Results 321-326 of 326 for long speaker:Joan Collins
- Hospital Services (22 Sep 2011)
Joan Collins: ...exactly what is the position in regard to this ward. I am pleased that she expressed concern about the need for this ward, the respite care that is required and the need to provide for the three long-stay patients in the ward. I ask her to contact us as soon as she hears from the HSE in regard to the matter. We do not want any changes to be made until a suitable alternative ward is made...
- Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)
Joan Collins: ...the point that one shoe size does not fit all has been made to the Minister on many occasions in recent months. He may have made a similar argument when he was on this side of the fence not so long ago. This EU regulation might suit bigger countries like Germany and France, but it does not fit the needs of the economy of a small state like Ireland, where 40% of the people live in rural...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (14 Jul 2011)
Joan Collins: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plans for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, if the new proposed children's hospital at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, site goes ahead to competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/11]
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Joan Collins: ...undercutting of wages were a significant problem at that time. In Ireland these trade boards were incorporated into industrial relations law as joint labour committees, JLCs, in 1946. There has long been a recognition, even by people not friends of the labour movement, such as Churchill, of the need for effective legislation and regulation for vulnerable workers. The proposals by the...
- Schools Building Projects (8 Jun 2011)
Joan Collins: ...to reflect that their children are being educated there since 1994. Numerous officials from the Department of Education and Science have viewed the site. The parents essentially want to know how long it will take for this process to go through and they want there to be transparency in terms of the list of building projects. Even though their project has been on the school buildings list...
- Universal Service Charge: Motion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)
Joan Collins: ...we discussed that matter earlier - does not pay a red cent towards the health service or our children's education. He has no problem with paying 50% of the inflated salary of a football manager as long as he is not asked to contribute to the society from which his massive wealth derives. We could have a third, higher tax rate that would apply to individual incomes of more than â¬100,000....