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Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: I want this addressed within one week or one month.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Bill and thank Sinn Féin and Deputy Ó Caoláin for bringing this Bill into the Dáil. I welcome the survivors and salute those who are here and those who could not make it tonight. I listened to the debate last night and a number of speakers asked how or why the breaking or rendering asunder of a woman's pelvic bone could happen. That has been addressed...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: With less money.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: Mainly through part-time jobs.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: What is the project?

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: The Government is taking money out of the pockets of workers.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: Twenty-one years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (23 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way that workers who have been in dispute with their employer for more than three years and who have been in the Labour Court and the High Court have still not received moneys owed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/13]

Public Sector Pay and Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: Deputy Ross put his contribution in the context of what happened today in the Bank of Ireland. That was an important point to make when one considers the vast wealth and wages of a certain section of society and the relentless way the Government is going after ordinary workers who already gave a great deal to the economy. When does no mean no to this Government? When will it understand...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Apr 2013)

Joan Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the wind and wave energy projects, the tax and licensing terms of same; his views on whether the public adequately benefits from these natural resources. [20203/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shared Ownership Scheme (1 May 2013)

Joan Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act 2009 to resolve the problems which are affecting people who availed of the shared ownership scheme. [20639/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shared Ownership Scheme (1 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. She must be very much aware of the situation in which people find themselves in shared ownership. I wish to raise the matter concerning the Housing Act 2009. Without going into detail, in our area a particular person had a shared ownership crisis. She discussed it with the local council which agreed to take back the house and said that she...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shared Ownership Scheme (1 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Does the review include examining the Housing Act 2009 because it does impact on that? There has to be a change at Government level to take pressure off local authorities which are being forced to pay back loans taken out under the Housing Finance Act.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Joan Collins: My colleague will be here shortly. This debate is important and many points have been made, from one side of the House to the other. There is no doubt that the rate of repossessions has been very low, partly because of the 2009 judgment but also because of negative equity and the banks not wishing to move to repossess because of the effect it might have on their loan books. The banks have...

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I am pleased to speak to the motion and thank Deputy Tom Fleming for tabling it. It is good the Government has agreed to accept it. I have a personal interest in the issue of organ donation. I attended the meeting in Croke Park last night at which Joe Brolly stated that when the issue of organ transplantation impacts on us at a personal level, it heightens our awareness. One tends to go...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Public transport is vital to the economy and society in general. These talks have been going on for quite a while and, on 10 April, it seemed that progress was being made. I have been informed that they were parking the most contentious issues and were trying to deal with some of the other ones. The unions thought there was progress when they went in the other day. However, after seven...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Joan Collins: According to figures supplied to me, €58 million was taken out of Dublin Bus in 2009. The sum in question was €38 million from the drivers, with another €20 million now being sought, and €9 million relating to pay and conditions. This is core pay. I am a post office worker and although we very seldom got pay increases, we always negotiated when shift work, extra...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Shift pay is part of core pay.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Joan Collins: They had to pay the universal social charge.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Pringle for bringing the issue to the Chamber. There is probably some merit in certain points but this is not a model with which we should move forward. I oppose the criminalisation of prostitution as it drives those in the industry into more unsafe places than they would occupy. Much has been made of the Swedish model, introduced in 1999, which is understood by many to be...