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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Agencies (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Local Government Management Services Board paid a lump sum of €2,178 to a Dublin law firm (details supplied) in 2008 to provide a guest speaker at a training conference; the location at which this conference took place; the persons that attended the conference; the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Agencies (22 Nov 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 2009 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I urge the Minister to examine this as broadly as he can in respect of maintaining the voluntary assistants. If it is not broken, do not fix it. The voluntary aspect of this is working and it encourages people to get involved. In my credit union, people built up experience over a number of years in respect of volunteering. They are now getting skilled up on financial regulation. I would...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I will not repeat what has been said. I believe all the points have been made. Will the Minister explain why he feels it necessary to remove eligibility from the volunteers? What impact would it have if volunteers remain in the mix for elections and playing the role on boards and directorships? It has always been the ethos of credit unions that voluntary work is paramount.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 26 In page 19, line 23, to delete "financial services legislation or".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 19, line 16, to delete “third” and substitute “fifth”

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, before section 7, to insert the following new section: “7.--The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after section 6(5):“(6) A credit union may lend to a State guaranteed project which is in keeping with the objects for which credit unions are formed as stated in this section. (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 11, before section 8, to insert the following new section: “8.--The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after section 26(1):“(1A) In this subsection 'CUSO' means a credit union service organization which has been approved by the Bank according to criteria set out by the Bank and which is engaged in activities and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Union Bill 2012: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, line 15, after “union.” to insert the following: “Where that credit union can demonstrate the underwriting expertise to enable such lending, and subject to section 35(3), the Central Bank of Ireland will extend the Common Bond on application from a credit union to include social lending or forms of business lending.”.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that earlier this year Sligo County Council received tenders for the work for the Grange, Strandhill and Tubbercurry sewerage schemes waste water treatment plants upgrades; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Strandhill scheme is currently overloaded and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact a letter of the 2 November 2012 to the Sligo County Manager, his Department indicated that it was willing to provide approval for the conversion of Sligo County Council’s existing €7.5 million overdraft on its revenue account to a term loan; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo Council’s overall Revenue Account Debt at the end of 2011 was €12.9 million and that the Council’s Capital Debt was €73 million and that the Council’s revenue account debt continues to increase; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: Will the Tánaiste arrange for the Whips to meet today to agree on when the report can be discussed in the House? This is not the prerogative of the Government because it is an issue of public interest which must be debated in public as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether that a 10% super-tax on all incomes in excess of €100,000 would yield more than €2 billlion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50524/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (15 Nov 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 2008 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 Management (15 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will supply the name of the Chairperson of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Local Government Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50586/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Death of Ms Savita Halappanavar (14 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: There is a lack of urgency on the part of the Government with regard to what has happened in recent days. The Minister did not respond to Deputy Clare Daly's question as to whether there have been similar cases of maternal death in recent times. I ask him to answer that question definitively - yes or no. We will resubmit our Bill in the near future if the Government does not move on this...

Topical Issue Debate: Death of Ms Savita Halappanavar (14 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: We must consider this from the point of view of Ms Savita Halappanavar's husband, Praveen. He has come out publicly because he does not want this to happen to any woman ever again. He does not want any other woman to endure the tragedy he has had to face in recent days. On 21 October Savita Halappanavar presented at the University Hospital Galway with back pain. She was informed that she...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: Legislation might help.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: I do not want to rehearse questions raised earlier but, further to Deputy O'Brien's comments, there is a difference between the number of staff that will be provided to deal with the backlog and the number that are actually required. It is argued that 30,000 applications can be processed by 31 December. This leaves a large number of students in their current predicament. It is not good...