Results 421-440 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Waste Management (8 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: It is wrong to say 12,000 or 18,000 households caused the privatisation of services in the Dublin City Council area. I do not accept this and I do not think the majority of people would accept it. The previous Government made a conscious decision, and supported by the present Government-----

Waste Management (8 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: -----to privatise services. Does the Minister think the privatisation system in place at present does not do the service well and that it would be better to nationalise the bin service?

Local Government Reform (8 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Is the Minister a socialist now?

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2011 in respect of the eastern quadrant regeneration project in Sligo that is funding expended on staff salaries, consultants' fees, firms providing professional services, community workers and so on; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 2 November 2011, in view of the delay involved in issuing a response to date if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13275/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the five year school building programme will be announced; if there is a shortlist; and the schools included in that shortlist. [14221/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 24 January 2012, if she will provide the figure, from the 253 criminal cases relating to social welfare fraud in 2010, for the amount that was recovered by her as it relates to these cases; if she will provide this figure as a percentage of the social welfare budget for 2010; if she and her...

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written submissions that he received from the County and City Managers' Association in the period from the 1 January 2011 to date in 2012; the date on which the submissions were received; the main matters covered in these submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Office for Local Authority Management was established to provide management and support services to the County and City Managers' Association; the number of staff employed in the Office for Local Authority Management; the cost of salaries for staff; the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any officials from his Department have had a meeting or meetings with the chairperson (details supplied) of the County and City Managers' Association since they took up office; the dates on which the meetings took place, the purpose of the meetings; the topics discussed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding, if any, that is given to the County and City Managers' Association by his Department, the Local Government Management Services Board, and individual local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14320/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo county manager, in his report on the Sligo County Council budget for 2012, issued to councillors on the 6 December 2011, indicated that the council is hopeful of progressing the following projects (details supplied) in 2012; which of these projects he...

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputies Mattie McGrath, Stephen Donnelly, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Shane Ross. I wish to follow from Deputy Stanley's contribution and I support the motion. I refer to the incident which took place this morning in Mountrath, County Laois. I stood with Mr. Lee Wellstead and 30 other people at his gate not long ago when the deputy county registrar appeared at...

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Nonsense.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the present figure of 27.11 teachers at a DEIS band 1 school (details supplied) will remain in place. [14722/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the Irish curriculum in secondary schools and any other subjects that demand a change in books every year. [14770/12]

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 28 September 2011 which confirmed that his Department supports a broad range of social interventions, including community warden schemes, under the sustainable communities fund and as part of the national regeneration programme, if funding will continue to be...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding inpatient charges in respect of a person (details supplied). [14658/12]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection he and the Central Bank are going to provide to persons who use bill payment companies that enter receivership (details supplied); the strategies in place for persons who are not [i]au fait[/i] with using bank accounts or online services to pay for bills or who simply do not have a bank account; if it is possible to promote credit...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14959/12]