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Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I wish to come to the start of this issue where two Garda whistleblowers raised some serious questions and did so through the proper procedures and channels that they were allowed to use. The question was about the unequal application of the law and a certain culture of at least some senior gardaí. The penalty points issue was not the only concern. They were ignored, used the proper...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 22:In page 6, line 26, column 2, to delete "10 per cent" and substitute "12 per cent".

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: As has been stated, this section is one about which trade unionists are most concerned. The general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, stated this is the first time a lecturer represented by IFUT and a lecturer represented by SIPTU could be on two different terms. There is huge concern about this. The other issue of huge concern is with regard to the right to...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Trade union activists-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Who is democratically elected in the trade union movement? No trade union member is democratically elected.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: We are not calling them names.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: As has been stated, this section is one about which trade unionists are most concerned. The general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, stated this is the first time a lecturer represented by IFUT and a lecturer represented by SIPTU could be on two different terms. There is huge concern about this. The other issue of huge concern is with regard to the right to...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Trade union activists-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: Who is democratically elected in the trade union movement? No trade union member is democratically elected.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: We are not calling them names.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council's unaudited annual financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2012 was to be considered by councillors at the May monthly meeting of the council on the 13 May 2013; if it has been brought to his attention that consideration of the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager stated at the February monthly meeting that Sligo County Council had not been charging the full cost of services provided by the county council to the borough council each year and that he indicated that the county council has been subsidising the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to Mullaghmore Harbour, County Sligo, creating a hazard for boat users; if he has received an application from Sligo County Council for grant assistance to implement a scheme to remove the sand bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill to repeal the unfair family home tax legislation which should never have been enacted in the first place. Last year, more than 1 million households boycotted the household tax and thousands and thousands of households held off from registering until the very last minute, which is indicative of the opposition of ordinary people to the draconian legislation. It is not a...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: It is a family home tax.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: It is a family home.

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I believe the Seanad should be abolished but I also believe that the debate around it is going to be a distraction from the budget, which is due in October. We should not be having this debate. The Government has promised reform in four key areas: the Constitution, the abolition of the Seanad, the Dáil and local authorities. Reform of the Constitution to update it and make it...

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I support the Private Members' motion and concur with Deputy Higgins's points. One hundred years on, the attitude of Dublin employers and William Martin Murphy in particular are alive and well among the Irish boss class. Earlier this year in my constituency, ten workers of the Gleeson Group were sacked from the company's distribution centre in Ballyfermot for joining SIPTU. The boss got...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a community employment scheme. [29170/13]