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Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: This is the fourth report and yet again it states what we know needs to be done: we must legislate for abortion. Article 40.3.3° is clear on that basis. The dogs in the street know that needs to be done but we are still waiting for the smallest door to be pushed open to secure the right of a woman to have an abortion when her life is threatened up to the point of suicide. The report...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: It is reality, not a lecture.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: I also want to raise the national issue of corruption in respect of penalty points.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: It is outrageous. We have been trying to get the issue on the agenda and I submitted it as a topical issue.

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: There are fixed-term notices and judges are giving down charges-----

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: -----to people with penalty points and Mary Devins is named in this. It is outrageous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: Wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: The Minister of State indicated that reports should be available soon. It is disgraceful that the Government continually provides the same information on what will be the position at some point in the future. In the meantime, pyrite remediation measures have not been carried out on a single house. People can no longer wait for action. Has HomeBond been challenged to use its surplus of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: HomeBond has not done any remediation work.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: The people who are experiencing this problem are frustrated because time and again they have heard about deadlines. Pyrite remediation works on the 1,100 homes to which the Minister of State referred were carried out by Premier Guarantee rather than HomeBond. I have been reliably informed that there has been no movement on the red category claims submitted nine months ago. For those who...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, noting that the Homebond company which led house purchasers to believe that the were insured against major structural damage has shown surplus funds of €25 million which will not be called upon for major structural damage for houses built before Homebond negotiated backing by a real insurance company in 2008, he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Court Orders (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures and systems in place to restrict children travelling from Ireland, who are restricted from doing so by family court orders without the permission of the second parent or guardian, in particular to the UK where a passport is not a requirement for entry. [53870/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Management (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local Government Management Services Board in 2010 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1131 of 18 September 2012, if he has considered the report of the independent financial consultant engaged by Sligo County Council to review its critical financial position; his response to the recommendations made by the independent consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Workforce Planning Group has recommended that between two and three directors of service in addition to a head of finance is optimal for level five local authorities which includes Sligo County Council; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the current process of granting exploration licences complies with the EU Directive 2003/4/EC on access to information on the Environment and EU Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in environmental decision making and access to justice; and his views in relation to the granting of the licence to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I beg to differ with the Minister of State. The SEA made the point he quoted, but the public consultation in question amounted to four public meetings, one of which took place in a pub in the Dún Laoghaire area. The Minister of State describes that as full public consultation. The people who have come to the Visitors' Gallery today - fishermen and residents of Dún...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: The fishermen were not informed and the people did not know. This is a very broad report on a huge area of Dublin Bay and it does not reflect the specific area we are discussing, the Kish Bank basin. It does not cover that area and is too broad. The people in Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey did not know that a foreshore licence would be given to Providence to explore a specific area 6 km...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I will follow on from what Deputy Clare Daly has said. A point that has been made many times needs to be registered in the Dáil. It is an absolute disgrace that the last six Governments have failed to legislate on the X case. This Government has not exactly been enthusiastic about introducing legislation. I believe the establishment of the expert group was a stalling measure. The...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I agree with Deputy Healy that PR is probably one of the most progressive electoral systems in the world; it is much better than the first-past-the-post model used in other countries. I would argue strongly that it be maintained. The issue is what Members do when they are elected. We are seriously lacking in two areas in trying to change the way we work. The first is the use of the Whips,...