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Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: I propose to share time with Deputies Healy, Wallace, Clare Daly, and Ross. I support the Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013. I have listened to points raised by people saying that restorative justice should be brought into modern legislation. It has been brought in recently in the North. Restorative justice is not a new thing; rather, it is thousands of years old....

Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: The Shatter-gate affair will rumble on for the next number of weeks and months and it looks like the Taoiseach is standing by his man at this stage. Therefore, I wish to raise another serious issue that is happening at the same time. I want to raise concerns regarding reports in the media that pressure is being applied to the Irish Central Bank to quickly off-load, through the private...

Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: That is not the information that is coming down. The ECB is putting considerable pressure on the Central Bank to sell off the €25 billion as quickly as possible. That is the information we have. I have written to the Central Bank Governor, Professor Honohan, in this regard, and raised my concerns about the issue. If the Government sells off the bonds it will put more pressure on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: 133. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the practice of sending a €100 hospital invoice to grieving families in the aftermath of road traffic accidents; and if he will initiate the process to stop this practice. [14700/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the breakdown of all moneys spent on consultant reports and consultants by the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since 6 February 2013; and if he will provide the names of the consultants. [15280/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs of redundancy payments for workers in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the number of workers involved; the costs if they are to receive a redundancy payment of four weeks per year of service; and a separate costing for statutory redundancy per year of service for these workers. [15282/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (1 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: 650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application submitted by Sligo Borough Council for a sports capital grant in respect of funding for the Sligo Fair Green project; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of this project for families and households in the urban area; when decisions will be made in respect of the sports capital grant...

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: There are still many questions to answer in respect of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, the letters and the resignation or retirement of the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan. I take issue with the double standards of the Labour Party in government. Last night, Frank McBrearty and Sarah Bland were in the Visitors Gallery. These two individuals have raised...

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: It has been debated out in the open.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: They colluded with the church to destroy the name of Fr. Niall Molloy.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: Ms Sarah Bland was sexually abused by her father even though her mother, Ms Patricia Bland, tried to raise the issue and get an interim custody order in 1981. This matter has been out in the open. It was debated at Stormont in 2001 and 2007 and in the Seanad in 2009.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: Patricia and her daughter, Sarah, who came over from England last night to hear the debate, are taking a case and have provided detailed statements to the Garda in respect of allegations about perverting the course of justice, obstructing justice, deliberate collusion, suppression of the evidence of a witness in a court of law and-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: -----failing to report the crime of incest to the Garda. This case is being taken against the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter. We also had the Ms Cynthia Owen case-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: This is important because it is at the heart of what we are doing.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: There is a serious question over the Cynthia Owen case and the Minister has refused to meet her family. Will the Labour Party, within 48 hours, set up a commission of inquiry into these cases, the further 32 cases mentioned by the Taoiseach last Thursday and the racial profiling of Traveller children? These are serious issues and, unless they are dealt with, we will never move on.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: The facts about the issues I raised are undisputed. The family of Fr. Niall Molloy will not be happy to hear the Minister state that the Government has enough to go on with thanks to the tapes. The Taoiseach told the House that, as soon as he realised the gravity of the situation, he moved into action and a commission of investigation was set up within 48 hours.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: These cases have been out there for years. Why is there not the same intensity of response to the cases of Fr. Niall Molloy, Cynthia Owen and Sarah Bland as well as the many other cases in which people cannot move on with their lives because they have a sense of injustice and feel that they have been caught in a warp? Why is the case of the Traveller family whose two and three year olds are...

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister was talking about it for years while on this side of the House.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: These people have been waiting for years.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (3 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2013 in respect of the Cranmore and environs regeneration project in Sligo; if funding is expended on staff salaries, consultants’ fees, firms providing professional services, community workers and so on; and if he will make a statement...