Results 841-860 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10991/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10992/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within herDepartment or any Office/Body under her aegis that have been re-instated; if she will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10990/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 (28 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the recent Irish Bank Resolution Corporation/Promissory Note deal, it is his intention to pass on the benefit of the claimed one billion euro in savings in the form of a less severe budget adjustment in Budget 2014; if so, if he will quantify the amount of any such new adjustment target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance if given Eurostat figures that put Ireland's implicit tax rate at 6.8%, he will consider establishing a minimum effective corporation tax rate of 12.5% on the full amount of corporation pre-tax profits; if he will provide figures/projections on what such a minimum effective rate would yield in extra revenue to the State; and if he will make a statement on the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: I too strongly oppose the guillotine on this debate. We must look at the state of the country and see it for what it is. For decades, the policy of successive Governments has been to encourage people to get on the mortgage ladder. In 1989, I was renting a two-bedroomed house in Kilmainham at a cost of approximately £980 a month. An opportunity then arose to buy a house in Inchicore...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: It has been spent already.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: My back garden will be taken into account.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: How dare you.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: I will not take too long because many of the points have been made already. I want to put on record my objection to this being called a local property tax because it is neither local nor based on property. A number of years ago, the Labour Party, in a coalition Government, introduced a tax on houses worth over a certain value. The wealthy went on strike and the property tax was done away...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: Bad laws are made to be broken.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: We looked for it to be zero.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: They should not pay anything at all.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: Crucifying workers again.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Joan Collins: They can only defer the tax.