Results 4,901-4,920 of 5,269 for speaker:Joan Collins
- Written Answers — EU Summits: EU Summits (1 Feb 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, in Brussels last week; if he will report on discussions on the fiscal compact treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5577/12]
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (1 Feb 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate to appoint a person (details supplied) who had previously outsourced jobs to the board of Bord Bia. [5751/12]
- Written Answers — Flood Insurance: Flood Insurance (31 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will fund a house insurance scheme for those who cannot access flood insurance due to repeated flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37727/11]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health if there was a change of policy in regard to charging patients with medical cards for blood tests in local health clinics (details supplied); and if he will clarify any changes relating to this matter. [4912/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the continuous delay in processing applications for social welfare benefits and allowances and in particular the average of six months for processing applicants for carer's allowance and benefit. [4749/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: I hear what the Minister is saying, but our experience in dealing with these claims is as outlined in the question. We are dealing with cases going back to July 2011 for the carer's allowance. It is not good enough that people have wait around that long to get clarification on whether they are entitled to the allowance or not. People have to get credit union loans to keep themselves going,...
- Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: I do not accept that. The volumes are up, which means that these people are saving the State huge amounts of money. It is imperative that these are put into place as quickly as possible. Is the Government continuing with the clientelism that we all hated with the last Government, where people had to go to Deputies who had a hotline to get through to a particular area? This Government has...
- Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: The staff are great.
- Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: It is not getting the-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: The Government would have had us in sackcloth years ago.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: How does the Deputy know that?
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: It is not out debt.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin. [3969/12]
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to cut funding by 66% at a nursery (details supplied) in Dublin 10 making it impossible for the creche to stay open. [3930/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 29 November 2011, if she will clarify the figures for social welfare fraud as opposed to suspected fraud in 2010. [3970/12]
- Written Answers — Local Government Audit Service: Local Government Audit Service (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that having considered the contents of the local government statutory audit report on the council's finances for the year 2010, the elected members of Sligo County Council at the council meeting held on 16 January 2012, in the absence of the county manager,...
- Private Members' Business. Promissory Notes: Motion (24 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: The â¬1.25 billion to be paid to financial speculators is nearly equal to the total amount being cut from the health and social protection budgets. In fact, there will be â¬25 million left over for the Minister, Deputy Quinn, in his review of the cuts in DEIS schools. This Government is devastating our public health system which is already in crisis and people will die as a consequence....
- Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (19 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the possible impact of abolishing postgraduate grants on his areas of responsibility such as promoting innovation, research, enterprise, investment and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/11]
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the State and the Irish people might benefit if the drilling application were to be approved in respect of a company (details supplied) and lead to a successful oil find, in view of the current licensing and tax regime surrounding the exploitation of natural resources such as oil and gas; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (18 Jan 2012)
Joan Collins: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to concerns and a petition by local residents in the coastal areas close to the Kish Bank regarding the potential dangers to the marine ecosystem, tourism and heritage, resulting from possible oil spills, heavy industrial activity and other environmental impacts if a company (details...