortages and general lack of resources. This has created intolerable working conditions for those who provide essential services and life-saving services. This motion deals with just one element, which is staff shortages and the consequences for Dublin Fire Brigade. I salute the firefighters on their professionalism and...

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Joan Collins: I genuinely would like to be standing here welcoming an increase in the basic welfare payments. I cannot do so, however, because the budgets for 2020 and 2021 provided no increase in those payments. Given inflation, they were, in effect, a cut in the payments and a continuation of the austerity affecting the most vulnerable in our society. Before the pandemic, 630,000 people in Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses. What Senator Gavan said was very informative. One other aspect which has not been mentioned is the fact a lot of pensioners work beyond the age of 65 because they want to work. Others do so because of poverty due to the fact they cannot afford to live on a pension and need to keep working to have an income to pay a mortgage or rent. Many pensioners have experienced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for a very comprehensive report on the workings of NTRIS to date. A question remains to be answered. Funding is going into this strategy and committees and equality groups have been set up, yet the situation has not changed on the coalface. That is the reality of it. It is a question of how we transpose all these reports and groups to the reality on the ground. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Joan Collins: I will emphasise one point. We had a private meeting earlier that Senator Flynn attended. She made the point that accommodation is key to everything else coming together. Accommodation would build the morale of the Travelling community and that of the children on the sites. It would build the morale of the communities around those sites. It would be like the working-class areas of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Travellers' Experiences in Prison and Related Matters: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: ...Service is but do we know how many reoffend? Is there a figure for that, for both men and women? I would be interested in that. I am also interested in the link between petty crime leading to further crimes, relating to drugs or anything like that, after Travelling men and women go into prison and the effect that has due to linking in with other harder criminals within the prison...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to respond to budget 2022 and I branded it the "lousy fiver" budget because that is exactly what it is. It is a lousy €3 budget, a lousy €2 budget, a lousy €5 fuel allowance budget at a time social welfare recipients are feeling the pinch because of inflation, particularly energy price inflation. These are the people who have borne the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Joan Collins: I was interested in what Mr. Dillon was saying about employment that might be attached to Cena projects over time. Where can people go to link in with the organisation regarding potential work? I would like some information on that because I know people who want to get work, have a van and are keen. It would be good to be able to point them in the right direction for potential future...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Joan Collins: I have been working with the Dublin 12 campaign for autism spectrum disorder, ASD, inclusion for a long time. It is a vibrant campaign that got a school on St. Agnes Road with the support of the Minister. Over the past while, however, and in particular this summer, there has been a transition from CHO 7, Enable Ireland and other services to progressive disability services. The families in...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: After the debate today, the Minister should look seriously at this legislation and where he will bring it when we vote on it. Like me, I am sure virtually all Members have received a massive number of emails and social media messages, many from young people, urging a "No" vote on this hastily-drafted legislative measure. Young people quite rightly see these proposals as discrimination on...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: I will be very quick. Again, I will have to avoid niceties because I only have two minutes. I support an immediate public investigation, not on the back of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night, even though it was harrowing to watch, but on the basis that it should have happened a long time ago. I note the change to the vaccine programme. I hope it works and that there will...

Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: It was good to hear that the Minister will support the Bill. I listened intently to the point she made about what has happened since 2018 and about the audit completed and published in 2019. I was not aware of that. I have not seen that report. Maybe it went into committee and was discussed there but I think it must be brought into the Dáil or the education committee to discuss the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2021)

Joan Collins: A lot was covered in the replies to Deputy Ó Cuív, such as application forms for the Traveller community and how specific they should be. Do the witnesses have any suggestions as to how they can be made clearer? What would a local authority require? Is legislative change needed to instruct authorities to do that specific work? At the end of the day, if a Traveller family has...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: ...in the Dáil on affordable housing. I question whether it actually is affordable housing, but at least there is something before us. I also welcome the cost-rental model being put on a statutory footing. However, the Bill will in no effective way solve the housing crisis. It will not make housing more affordable for many of those who want to buy. In fact, the Central Bank and the...

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Joan Collins: I do not know whether the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, meant to give the impression that everything is okay - perhaps she did not mean to use that tone - but it certainly sounded like it. It came across as if we should not look to the Government but rather look away. The reality on the ground for so many parents and children is a very different experience. I understand that both...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Joan Collins: ...are getting the payment based on what they earned before the restrictions came in. Now we can see there is an argument for tapering the PUP. If a person who is currently on €250 or €300 works in the restaurant or broader hospitality sector and is brought back for outdoor service but on fewer hours, such as for ten hours per week, and will only get €100, that person...