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Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: Vampire tax.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: Addressing a recent meeting of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said there would be no question of write-offs. He said that longer maturities and low interest were at the core of discussions on the promissory notes. On the issue of money put into the so-called functioning banks, including Bank of Ireland and AIB, the Minister...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: It is slave labour.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the community welfare offices (details supplied) in County Dublin are being closed and staff services being centralised to Parnell Road and Bishops Square, social welfare offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4270/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: I appeal to the Minister not to move on any closure of the community welfare offices in Crumlin or in Curlew Road. These offices are in the heart of their communities where people can access them. Their staff have significant experience and know exactly who is who and what goes on in the area. They have their ear to the ground with regard to work in the area. Closing these offices and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: I do not think that washes from the point of view of the community in the Dublin 12 area. The Parnell Road office is a tiny office. Currently it is very busy, yet the Minister is talking about bringing in claimants from Dublin 6, 6W, Dublin 12 and Bluebell. That is ridiculous and will not work. People will be queuing up outside trying to access the office. I appeal to the Minister not to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to bring in a jobbridge type scheme to take thousands of unemployed persons into local authorities on internships; her views on this type of scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3913/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister has stated a new scheme involving 3,000 job placements is coming on stream and that these placements will be with local authorities which have lost approximately 7,000 staff in recent years. Why is she establishing a new scheme under which those who take up job placements will not be paid the same amount as those already employed in a particular section or department? How will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: I am sure people want to do valuable work. I know they want to work rather than sit at home. However, the Minister's proposal is not creating jobs. It seems she is creating short-term placements without any long term work. People want to work until they are 60 or 65. They do not want a short-term job such as cleaning parks, for example. If the local authorities need the work done, why...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: We do not know what the scheme is.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form by local authority the number of inspections on local authority houses in relation to condensation and or dampness. [3756/13]

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: And now the Government is intent on introducing a vampire tax.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (30 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in...

Promissory Notes: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: When I last spoke on this issue I referenced in detail the economics of Mr. Michael Taft, which starkly revealed that Ireland was bearing a huge share of the cost of bailing out the system in the EU in that it was paying 42% of the total net cost to all 27 states and a staggering 26% of GDP, the cost of which is €9,000 per person in Ireland as opposed to €190 per person in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the information he has regarding the unaccounted for water in private estates built during the period 1992 to 2012 receiving treated water from public water mains and the measures that have been taken to charge the developers of these estates for this wasted resource. [5563/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (5 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revoke the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status (5 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5667/13]

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality noting (details supplied), further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 96,104, 68, & 58, of 11 December 2012, that his replies are at variance with this information, if he will explain for each case noted, if the driver of the Vehicle contacted the Gardai requesting termination of the fixed charge penalty; the person who instructed the termination;...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the revenue foregone by termination of penalty points for all fixed charge penalties during the period 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2011. [6011/13]

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister did not really answer my question, which is very specific. It gave five different instances of two people who have been mentioned in this House before - Mary Devins and Séamus Hughes.