Results 701-720 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (5 Mar 2014)

Áine Collins: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the concern expressed, if she has since instructed her Department to change the format of letters being sent to social welfare recipients (details supplied). [11075/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (11 Mar 2014)

Áine Collins: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to address the issue which has arisen from budget 2014, where persons who take up a Tús scheme, due to the €20 extra to help with costs, now find themselves in a higher PRSI contribution bracket, and are financially worse off for taking up the scheme. [11540/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Áine Collins: 776. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a charge is stuck out, if no reference to it will appear on a Garda vetting report (details supplied). [13606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who received a serious brain injury and did not receive compensation because the accident happened on his own property is not exempt from local property tax in the same way as someone who received a serious brain injury in an accident in which they received compensation. [15021/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: When we ask for the information, would it be within our remit to find out who in the Department approved the expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: Under any other business as well, I should have mentioned the following on the work programme. Can we have an investigation into the tender process that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport had for the vans on the road that are capturing penalty points violations? I understand there is an issue about the technology used and they now will not be able to process all of those issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: On the tender process, the evaluation of it, who approved it in the Department, etc.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: Perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: I did not see it, apologies.

Ambulance Service: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. Recently, alarmist headlines have been appearing in local newspapers. Deputy Moynihan has been saying that ambulance services in north Cork are a cause for serious concern. A HSE worker claimed that people will die as a result of these changes. These exaggerated claims are adding to people's concerns, particularly in rural areas....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (16 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing some form of grant aid for reconstitution of forestation (details supplied). [18210/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (16 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a response to a query regarding a hackney vehicle licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18230/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for extra accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that a person who has received notification from a building society that their mortgage is unsustainable and their home must be sold, that in the event of these circumstances arising that a person is entitled to apply for their council social housing list. [18939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (30 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to new building regulations, the process in place to allow existing long term practitioners to be certified by his Department in order that they can comply with new regulations. [19633/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (30 Apr 2014)

Áine Collins: 660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any tax incentives available to landowners leasing-renting their land for conacre. [19220/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

Áine Collins: I have a question. In respect of what we are doing, does that mean that we can ask any private company that tenders for a contract from the State and gets allocated money to come in and explain how it is spending it? If we wanted to bring in all the LEADER companies who receive full funding from the State, could we ask them about how they spend their money and pay their employees?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

Áine Collins: In respect of what we are doing with the CRC and Rehab, I appreciate that it is an important issue and that the charity sector needs to be addressed but I am concerned about where we are going and what we are opening up. My understanding is that our job is to oversee the money the State spends. When it has been allocated in a tender, my understanding is that it has gone outside our remit....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

Áine Collins: I never said that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

Áine Collins: If a private operator tenders for a public contract from a State organisation and gets it, does our power allow us to investigate that company?