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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: How will that impact on those now in receipt of pensions?

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: Will it change from the date the vote is cast?

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: Will people's pension be split or will everything change from that point?

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: Okay.

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 wish the IBTS luck and hope it will work out.

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. Kelly. I have stayed within my time.

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: Thank you, Chairman.

Topical Issue Debate: Valuation Office (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to bring this Topical Issue to the House. I thank the Minister of State for the changes made to the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015, which exempt community child care facilities from paying commercial rates to local authorities, a major advantage to these very valuable child care facilities that provide great services to local communities. Many...

Topical Issue Debate: Valuation Office (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I also compliment the local authorities, which are very flexible, and I understand that rates make a significant contribution to paying for the cost of footpaths, lighting and all of the other great facilities our local authorities provide. However, my understanding is that according to the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 there was an anomaly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a payment under the single farm area aid and forestry scheme. [36211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on a recently submitted grant application for the upgrading of a milking parlour, as this work will need to be carried out during the winter months when cows are not milking. [36396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in paying the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II. [36434/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: Ms Sinnamon and her team are very welcome. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting but I was delayed in travelling from Cork. I am sorry if some of the questions I raise have already been covered. My first point is addressed to Mr. Hayes and concerns the local enterprise offices. I am concerned that there seems to be a lot of politics going on between the LEOs, the Leader...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: As I mentioned earlier, there are, of course, challenges when we are undergoing such a fundamental change process in respect of the move from the county and city enterprise boards to the local enterprise offices. I am not aware of the specific case the Deputy mentioned but I am happy to take it on. It should not be the case because, as the Deputy said, when people look for support, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: As I said, while I do not want to get parochial about it, I am concerned about the culture. In the training carried out by Enterprise Ireland, perhaps the area of collaboration could be further explored.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I would be happy to share that with Ms Sinnamon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I refer finally to my favourite topic, namely, mentoring and the database. How is that progressing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: Is the long-term hope to get them on to closed networks where people can choose their mentor?

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion this evening. As we all know, NAMA was set up under the NAMA Act 2009, which was an answer at the time to the failed boom and bust economics delivered by the previous Government. It was set up to take loans in Irish banks under much stress. We were all aware of that and we are still dealing with those effects. NAMA paid €32 billion...