Results 4,081-4,100 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the budget decision to cut jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age. [50843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the increase in rents, particularly in the Dublin area, which is pushing beyond the reach of those in receipt of rent supplement from social welfare access to private rented accommodation. [50841/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening a new community welfare office in Crumlin. [50844/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2013 Impact (28 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received the equality budgeting check that was promised when she introduced the budget proposals; if she will present them; if she has received same, and if not, when she expects to receive same. [51120/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I thought Deputy Spring was a social democrat.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services Provision (27 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the Scandinavian style child care that has been implemented since the announcement of Budget 2013 and future plans; the number of extra children that have child care access compared to 2011/12 in pre school and day child care. [51045/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: calls on the Government: — to immediately lobby the European Central Bank for a one-off exemption from the rules of monetary financing, to allow the Central Bank of Ireland to destroy the €25 billion in sovereign bonds issued in February of this year, in lieu of the remaining promissory notes, plus the €3.06 billion bond also...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: As Deputies will be aware, there was an extremely important judgment this morning in the High Court. This judgment was made in regard to the case in which I, as an elected Member of Dáil Éireann, challenged the constitutionality of the promissory note arrangement made by the late former Minister for Finance in December 2010. The basis of the challenge was that some €30...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the present CEO or past CEOs of Crumlin children's hospital first received the top-up package; if the board makes the decision; if the decision is minuted and voted on; if he will provide the minute of the vote. [50516/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (21 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) was appointed as temporary Sligo county manager taking into consideration their view that they can ignore and refuse to comply with section 10 of the Local Government Act 2001; if his Department will now appoint a temporary county manager who will carry out their duties in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (21 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is part of the job description of a county manager and or acting county manger to ensure that council meetings take place in compliance with the Local Government Act 2001; if his Department maintains a record of senior council officials who subvert local government and local democracy and who refuse to comply with...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: Those opposite were not even listening to her.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: They were too busy talking among themselves.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State was not listening.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: We have nothing to celebrate. An insane policy of promoting a banking and property bubble led to the more insane decision to bail out the same banks and property developers. Odious debt was imposed on the Irish people and it has not gone away, nor will it on December 15, nor will the consequences of that insanity. Next year, the State will pay €8 billion in interest payments, a sum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the family of a child with a copy of the letter he has sent to his counterpart in Egypt seeking a bilateral agreement to bring the child home; if other family names are on the letter, if he will delete same (details supplied); if a member of his staff will be allocated to immediately inform the family of any updates with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (20 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Egyptian Government do not set up a bilateral agreement with the Irish State in the case of child abductions, if he will outline the way he will initiate a plan/proposal to pressurise countries who do not recognise the Hague convention or bilateral arrangements to do so. [49739/13]

Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: In supporting this motion, I want to put particular emphasis on the demand to reverse the cuts to jobseeker's allowance for those under 26. This €32 million cut was presented cynically as a jobs-activation measure, to quote the Government, “to ensure young people are better off in education, employment or training than claiming”. The implication is that we have a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I wish to continue with the same theme, as it is important and the Taoiseach has not really given an answer. Last week it was reported that seven children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, who are ready to go home and whose parents have been trained to bring them home cannot do so because the HSE cannot provide home care packages for them. The mother of one child has...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: We have found out that the CEO of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, is getting a €30,000 top-up payment in addition to his HSE payment of €110,000. The secret top-up is taken out of receipts from the shops in the hospital. I am sure the people working in the shops only get the average minimum wage. In a statement the hospital board complained that the...