Results 1,601-1,620 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that driver fatigue is the cause of one in five road accidents here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin Bus currently have scheduled driving rotas whereby bus drivers on route number 7 from Donnybrook and on route number 27 from Ringsend are driving for over five hours, and in some cases for over six...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Is it not the case that any limited gain from changes in direct taxation for those on low to moderate incomes will be wiped out by the water tax in January? Changes in the budget are extremely modest. A single worker earning €15,000 will see a weekly €2 rise in take-home pay, which is barely the price of a cup of coffee. A married couple earning €15,000 with one income...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Some families will receive bills of up to €500. If they get tax relief of €100, they will be faced with a new austerity tax of €400. An old-age pensioner living alone faces a new austerity tax of €70 or €80 if he or she receives €100 from the Government. We are subsidising a private limited company set up by the Government to raise €500...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: We have heard that a further 60 Intreo offices are being rolled out in the next couple of months. Can we get a list of those offices and when they will be opening? Can staffing levels and such information also be included? We are waiting for those offices to be opened in several areas where offices were closed because it is quite difficult for people to access services. I am not in favour...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts (16 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reintroduce direct labour on building sites, particularly on Government funded projects and then roll out to private building contracts. [39262/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that both secondary school unions the TUI and ASTI are opposed to the introduction of the new junior certificate and that the joint managerial body has called on her to drop school based assessment for the terminal exam for a five-year period; if she will engage with the unions and the JMB, Joint Managerial Body, and issue...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in cases where workers lost their job due to a business closure and have been awarded a claim for unpaid wages, holiday pay and payment in lieu of notice, the mechanism that exists to allow them to claim from the social insurance fund where there is no receiver or liquidator appointed to the now closed business. [39809/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (21 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that in future figures released by her Department that a distinction be made between fraud figures and error figures relating to payments made; her views that the general perception of the level of fraud amongst the population is tainted because of the poor reporting of the level of fraud caused by associating control figures,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (21 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for her decision to issue a licence to coursing clubs for hare coursing. [40051/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (22 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will prevent Mallow hare coursing meeting from going ahead on 22-23 October 2014 at its venue in County Cork on the basis that it is in breach of condition 18 of the hare coursing licence granted by her Department. [40139/14]

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: I wish to make an observation regarding the comment made by the Tánaiste in her interview in the SIPTU journal, in which she appears to have pulled back and to have changed her tune from her attitude in this Chamber two weeks ago regarding working people actually having smart phones, being able to use them and being able to interact with social media. Many people found those remarks to...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply. The issue of waiting lists is a serious matter. People have been told they will be obliged to wait for more than 18 months for operations. A young girl named Shauna Franklin from New Ross has gone public in the newspapers and has requested - she actually begged - that penny-pinching health chiefs should allow her to have a life-saving operation. She...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Patients are waiting 18 months.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: It was neglected for years by successive Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour Party Governments.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: I am no leader, I am an activist. I have listened to the Taoiseach’s reply and have to raise the issue again. The Minister sitting beside the Taoiseach has clearly stated huge mistakes were made in setting up Irish Water. He also confirmed that rushing the legislation through the Dáil was inappropriate. I do not know what Phil Hogan is doing in his cushy number in Europe,...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: The problem is that promises are made but they are broken. This has been referred to by Members on the other side of the House, particularly a former Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, when he indicated that statements are made before being elected but after the election, the opposite is done.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: He did say it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: There is absolutely no doubt the people will hold the Government to account.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, indicated in 2011 that the Government would not install water meters when there were still leaks in the system but it did. The water must be paid for and nobody is stupid; the Taoiseach should not treat people as if they are stupid. The water has been paid for to date and we need it to be paid for through a progressive...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Joan Collins: We need to get back to the drawing board. This is not working.