Results 10,781-10,800 of 11,795 for speaker:Niall Collins
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: We learned from the Minister.
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: It used to be 14 years. The Deputy is giving us an extra year.
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: The Deputy's party controls the local authorities.
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Some 25 local authorities are controlled by Fine Gael.
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Those councils increased rates year on year. The Deputy should speak to the minions at home.
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs in wages paid to polling clerks for Dáil, local, European and presidential elections, broken down per election from 2002 to-date in 2011. [35604/11]
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs in wages paid to returning officers. [35606/11]
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that sets out the appointment of returning officers and polling clerks for Dáil, local, European and Presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/11]
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of polling clerks employed at Dáil, local, European and Presidential elections, broken down per election, from 2002 to date in 2011. [35605/11]
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of returning officers employed for Dáil, local, European and Presidential elections, broken down per election, from 2002 to date in 2011. [35606/11]
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of polling clerks employed in the Dáil election in February 2011, broken down per constituency. [35607/11]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of retail floor space caps in the retail planning guidelines, the review of the retail planning guidelines in general; when the reviews are due to be published and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a rating authority by rating authority and national average breakdown of the commercial rates charged by each local authority at five year intervals since 1979 and to date in 2011. [35894/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a rating authority by rating authority and overall national breakdown of the total revenue collected through commercial rates in 2000, 2005 and 2010. [35895/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a local authority by local authority and overall national breakdown of local authority revenue sources in 2010. [35896/11]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a figure for total local government debt; the percentage it represents of overall national debt and the details and implementation of the EU-IMF programme of financial support on local government debt. [35897/11]
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: I move: "That Dáil Ãireann: â notes the significant contribution made to the economy by commercial rate payers; â accepts that many small businesses are experiencing difficulty in paying their rates to local authorities and that this is contributing to the closure of businesses across the country and job losses; â observes that the Programme for Government is silent on the issue of...
- Commercial Rates: Motion (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: This motion aims to confront severe problems with the commercial rates system and proposes alternative mechanisms to alleviate the financial burden on struggling businesses. The ultimate goal of the motion is to protect and create jobs in the heart of villages, town centres and cities throughout Ireland. There are three areas I want to address: Government inaction, the scale of the problem...
- Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: The programme for Government commits to legislative and constitutional amendments to implement a ban on corporate donations. We debated this issue on Friday in the Taoiseach's absence. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, who was the only Minister present, stated that a constitutional ban would not be possible because of international commitments....
- Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)
Niall Collins: We will send the Deputy an application.