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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Good morning. I understand, as has been said already by the officials appearing before the committee today, that they are responsible for the administration of the payments and not the policy. There are however some points I wish to make. The cuts to lone parent payments were probably the most controversial cuts during the austerity years because they have impacted so hard, particularly on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Twenty, 28 and 35 hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Would Mr. Egan be the right person to reply to Deputy O'Dea's question on the public campaign that could be launched next year advising people to go onto the JST rather than FIS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: No. The points I made have been addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the conditionalities introduced regarding working lone parents that have resulted in an up to 18% cut in their weekly income. [28783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the impact on the income of families of the policy of stopping child benefit payments for schoolgoing children aged between 16 to 18 years of age for July and August and re-instating and backdating the payment for the two months when the child returns to school with a letter of confirmation that the child is attending school in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; if he will provide evidence in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views of the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and a 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; and if he will provide evidence of same. [29090/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Government will not introduce a financial transaction tax; if a study has been done which included a job-proofing exercise; and if so if he will make that study available. [29129/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 208. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the prescription charges for cancer patients and the inpatient charge of €75 should be abolished (details supplied). [29077/16]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 essentially tidies up a number of matters in four key areas. Part 2 of the Bill seeks to amend the Irish Medicines Board Act to give the Minister the power to pay a fee to all the board members of the Health Products Regulatory Authority. The Department of Health has indicated that this proposed due to an inconsistency in legislation but will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: According to the September report of the housing committee in Dublin City Council, 314 houses have been completed to date, including housing body units. Given that 23,000 people are on the housing waiting list and given the crisis relating to homeless families, Dublin City Council will need far more funding. This goes back to the question earlier relating to O'Devaney Gardens. A motion...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Is the target for Dublin City Council to have 23,000 houses built over the next five years? The Minister referred to Dublin City Council meeting its targets. What are the council's targets for this year? A total of 314 units have been completed and 23,000 families are on the waiting list. Are we saying the targets are going to be met depending on the need? I am not hearing that. The...

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the amount which has been drawn down from the €300 million Housing Finance Agency fund; the approved housing bodies and local authorities which have drawn down moneys from the fund; the purposes of each drawdown, that is, whether for social housing build or upgrading social housing; and if he will...

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: What is situation with the €300 million in the Housing Finance Agency fund? Is it being used? If so, who by? What is it being used for? To date, what percentage of that money has been drawn down for social housing?

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I thank the Minister for the reply. Is the Minister saying that €34 million has been drawn down to date? I understood a figure of €233 million had been drawn down. Will the Minister clarify the position?

Other Questions: Housing Finance Agency Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Does the Minister expect to apply for the other tranche from the European Investment Bank when that money is drawn down, has been committed or the 29 projects have received consent to go ahead? The Minister has suggested the timeline for this is the end of next year. Does the Minister envisage that by 2018 there will be another drawdown from the European Investment Bank of €200...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the required funding for the provision of local authority housing in the Dublin City Council administrative area with reference to the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, which acknowledges the extent of the homelessness and housing crisis in Dublin city; the source of funding available to the council by way of grants...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: This is a sort of follow-on from the previous questions. It is no accident that every question we have had to date has been on housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Yes, it is one of the biggest issues we are facing in this country. I think it should be registered here that it is an emergency rather than a crisis. My question relates to the funding and grant levels being allocated to Dublin City Council through the Rebuilding Ireland action plan. How much money has been allocated to date? How much money does the Minister envisage will be allocated in...