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Commercial Rates: Motion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: I lean towards supporting the Sinn Féin amendment. While recognising the burden placed by rates on struggling small businesses, I cannot endorse a motion calling for the implementation of the local government efficiency review group recommendations. This review calls for a €500 million cut in local authority funding on top of cuts going back years which have seriously undermined local...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: I welcome this debate. The claim by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, on 16 November that creating jobs would be made a top priority of the Government simply does not stand up against the facts. On what is the idea that the IDA is on target to create 105,000 new jobs, with 640 investments, based? In effect, there is an investment strike by the private sector....

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: I support the Sinn Féin motion. I raised this issue previously with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, when I specifically put the question to her on the basis of the 2010 UNICEF report, The Children Left Behind: A League Table of Inequality in Child well-being in the World's Rich Countries, and asked her whether she would stand over a cut in child benefit or oppose it if it was...

Written Answers — Registry of Friendly Societies: Registry of Friendly Societies (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that societies registered by the Registrar of Friendly Societies are required by law to file an annual return with the Registry of Friendly Societies no later than 31 March each year and that non-filing of annual returns constitutes an offence under the Industrial and Provident...

Written Answers — Budgetary Measures: Budgetary Measures (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a child poverty impact assessment was carried out in relation to potential cuts in the forthcoming budget; and if so, if the findings of such an assessment will be made available on the same day as the budget. [37025/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Local Government Auditor's report presented to the Council in 2010, the auditor pointed out that Sligo County Council borrowed €11.2 million to purchase lands at Lisnalurg, Sligo, and that the council subsequently sold some of the lands in question...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a requirement for general practitioners who have medical card patients to have a walk-in element to their practice. [37021/11]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the nine projects submitted by Sligo County Council to the National Roads Authority for consideration for funding under the 2012 specific improvement grants in respect of regional and local roads; if the nine projects were prioritised by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Water Services (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide funds to local authorities to update water infrastructure to deal with persistent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37727/11]

Local Authority Housing (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the average rental revenue received by local authorities per council house and the amount that would be received by local authorities if all those currently in receipt of rent allowance, or in the rental accommodation scheme or long term leasing arrangements with private landlords were in council houses;...

Written Answers — Registry of Friendly Societies: Registry of Friendly Societies (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 93 industrial and provident societies have failed consecutively for the past five years to submit annual returns to the Registry of Friendly Societies; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the non-filing of annual returns constitutes an offence under the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Finances: Local Authority Finances (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outstanding debt at the end of 2010 of each local authority here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/11]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in the Cranmore estate, Sligo, that were vacant on 31 October 2011; the number that have been vacant for more than three months; if any of the regeneration funding provided by him in the current year has been used to refurbish vacant houses in the estate; when the vacant...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when Sligo County Council sought and received sanction from him for a term loan of €15 million in 2010 it stated in its application that the purpose to which the loan was to be applied was to fund balances in its capital account that remained unfunded,...

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I am sick of Labour Party Members claiming theirs is the only party opposed to the bank guarantee. If that is so, why are they supporting its extension? Are they saying that it is now necessary to do so in order to prevent deposit flight and a run on the banks? Those are the arguments used by Fianna Fáil and the Green Party for the...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Murphy for bringing this Bill forward. It offers an opportunity to speak on the general issue of the presidency. Many people in this country believe, and I certainly believed, that the presidency was only established as a grazing ground for the political elites in this country. It only became a political issue in the political debate surrounding Mary Robinson when she stood...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Two weeks ago Deputy Daly and I asked a question on when the expert group on the ABC v. Ireland judgment would be set up. I understand the European Court of Human Rights instructed the Government to set it up before the end of November. Unfortunately, the Taoiseach's reply in writing is as vague as his replies to many Members in the Chamber. It does not state when it will be set up and I...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: This is one of the many smash and grab proposals that does not make sense. This is part of austerity and part and parcel of taking more money out of people's pockets when they can ill afford to have it taken from them. Members said they have been contacted by people and have attended meetings. People from the Crumlin village area have contacted me, including one man who said that if this...

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the contingency plans in place for Ireland to produce its own currency in the event of the euro collapsing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38505/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the statement (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive's decision to close a nursing home, if he will confirm if the HSE's estimate of €3 million for essential works to make the home compliant with national quality standards include any additional measures, not agreed in the Health Information and Quality...