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Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases the Garda Ombudsman processed in 2010; if he will provide a table of the results of these appeals; the highest rank of Garda that had a finding against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14821/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 31 May 2011, the timeline for the announcement of the winning projects; the total amount of funds now available to carry out the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14695/11]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: He was not a labourer.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: I recently heard the slogan "kissing up and kicking down", which is a US expression. To my mind, this Bill is licking ass to the EU-IMF, the wealthy and business elite here and in Europe while at the same time putting the boot in on the most vulnerable, namely, people on low wages, welfare and State pensions. Like other speakers, I welcome the restoration of the minimum wage, which is badly...

Schools Building Projects (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a permanent 16 class school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in view of the fact that the school has been in substandard temporary accommodation since 1994 and the school is forced to turn away more than 200 applicants for junior infants annually, the school is located in a...

Schools Building Projects (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: I have talked to the parents council about this, particularly following the "Prime Time" programme which highlighted the fact that 444 junior infants were being educated in prefabs there at this time. It caused the parents to reflect that their children are being educated there since 1994. Numerous officials from the Department of Education and Science have viewed the site. The parents...

Schools Building Projects (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Is it possible for the Department to work more closely with the school authority in this respect? It said that an engineer has visited the site and it is aware there is a protected site at the front of the school but it does not consider that is a problem. All the barriers from that point of view need to be removed. It is a question of meeting and working out how and when that can be...

State Visits (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Why did you not ask him?

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: When will we have Committee Stage of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010?

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most important issues facing the taxi industry today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13710/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the surplus or debit balance of each county and city council, as outlined in their respective annual financial statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2008 including the deficit or surplus for the year; the opening debit balance, if any, for the year; the closing debit balance, if any, for the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the surplus or debit balance of each county and city council, as outlined in their respective annual financial statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 including the deficit or surplus for the year; the opening debit balance, if any, for the year; the closing debit balance, if any, for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 25 May 2011, the number of written submissions, if any, that his Department received from the County and City Managers Association in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the dates the submissions were received; the main matters covered in the submissions; and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the specific services that the Local Government Management Services Board provides to the County and City Managers Association; if the Local Government Management Services Board provides administrative and secretarial staffing for the County and City Managers Association; if the Local Government Management...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make available the protocol put in place and agreed between the CEO of St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin, the director of the national referral centre for adult cystic fibrosis, the CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland and the national director of clinical strategy and programmes, Health Service Executive; and if...

Government and Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: I congratulate my colleagues in the Technical Group on tabling the motion because the Government's response is interesting. It was with no great surprise that I noted the amendment begins, "To delete all words after 'Dáil Éireann'...". Almost every Opposition motion over the past three months has elicited the same response. Is there not a word or sentence in the motion in which the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 May 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has received an application for a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [13485/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €15 million allocated in the jobs initiative May 2011 for local sustainable transport projects is to be used to finance the pre-existing smarter travel project or if it is for new projects and when the announcement of the next phase of smarter travel will be made. [13512/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (26 May 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the surplus or debit balance of each county and city council, as outlined in their respective annual financial statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2009 including the deficit or surplus for the year; the opening debit balance, if any, for the year; the closing debit balance, if any, for the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (25 May 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the type of assistance and the level of funding, if any, the Local Government Management Services Board provide each year to the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland, the Association of County and City Councils, the Local Authority Members Association and the County and City Managers Association;...