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Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: First, a decision was taken to stop building social housing by local authorities.

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: There was a conscious strategy to develop a private rented sector. Section 23 tax breaks were used to encourage a private landlord sector. Local authorities were responsible by accepting levies instead of social housing units from developers and they attempted to maximise funding through levies throughout the country. Absurd planning decisions resulted in a mass of ghost estates which are...

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputies Catherine Murphy, Boyd Barrett, Wallace and Clare Daly. I fully support the sentiments in the motion put forward by Sinn Féin. In 2008 Dublin City Council had 7,500 employees. It now has 5,000. By September next, it is due to have only 4,800 employees. This means that more than one third of the staff of the council will have left during a six-year...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will correct the anomalies whereby a person born on 31 December 1947 who paid an average of 21 PRSI contributions per year receives an old age pension of €225 per week but a person born on 1 of January 1948 who paid an average of 29 PRSI contributions per year receives an old age pension of €196 per week. [12232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,000 jobs the Government says were created in 2013; the categories of the economy in which they were created; the number that are zero hour contracts, less than 19.5 hours per week; and the number that are full-time. [12172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (13 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he welcomes the fact that over 40,000 workers in the retail sector have sought and won, through their union Mandate, over €15 million in wage increases over the past 18 months; and if he supports legislation for statutory trade union recognition and collective bargaining. [12224/14]

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: It is very important.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: The Technical Group was excluded from the briefing today.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: Had we attended the briefing, we would have pointed out that the statements arranged for this week pertained to the penalty points issue rather than resignations, or retirements as the Taoiseach put it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Charge Collection (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding figure for non-payment of the household charge; if the powers of collection that the Revenue Commissioners have as the collecting agency for the household charge are the same as they have for the local property tax. [13805/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding paying third level fees in respect of a person (details supplied). [13737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 479. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the advice she would offer in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [12844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 694. 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 attention has been drawn to the fact that an application from Sligo County Council for a licence under the Foreshore Act 1933 to undertake the dredging works at the harbour was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding his Department provided for each regeneration project in the State in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13735/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 705. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal which his Department sought from Sligo Borough Council in March 2013 for the proposed refurbishment of the Gate House at Doorly Park, Sligo,to allow it to be used as a resource house by the local community in the Doorly Park-Martin Savage Terrace area; if his Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he 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 this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 990. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the current staffing levels for occupational therapists in the Old County Road Health Clinic, Crumlin, Dublin 12 (details supplied). [12908/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 1086. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 22 October 2013, if the Health Service Executive will confirm that the money allocated to Cheeverstown follows the patient; and if the HSE confirm the allocation to a person (details supplied) for their care. [13504/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: 1136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13767/14]

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: When the whistleblowers Sergeant Maurice McCabe and John Wilson approached Deputies Clare Daly and Mick Wallace who, in turn, approached Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and me, they stated the abuses of the penalty points system were the visible tip of the iceberg of possible malpractice and corruption within sections or elements of An Garda Síochána. They have not only been vindicated...