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Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: Deputy Buttimer is obviously living in a bubble.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I resent Members who laugh at a colleague when he is making a point on a serious issue like this one.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: The Government parties, which they were in opposition in the period from 2007 to 2010, made the same points to Fianna Fáil when that party imposed austerity on the people as those that are now being made to the Government. The then Deputy Jan O'Sullivan stated: "the-----

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: -----Labour Party will be vigorously opposing... [the medical card legislation] on all Stages." She said that in 2008.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: The then Deputy also stated:The granting of a legal right to a medical card to citizens when they reach the age of 70 was one of the few fruits of Ireland's recent prosperity that this age group was given. It gave them peace of mind and the chance to stay healthy and out of hospital. She said that to take it away again was regressive, cruel and inhumane, and that it brought a huge...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse his proposals to increase prescription charges to €2.50 with a cap of €25. [48008/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the minimum €3 million needed to develop the donor coordinators in our hospitals is allocated in the health estimates for 2014 [48007/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputies Tom Fleming and Joe Higgins. The failure to achieve a write-down to the cost of the bank bailout is a huge millstone around the neck of every citizen and it is one of the reasons we are facing a budget of this nature next year and the year after. The notion that is the final tough budget and that if people straighten their backs, they will come out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Collection (12 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding fuel tax and excise duty allowances for persons with a disability in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47666/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (7 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that legal advice presented to the current mayor of Sligo confirms that a meetings administrator designated by a county manager who fails in the obligation to issue notification to councillors for statutory meetings of the borough council is in clear breach of statutory duty;...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: I welcome the opportunity to debate this complex issue. Although this motion will be voted down, there is a need for ongoing informed debate on the issues. I commend Deputy Flanagan on introducing the motion in the Chamber. The drug problem in society is not just a question of cannabis use. It concerns the estimated 20,000 heroin addicts in the country and the 10,000 people on so-called...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Child Abduction (6 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to return a person (details supplied) from Egypt to Ireland. [47292/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he intends to take to improve the operation of GSOC as it requested. [45974/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (5 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in relation to the cases submitted to his office on 17 October 2013 by residents from across the State in relation to allegations of Garda malpractice. [45975/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (5 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: 681. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that where a cathaoirleach-mayor requisitions a special meeting of a local authority under Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act and the meetings administrator and city-county manager refuse to issue a notification for the meeting, then a valid meeting of the local authority...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: It is only people who can afford to go into the resolution process who are going into it.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: It will not be there for a couple of years.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: The Minister is not offering them resolution.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: A couple still owes €183,000 in the Minister's example.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: Again, I will quote from what the Minister, Deputy Burton, had to say in Opposition in 2010. Just how much she has changed her position since then is quite revealing. She said:I believed the Government, including the Minister, would have had something to say about the people who are under water or in difficulty with their mortgages, particularly after the Government Members' experience of...