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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, before section 7, to insert the following new section: “7.--The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after section 6(5):“(6) A credit union may lend to a State guaranteed project which is in keeping with the objects for which credit unions are formed as stated in this section. (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 11, before section 8, to insert the following new section: “8.--The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after section 26(1):“(1A) In this subsection 'CUSO' means a credit union service organization which has been approved by the Bank according to criteria set out by the Bank and which is engaged in activities and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, line 15, after “union.” to insert the following: “Where that credit union can demonstrate the underwriting expertise to enable such lending, and subject to section 35(3), the Central Bank of Ireland will extend the Common Bond on application from a credit union to include social lending or forms of business lending.”.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 19, line 16, to delete “third” and substitute “fifth”

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 26 In page 19, line 23, to delete "financial services legislation or".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I will not repeat what has been said. I believe all the points have been made. Will the Minister explain why he feels it necessary to remove eligibility from the volunteers? What impact would it have if volunteers remain in the mix for elections and playing the role on boards and directorships? It has always been the ethos of credit unions that voluntary work is paramount.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I urge the Minister to examine this as broadly as he can in respect of maintaining the voluntary assistants. If it is not broken, do not fix it. The voluntary aspect of this is working and it encourages people to get involved. In my credit union, people built up experience over a number of years in respect of volunteering. They are now getting skilled up on financial regulation. I would...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Agencies (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Local Government Management Services Board paid a lump sum of €2,178 to a Dublin law firm (details supplied) in 2008 to provide a guest speaker at a training conference; the location at which this conference took place; the persons that attended the conference; the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Agencies (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local Government Management Services Board in 2009 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I agree with Deputy Healy that PR is probably one of the most progressive electoral systems in the world; it is much better than the first-past-the-post model used in other countries. I would argue strongly that it be maintained. The issue is what Members do when they are elected. We are seriously lacking in two areas in trying to change the way we work. The first is the use of the Whips,...

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: I will follow on from what Deputy Clare Daly has said. A point that has been made many times needs to be registered in the Dáil. It is an absolute disgrace that the last six Governments have failed to legislate on the X case. This Government has not exactly been enthusiastic about introducing legislation. I believe the establishment of the expert group was a stalling measure. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the current process of granting exploration licences complies with the EU Directive 2003/4/EC on access to information on the Environment and EU Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in environmental decision making and access to justice; and his views in relation to the granting of the licence to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I beg to differ with the Minister of State. The SEA made the point he quoted, but the public consultation in question amounted to four public meetings, one of which took place in a pub in the Dún Laoghaire area. The Minister of State describes that as full public consultation. The people who have come to the Visitors' Gallery today - fishermen and residents of Dún...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: The fishermen were not informed and the people did not know. This is a very broad report on a huge area of Dublin Bay and it does not reflect the specific area we are discussing, the Kish Bank basin. It does not cover that area and is too broad. The people in Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey did not know that a foreshore licence would be given to Providence to explore a specific area 6 km...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, noting that the Homebond company which led house purchasers to believe that the were insured against major structural damage has shown surplus funds of €25 million which will not be called upon for major structural damage for houses built before Homebond negotiated backing by a real insurance company in 2008, he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State indicated that reports should be available soon. It is disgraceful that the Government continually provides the same information on what will be the position at some point in the future. In the meantime, pyrite remediation measures have not been carried out on a single house. People can no longer wait for action. Has HomeBond been challenged to use its surplus of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: HomeBond has not done any remediation work.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: The people who are experiencing this problem are frustrated because time and again they have heard about deadlines. Pyrite remediation works on the 1,100 homes to which the Minister of State referred were carried out by Premier Guarantee rather than HomeBond. I have been reliably informed that there has been no movement on the red category claims submitted nine months ago. For those who...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: Wrong.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: I also want to raise the national issue of corruption in respect of penalty points.