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EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: We have put forward many options, one of which is to tax the wealthy.

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: What the Minister of State has said is not what President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel have-----

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reports of possible air assaults on Iran; if the recent decision to close the Irish embassy in Iran is linked to this possibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33708/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Freedom Waves initiative and the participation of the Irish ship [i]MV Saoirse[/i]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33709/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 18 October 2011, in which he stated that he would meet the county manager and the head of finance in Sligo County Council to discuss the application of the €15 million loan funding which was sanctioned by his Department on 19 July 2010, the date on which he...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 655: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the intra-urban road link Objective T2.12 linking the junction of Burton Street-Pearse Road to the junction of Mail Coach Road-Connolly Street, as contained in the Sligo and environs development plan, has yet to be implemented; if he has received any submissions from Sligo...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: The Deputy is not asking questions.

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: The Deputy has to ask questions of the Minister.

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: The Minister is right. It is a question of choices. In our budget submission we will put forward a programme of asset and wealth taxes that could be utilised to pay for measures to put people back to work and to put jobs back on the highest point of the agenda again. I have a particular question relating to the new children's hospital. Before the election, many Deputies on the other side...

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: There are many failings in our health system and those in the area of mental health are appalling. It is an historic issue for the nation. The treatment of people with mental health problems illustrates an appalling failure by the State, comparable to its failure to protect children. I get a shiver down my spine when I hear Government Ministers talk about protecting the most vulnerable in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services; the numbers of staff they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35720/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views in regard to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and her further views on whether persons are penalised for taking up work. [34924/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the names of agencies that provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services; the number of staff they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services; the numbers of staff they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has carried out or intends to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the use of agency staff and private contractors which includes a comparative analysis of the cost of those same services being provided by public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35200/11]

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Like other speakers, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I agree with previous speakers that it is important we bring into this House our experiences on the opportunity for ordinary people to stand for election and represent their communities here. Heretofore, membership of this House was confined to a privileged group of people. It depended on from what family one came, what...

Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: My query is on legislation. In the case of A, B and C v. Ireland, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human rights ruled unanimously that Ireland failed to implement the existing constitutional right to a lawful abortion in Ireland when a woman's life is at risk, including through the risk of suicide. When will the relevant legislation be introduced in the House?

Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: It has been waiting for 20 years.

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has responded to the letter handed to him recently by workers (details supplied) and members of Mandate in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, who have been on strike since April 2010 following their dismissal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo county manager told a meeting of Sligo County Council on 7 November 2011, that officials from the county council had meetings with senior civil servants from his Department to discuss the council's financial difficulties, further that the county manager...