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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Church of Ireland College of Education Order 2013: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: As Deputy Bannon intimated, it seems to be more of a question of what type of education is being given to our children, as parents expect a certain quality. They should not feel they need to go to a private school to get a better education or meet the right shakers and movers. As a society, we should deliver an education for every child equally, and it must be of a high standard. If...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the sale of the harvesting rights to Coillte will go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in relation to the planned sale of State assets including the harvesting rights to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a number of questions in relation to the amount spent by all Departments on outsourcing cleaning and security that were requested in the months of February from this Deputy, if he has costed the amount that would be saved by the Departments if this work was to be done through direct labour by the Departments; and if not, if he will initiate such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding improved accommodation in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [29535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Pensions Legislation (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding pensions covered by the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the lifting of the statute bar to allow for women who were victims of symphysiotomy. [29570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (19 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Adelaide and Meath hospital, Dublin has applied for funding for spinal services after the loss of two surgeons in the recent past (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29518/13]

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I support the Private Members' motion and concur with Deputy Higgins's points. One hundred years on, the attitude of Dublin employers and William Martin Murphy in particular are alive and well among the Irish boss class. Earlier this year in my constituency, ten workers of the Gleeson Group were sacked from the company's distribution centre in Ballyfermot for joining SIPTU. The boss got...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a community employment scheme. [29170/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if talks are taking place between health centres (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for the purpose of forming a primary care centre. [28914/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I believe the Seanad should be abolished but I also believe that the debate around it is going to be a distraction from the budget, which is due in October. We should not be having this debate. The Government has promised reform in four key areas: the Constitution, the abolition of the Seanad, the Dáil and local authorities. Reform of the Constitution to update it and make it...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: It is a family home tax.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: It is a family home.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: I support the Bill to repeal the unfair family home tax legislation which should never have been enacted in the first place. Last year, more than 1 million households boycotted the household tax and thousands and thousands of households held off from registering until the very last minute, which is indicative of the opposition of ordinary people to the draconian legislation. It is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council's unaudited annual financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2012 was to be considered by councillors at the May monthly meeting of the council on the 13 May 2013; if it has been brought to his attention that consideration of the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager stated at the February monthly meeting that Sligo County Council had not been charging the full cost of services provided by the county council to the borough council each year and that he indicated that the county council has been subsidising the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (11 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: 830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to Mullaghmore Harbour, County Sligo, creating a hazard for boat users; if he has received an application from Sligo County Council for grant assistance to implement a scheme to remove the sand bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: We are not calling them names.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)

Joan Collins: As has been stated, this section is one about which trade unionists are most concerned. The general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, stated this is the first time a lecturer represented by IFUT and a lecturer represented by SIPTU could be on two different terms. There is huge concern about this. The other issue of huge concern is with regard to the right to...