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Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: There are 30,000 of them.

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: Outrageous. They are left swinging in the wind.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: The Bill represents the minimum required to comply with the EU insolvency directive. While the Bill will provide some protection for members of defined benefit schemes restructured or wound up due to insolvency it will do so by reducing the benefits of the retired members. We face a wide variety of problems in pension provision. The State pension is not sufficient to meet the needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (5 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to Sligo Harbour; if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for a foreshore licence for these dredging works; the date on which the application for the foreshore licence was...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach has at every opportunity described Ireland as the best little country in which to do business. It seems Forbes magazine agrees. However, I believe the question of whether Ireland is a good little country for the average person in which to try to earn a living needs to be raised. One of the reasons given for moving Ireland to the top of the Forbes list for pro-business...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: The crisis has been used internationally and in Ireland by companies to drive down wages, conditions and pension rights. This is the reality people face every day. The company in question, Marks & Spencer, has stated it has problems but it will not show those problems in Ireland which has not introduced legislation to make it obligatory for companies to reveal their profits and...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: These are not workers on the minimum wage. They are attempting to protect their rights.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: This scheme has a surplus of €17 million.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has sufficient powers to investigate Garda malpractice, in view of statements made by both the ombudsman commission and the Garda Commissioner. [52653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by the patron regarding the reorganisation of four schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10, [53068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (10 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the instructions that have been given to pharmacies in relation to the new €25 per month maximum prescription charge fee for medical card holders (details supplied). [52743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Investigations (11 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an updated report on the Health Information and Quality Authority investigation into Dublin North West social services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53333/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: Some of the points I wished to raise were raised by my colleague. The Ombudsman for Children also made a submission on the education Bill in which she made some recommendations. She recommends that the derogation with respect to the past pupil criterion be removed. It is a strong recommendation. She has made other points, including on the Equal Status Act. There are conflicting rights....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two FÁS workers are covering a caretakers job, who is out sick, and a third FÁS worker is teaching in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [53883/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of FÁS workers in relation to teaching in schools and working on school premises. [53884/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elected members of Sligo Borough Council were advised by senior politicians to consider utilising their power under section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 to ensure that local government business could be transacted in Sligo; if it has been brought to his attention...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the annual budgets drafted by senior council officials and presented to councillors for adoption have led to Sligo County Council having the highest overall deficit balance of all county and city councils as outlined in its respective annual financial statements; if it has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for funding for vessel access and harbour-pier repairs at Rosses Point, County Sligo, under the 2014 fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme; when a decision is expected to be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Action Plan (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date report of the Health Service Executive service plan. [54042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Collins: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allocating core funding for the Dyspraxia Association as part of the disability health budget. [54298/13]