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Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: It went on to state:It is important to note that, as the new guidelines are not underpinned by legislation, a change in culture is required to raise the currently low level of public trust in public life and state activities. The new guidelines rely on the integrity of Ministers to not seek to bend the new rules, and TASC will continue to monitor developments in this area. I believe the...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: The Tánaiste should be ashamed of herself-----

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: -----because the public's trust in the Government has reached the bottom of the barrel with this appointment.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: I will make two appeals, one of which is to David Begg. There has been much discussion and praise of David Begg's integrity and of how good a man he has been over the past number of years. I was a young trade union activist in the CWU in the 1980s when David Begg became general secretary of that union. I remember being at the conference at which his taking of the job or otherwise was being...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department was refurbished recently; the work done; and the cost. [2298/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the annual grant allocation from Pobal to meet the bills community dervice programmes, such as the Cherry Orchard Equine Centre (details supplied), will face due to the welcome increase in the minimum wage, given that she has received correspondence from 65 programmes highlighting this serious issue, many of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if homeless persons receiving supplementary payments for a 15 month period were paid the Christmas bonus in 2015, given that as supplementary payment is the only payment the State pays to homeless persons and the logical outcome is that they should have received it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Collins: 943. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost per square metre incurred by each local authority outside of Dublin for road resurfacing of regional roads in each of the years 2010 to 2015; if his decision to set maximum costs for surface dressing of regional roads in 2011 helped to reduce excessive costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has been informed of non-entitlement to the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45743/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: What about the cystic fibrosis sufferers?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how long has he been considering (details supplied) a proposal from Dublin City Council on the refurbishment of a block of units at Jamestown Court in Inchicore in Dublin 8 and when he will respond to it. [45234/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 601 of 1 December 2015, who made the oral agreements with the companies involved; and when they were made. [45039/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Exploration Licences (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 600 of 1 December 2015, if any oral or tacit agreements have been made regarding the unconventional gas exploration and extraction research project currently underway. [45040/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the board of Iarnród Éireann has so many directors from the United Kingdom, and how directors are nominated or selected (details supplied). [45426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann to change its name from Irish Rail, why it still uses former addresses for communications purposes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45427/15]

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I support this motion and congratulate the Deputies who tabled it. It gets to the nub of the problem, namely, the lack of political will to take real and effective action to deal with what the Moriarty tribunal found to be systematic and endemic corruption. The words "systematic" and "endemic" do not mean a few rogue politicians or a few bad apples corrupting what is, in general, a clean...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: Yes, but I think it needs to go on the record.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: All of this was dissolved by the court case in 2003. How would any of the Minister's reforms address such a debacle and make it impossible for it to occur in the courts and in the justice system again? There is another scandal of loopholes. It seems that in some circumstances, solicitors can put registrations through the Property Registration Authority. My constituent believes that some...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: I want to make a small contribution, although I was not part of the overall debate. The point has been made that the amendments do not cover the cost for ordinary people of accessing the courts, which is one of the key issues the troika instructed the Government to deal with. In 2013, I took a case against the Minister for Finance and was advised that a stenographer was required for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Dec 2015)

Joan Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda Síochána numbers in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44339/15]