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Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: It gives five different instances. In two, no reason was given for the termination, while in one, the termination is discretionary/other. In another instance, it was termination on humanitarian grounds, while in another case the termination was discretionary/other and humanitarian grounds entered into it. This is at variance to the Minister's response to Deputy Wallace a moment ago and...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: That is not why I raised this.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: We never said that.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State has gone over time.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: We are in the minority.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: We cannot hear what he is saying.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: Outrageous.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a group (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will receive confirmation that they will be able to open a new multi-denominational school for their area in September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6365/13]

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: I congratulate Deputy Catherine Murphy for bringing forward this legislation. The Bill is specific. Section 3, as has been mentioned, refers to specific objectives such as energy efficiency, reducing energy demand and reducing fossil fuel dependancy. Section 4 sets the targets and sections 5 and 6 set out the national plan to achieve those. It is strange to hear Deputy Mulherin state...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (12 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm as per the IMF staff report on Ireland of December 2012, that he has given a commitment to bring in water charges in the near future; the way in which charges will be calculated; the methods of collection that have been proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7110/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 15 May 2012, when she reported that work was underway preparing a proposed Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, and that the Bill was part of the legislative programme for 2012 which she intended to bring it forward during 2012, if she will state the reason the Bill was not brought forward...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: As other Deputies mentioned, the question arises about the length of time it is taking for these issues to be processed. We tabled a question in May 2012, the reply to which indicated that the work was under way and that the heads of the Bill would be published in 2012, but nine months later we are still waiting for the Bill to be brought forward. I do not know whether the Minister saw the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: Obviously, the constitutional issue has to be addressed, but the National Adoption Contact Preference Register is available-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: -----to try to put the framework in place for those persons who do not want their information to be given out. However, it is important that individuals should have access to their parental history, including their medical history and so on. There should not be a delay in bringing forward the general legislation the Minister wants to introduce; it should be brought forward quickly. Does...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: Many Deputies will have received today letters and emails from distressed IBRC workers. Last week, 850 bank workers were made redundant overnight. They received no notice, no consultation and no meetings with their unions. In fact, as one worker who emailed me said, he found out through the media. Bank employees did not cause this scandal and they are as much the victims of the greed of...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: This deal was negotiated by the elite in Ireland for the elite in Europe and solely in the interests of those elites. It will keep the markets happy, including the loan sharks and speculators as we have seen already, but it was not our debt. It is not our debt and it should never have been put on the shoulders of ordinary people in this country.

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: What about Greece?

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: We have allies in Greece, Portugal and Spain.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: We do not agree with a guillotine on the Water Services Bill. This is important legislation and we think the guillotine should be lifted. I oppose the proposal.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: Following on from what Deputy Wallace said about privatisation, there are not enough safeguards in the legislation to prevent that happening. The experience in recent years is that once charges for essential public services are introduced, privatisation follows. That has been the natural order in terms of European policy etc. Unless something is written into the Bill to the effect that...