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Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: There is also another spectre haunting Europe, and that is a lack of democracy. The right of the people to be consulted through referenda in respect of changes in the Constitution is a very important safeguard to democracy in our State. It is something people in other EU states would like to have, given the lack of democracy in how the EU functions. This right has been fundamentally...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection he and the Central Bank are going to provide to persons who use bill payment companies that enter receivership (details supplied); the strategies in place for persons who are not [i]au fait[/i] with using bank accounts or online services to pay for bills or who simply do not have a bank account; if it is possible to promote credit...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14959/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release a detailed timeline of when work will proceed on each of the schools on the new school build programme and provide this information to the boards of management of each of the schools. [15007/12]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will initiate an audit on a school (details supplied) for the better energy workplace programme as part of the capital funding announced today; the way the school can access the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15710/12]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a school (details supplied) in Dublin for the better energy workplace programme as part of the capital funding announced today; the way the school can access the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit balance of all county and city councils as outlined in its respective annual financial statements for the financial years ending 31 December 2008, 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010; if it has been...

Written Answers — Regeneration Projects: Regeneration Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of the 2 November 2011, in view of the delay involved in issuing a response to date if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14977/12]

Written Answers — Regeneration Funding: Regeneration Funding (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2011 in respect of the eastern quadrant regeneration project in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14978/12]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that matching funds for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability scheme, the housing aid for older people grant scheme, and the mobility aids grants scheme was provided for in Sligo County Council's budget for 2012; if it has been brought to his...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (21 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15792/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the present figure of 27.11 teachers at a DEIS band 1 school (details supplied) will remain in place. [14722/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the Irish curriculum in secondary schools and any other subjects that demand a change in books every year. [14770/12]

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 28 September 2011 which confirmed that his Department supports a broad range of social interventions, including community warden schemes, under the sustainable communities fund and as part of the national regeneration programme, if funding will continue to be...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding inpatient charges in respect of a person (details supplied). [14658/12]

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Nonsense.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: I wish to share time with Deputies Mattie McGrath, Stephen Donnelly, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Shane Ross. I wish to follow from Deputy Stanley's contribution and I support the motion. I refer to the incident which took place this morning in Mountrath, County Laois. I stood with Mr. Lee Wellstead and 30 other people at his gate not long ago when the deputy county registrar appeared at...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the five year school building programme will be announced; if there is a shortlist; and the schools included in that shortlist. [14221/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 24 January 2012, if she will provide the figure, from the 253 criminal cases relating to social welfare fraud in 2010, for the amount that was recovered by her as it relates to these cases; if she will provide this figure as a percentage of the social welfare budget for 2010; if she and her...

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (13 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written submissions that he received from the County and City Managers' Association in the period from the 1 January 2011 to date in 2012; the date on which the submissions were received; the main matters covered in these submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/12]