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Foreign Conflicts (22 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent statements by the USA, the EU and especially EU states like Britain and France, in relation to popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and Libya [5445/11]

Foreign Conflicts (22 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: Does the Minister agree that there is a high level of hypocrisy in the stance taken by the western powers, especially the United States, Britain and France, and that a double standard is being applied? Will he join me in condemning the crimes against the civilian population committed not only by the Gadaffi regime but also by the regimes in Bahrain and Yemen? Will he condemn the Saudi...

Foreign Conflicts (22 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister make a statement on the position in Bahrain in which there has been horrendous loss of life and hospitals have been taken over by Saudi soldiers who entered the country to repress the pro-democracy movement? It is not good enough that the Minister did not issue a much stronger statement condemning the role of the Saudi military. Have these events been allowed to happen...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: If we are to believe the version of events put forward by Deputy Lowry and others in the media, an incredible number of coincidences have occurred. Let us look at one such set of coincidences. The £147,000 which Mr. Justice Moriarty believes was a payment to Deputy Lowry from Denis O'Brien was routed through offshore accounts to keep it from public view. We are asked to believe all the...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: I would like to share time with Deputies Stephen Donnelly, Clare Daly, Catherine Murphy, Mattie McGrath, Thomas Pringle, Mick Wallace and Richard Boyd Barrett.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joan Collins: When the Government which consisted of Deputies from Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats, the Fianna Fáil gene pool and Deputy Lowry introduced this tax, it should have been honest with people and called it the "universal anti-social charge". Like many of those present, I canvassed at doorsteps during the recent general election campaign and this was one of the main...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: We are not that agile.

Murder of PSNI Constable: Statements (5 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: On behalf of the People Before Profit Alliance, I condemn outright the pointless, cowardly murder of Ronan Kerr. We wish to send our deepest condolences to Ronan's mother and family who have shown great courage in what must be one of the most difficult times of their lives and one of their darkest hours of grief. This was a horrendous act and has really shocked the nation. Over the past...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (5 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach claimed the general election was a referendum on the EU-IMF deal and the four year programme put forward by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. If that is the case, the people have spoken by resoundingly rejecting the deal and the programme of the previous Government. In that case, why is the Government pursuing exactly the same insane policies pursued by the previous...

Water Services (6 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: Does the Minister of State agree that it is very disingenuous to blame Fianna Fáil for bringing in the water tax, as it is, when Fine Gael and Labour voted for it two weeks before the election by approving the memorandum of understanding with regard to the bailout? Does the Minister of State agree that we might be better off considering the retrofitting of homes and using grey water? We...

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: Yes. I yield to Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

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Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: I have a right to come in.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: It is outrageous. How can the Minister say that it is deplorable and regrettable that a campaign on the ground-----

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: These people have justifiably campaigned against Shell ruining their land.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: We want the Minister to call for an independent, international inquiry into this issue.

Garda Operations (7 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: It is not good enough. Some 111 cases have already been made to the police in recent years and nothing has come from that. People do not trust the Garda.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: Under Standing Order 32 of the Dáil, I move the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter of urgent public importance, namely, the announcement that 2,000 Allied Irish Bank workers are to be made redundant, the implications of this for the workers concerned, for the economy in general and for the already shocking numbers of workers who are unemployed.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: I declare an interest in that up to five weeks ago I was a postal worker and am still a member of the CWU. I have seen the impact the deregulation of An Post has had on jobs and communities and socially in rural areas. We are facing the third phase of deregulation of postal services. There is considerable concern about that. I agree with what other Members have said. We should consider...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: The Nyberg report is the third report done on the banking crisis and, as other speakers noted, we are no wiser about what occurred. The report does not name names and we still do not know what happened on 29 September 2008, the day on which the bank guarantee was given. The 200,000 word report includes only five paragraphs on what occurred at the meeting in question for which minutes were...