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Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: The same thing happened in Drimnagh over a five-day period. As these men get paid regardless of whether the water meters are installed, the argument used by the Tánaiste is absolutely false. She is trying to throw the issue in another way by raising dust in people's eyes. Ordinary people - women, children and men who are absolutely opposed to the installation of water meters - are...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: The Tánaiste should be there too.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: I want to raise the protests against the installation of water meters which are taking place in big estates across the city and country. I want to state that contrary to what the Taoiseach said when I raised this issue last week, it is not the case that these protests are being organised by outsiders. It is not a case of the usual suspects to whom the Taoiseach referred. These protests are...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Like many people I welcome the fact we are discussing the Workplace Relations Bill and the Workplace Relations Commission. We should include in our discussion the context of what is happening in communities. According to the 2014 OECD employment outlook report, Ireland has the second highest percentage of low paid jobs after the US. Portugal has the lowest percentage. Yesterday was world...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bonds, from the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and of the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption, that have been sold by the Central Bank of Ireland in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the European Central Bank on the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and of the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption; if he or his Department has had recent discussions with the ECB regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is no net benefit to the Exchequer if the Central Bank of Ireland disposes into the sovereign bond market the €25 billion of bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012; if he will fund the payment of the IBRC promissory note redemption,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the ongoing legal challenge to the lawfulness of the promissory notes used to capitalise the former Anglo Irish Bank, the Irish Nationwide Building Society and the Educational Building Society the risks of the Central Bank of Ireland disposing, in advance of the conclusion of this court case, of the €25 billion in bonds created in February...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he and his Department has had with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the disposal and in particular, the accelerated disposal, of the €25 billion in bonds created in February 2013 for the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and the €3 billion in bonds created in 2012 to fund the payment of the IBRC...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland voting to increase the retention fee for 2015 from €100 to €150 (details supplied), if he is prepared for a crisis in staffing levels in the Health Service Executive in 2015 [38342/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure Ireland meets its stated commitment of allocation 0.7% of GNI to overseas aid. [38532/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish citizens must entrust their personal data to Irish Water (details supplied); the reason citizens of this State should commit their personal data to an organisation with no independently verified information security system. [38345/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Coverage (7 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of an independent midwife's (details supplied) indemnity cover without due process [38291/14]

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: I welcome the fact Deputy Thomas Pringle has brought this Private Members' motion to the Chamber. It should be made clear that Deputy Pringle brought this into the legislative process a year ago but did not have the opportunity to put it on the floor of the House until this week, so it is not just an issue of responding to the circumstances and the protests of asylum seekers who have come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: I thank the witnesses for their reports and congratulate them on the campaign in defence of the travel pass, which was very effective. We are getting conflicting reports; on one hand we hear that austerity may be over and that there will be tax cuts and then, on the other, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and others say that we must continue with austerity, mentioning the troika, the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: The Taoiseach is right that there are a lot of issues going on that should be discussed in the Dáil. However, I think what people have seen over the last few days has created more cynicism towards this Government and so-called democracy in this country. I want to raise two things that happened yesterday, one in my own constituency, where a landlord-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: It is one issue but two incidents. Yesterday, in my constituency, a landlord attempted to carry out an illegal eviction. This involved a couple with a one-year-old child. While the family were out, the landlord came into the flat, cut off the electricity, took off the front door and changed the locks on the main door of the building. The couple made contact with my constituency office and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: Yes, we do not need meters to have good water. The question I am asking is very simple. The gardaí refused to act to stop an illegal eviction by a landlord on the basis it was a civil matter. Yet, while other people stand peacefully over a water shore, they are told it is an illegal protest, and section 12 of the Irish Water Act is quoted, which states that Irish Water and its...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: They are outside people's houses.

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Collins: I have no major difficulty with the Bill. It is mainly a technical Bill to pull organisations together and merging them into one. I have a few questions. Will there be a cap on the new CEO's wages? The point was made here, quite correctly, that new jobs would be lost and wages would be at the level they should be. I hope there will be no JobBridge jobs in this area and that these will be...