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Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I move this Bill because of the complete inaction by either the Government or the banks to resolve a crisis that now affects almost 100,000 home owners and families. The Government failed to deal with the specific problems faced by family home owners when it introduced the Personal Insolvency Act. This Bill is designed to operate in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (1 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the JobsPlus scheme. [41015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (1 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 592. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that a number of sites have been bought by the Health Service Executive and a number of sites are earmarked to be developed in the Dublin 12/8 area, if he will outline the HSE's overall plan for the Dublin 12/8 area, including Crumlin Children's Hospital, mental heath facilities, primary health services and so on; if he will organise...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (1 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report the use of a recently bought site (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive is willing to discuss with the community any benefit the acquisition may have in relation to community amenities. [40645/13]

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: The Bill before the House is substantial.

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: It is based on robust Norwegian legislation.

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: Shattered by Shatter.

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: I thank the Technical Group and Opposition Members who support this Bill and put forward constructive ideas. The key and crucial area of this legislation is the family home. Every time the Minster for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, claims the personal insolvency legislation is a solution, it becomes more obvious it is not. The Governor of the Central Bank made the point that 62% of...

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: These are the people who claim they have not even the money to pay to go into a personal insolvency arrangement. The Personal Insolvency Act is only for people who have money and multiple creditors. It is not for the ordinary person.

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: We are calling for fairness. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan was correct. Where was the fairness when unsecured bondholders were paid? Did the Government ask the people if we should pay them off? No, they were paid off. Ordinary people should be assisted out of their situation, that dark tunnel out of which they cannot see. That is what this Bill is about. It is robust, proven legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: I had a particular instance where I was contacted by a young woman who went for a job after having been unemployed for 20 months. She was asked whether she could avail of the JobsPlus scheme. She is a lone parent and could not avail of the scheme, and somebody else on the scheme got the job. I presume this would also be the case for somebody applying for a job who had become unemployed two...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: Following from Deputy Byrne's comments, the alignment process is a different scenario, and we are not really here to debate the merits or otherwise of that. We are demanding that the workers' voices be heard because they have continuously tried to contact the Minister: union members met representatives of the Department on 24 September to try to get meaningful negotiations rather than just...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: We know the Minister is not legally obliged to speak to workers but he should do so. There are 50 local development companies and there is much work in the area. As a broad church of Deputies, we appeal to the Minister, and I know many of the Minister's party members have signed the petition for the Minister to respect the workers.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: Exactly. Why would the Minister want to exclude a union representing the workers at the coalface? From talking to workers on the ground, I know managers do not have a hand-to-hand approach in the communities. They see them once or twice a year when they call in to see how operations are working. The union representation, SIPTU, should not be locked out of these negotiations. It is not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the tax on maternity benefit is a retrospective tax; and if he will review this tax in Budget 2014. [41737/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister, but his reply is the standard one we have heard since the introduction of this tax on maternity benefit. It is a retrospective tax in that the Minister is taking money from people's pockets when they most need it. If those women still had that money, they would be able to spend it in the economy, buying what they need for their child, but the Minister has just taken it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: The women were pregnant. They had to leave work.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: Taking maternity leave is not a choice but a need. It is about preparing for the birth and, afterwards, adjusting to having a new child. The Minister expected to make €14 million a year by taxing maternity. It is a bad choice and there were no calls for such a tax. It is a cut for a woman who had a child three years ago and will have another this year. The Minister might as well...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (3 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for prescription charges (details supplied). [41699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children with Down syndrome have a low incidence disability and should be included on his Department's list of low incidence disabilities. [38602/13]