Results 1,141-1,160 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Áine Collins: 195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department's recently issued new forms state that the best payment option is to a financial institution, that is, to a bank, and places the post office as the second option (details supplied). [25004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (30 Jun 2015)

Áine Collins: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax relief for land that was previously owned by the Land Commission and is now being sold to developing farmers under the restructuring scheme. [25750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (1 Jul 2015)

Áine Collins: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has provided the approval to An Post to set up the new transaction account. [26558/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (7 Jul 2015)

Áine Collins: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school bus from Cullen to a school (details supplied) in County Cork is not running for the coming school year. [27119/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (14 Jul 2015)

Áine Collins: 757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Special Needs Assistant panel is not done in order, with persons on the list for only a short time being allocated positions ahead of persons who have been on the list a long time; and the rules governing this process. [28306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2015)

Áine Collins: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason €201.47 was deducted from a 2014 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (23 Sep 2015)

Áine Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations which govern the sale of loan-mortgages from an Irish based bank to institutions outside the State. [32408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (29 Sep 2015)

Áine Collins: 337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding forestry payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33213/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Sep 2015)

Áine Collins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Sep 2015)

Áine Collins: I compliment the IDA. Following some work in Cork, a number of global companies came to the area. Recently, there were two announcements in Ballincollig. The companies were appreciative of the IDA's work in bringing them to Ireland, getting them set up, helping them with their skills requirements and attracting the right people. The IDA is doing a great job, although it probably needs a...

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. As we all know, every Member accepts that there is an emergency social housing crisis, which is the result of years of underinvestment. We know that one of the principal ways to address this crisis is to commence immediately a major social housing building programme, but the main reason this has not happened is quite obvious. Five years...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (6 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 1 July 2015, the progress he and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources have since made in setting up the bank system for An Post. [34041/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an application under the national reserve old young farmer scheme. [34154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that extra funding is made available for the home help package; and the home care package, in the upcoming budget. [34040/15]

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. It is a very important motion albeit I disagree totally with what the Opposition is saying about corporation tax in Ireland. For an Opposition that believes solely in providing jobs and helping the less well off, I cannot understand why it would bring such a motion before the Chamber. The corporation tax rate of 12.5% is the most...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: In connection with our plan, we used to know who the speakers were to be each week in advance. Is it possible to get that information?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome all the witnesses. I will put questions to the Department of Health first. With regard to the financial statements, a contract was awarded relating to University Hospital Galway, UHG, to the value of €62,000 but there was no public procurement process. The reason cited by the Department was that specialist expertise was required. What expertise was required? To whom was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I do not know who got the contract but had the person previously worked in the Department or with the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I thank Mr. Breslin for clarifying that. There was a total payment of €24 million under the hepatitis C scheme and there were legal costs of €17 million. Is my analysis correct? I understand the legal expenses were €7 million, which was unexpected.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: Those who were involved in the hepatitis C scheme and other vaccination schemes had to wait a long time. There is also an issue in respect of narcolepsy, which resulted from the vaccine given for swine 'flu. The lives of some young people and families have been transformed and they are waiting for support from the Department. This is a huge burden on families as they need extra support to...