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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the privatisation of publicly owned bus services and in view of the debacle that was Greyhound, his views that TUPE is not adequate protection for Dublin Bus-Bus Éireann workers who will be transferred to private operators because of the Government-/National Transport Authority decision to privatise 10% of the bus market....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (4 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voids there were in each local authority in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number that have been allocated to tenants in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of voids that will be made available for tenants in 2015 and 2016. [46627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will discuss the option of allowing Dublin Bus-Bus Éireann retain their current fleet-service and consider alternatives to so-called market entry for private operators. [46334/14]

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: I agree it is shambolic that the Government has introduced the motion of confidence to the Dáil today, knowing that all the backbenchers will march in here and vote at the appropriate time to support the Government, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: The latest polls place Fine Gael at 19% and the Labour Party at 6%. We can compare this to the Red C poll of February 2011, when Fine Gael was at 40% and the Labour Party was at 20%. The Government is now as unpopular as the Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government which presided over the bank guarantee, the bank bailout, the economic crash and the troika bailout. That is some...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: Before the 2011 general election, the current Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, indicated that his party was not in favour of water charges and did not believe in a flat rate. He argued that everybody's home could not be metered. He and many backbenchers made that claim. Nevertheless, the Government introduced and implemented those water taxes, which affect...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister has said he is listening to the people, but he has not listened to them on this issue. They want a referendum and constitutional protection to prevent the privatisation of water services. The Minister says he is providing protection, but that is not the case. Holding a plebiscite is not good enough and it is not good enough under the terms of the Bill. We do not know what...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has been incurring revenue deficits over the past six years and that the cumulative revenue debt now stands at €19.67 million while the council's long-term debt is in excess of €120 million; if his Department has received the council's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council in its budget for 2015 has included a sum of €50,000 to help fund a golf tournament; if it is the intention of his Department to provide matching funds for the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47052/14]

Homelessness: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: I note that on 24 November 2014, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, was very angry that the Minister cancelled a meeting with councillors about the homelessness crisis in the capital. It was only a couple of days afterwards that the tragic situation outside the House happened. I welcome the Minister bringing those groups together along with the Lord Mayor and Members of this House so...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: I support the amendments.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: It is unfortunate that Deputy Naughten was not allowed to outline the reason he was given for his amendment being ruled out of order. It would be helpful to have that clarification. The Minister must see that nothing short of a referendum will satisfy the people. Despite what he says, he clearly is not listening to what he is being told. I wish to refer to an analogy I heard being made...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: This section deals with the price people will have to pay for their water. I was surprised to hear the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, being very dismissive of the 80,000 people who walked the streets yesterday, mid-week and mid-winter, and saying there are other more important and serious issues. There are other important and serious issues but this is important and serious to...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: Created by us?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: It is a cost to the State.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: Is it enough money to buy a vote?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: It is important to oppose this section. On all my points concerning each section there is a caveat, which is that the Minister should abolish Irish Water and the water tax. This legislation is dead in the water and there is huge public opposition to it. People will not engage with it. Why the Minister is establishing a public forum to discuss the fact that money is not being brought in...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: I am opposing this section. I ask the Minister to reconsider this whole charade that we are going through today. He is setting up a forum that will make comments and suggestions, but only when requested to do so in writing by Irish Water. Section 7(e) states that a function of the forum will be "to comment on any consultation document produced by the Commission in respect of public water...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (16 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 25 November 2014, if she will provide in tabular form the number of arrests made for prostitution offences between the years 2008 and 2014 by offence type, county, gender and age group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47845/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: I think these amendments are very important because the collection of PPS numbers and the popular belief that they could be sold to third parties were huge issues. The letters that people received from Irish Water stated that the numbers could be sold in future to another company as assets and this is what really raised the ire of the Irish people. Deputy Catherine Murphy and I tabled an...