Results 81-100 of 5,110 for speaker:Joan Collins

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

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

State Visits (8 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Why did you not ask him?

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...

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...

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

Joan Collins: He was not a labourer.

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]

Business Regulation (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Does the Minister agree that the issue is one of income and demand rather than the wage levels in sectors governed by joint labour committees and employment regulation orders? There is no demand for restaurant and hotel services because people do not have money. For this reason, reducing overtime and Sunday rates, as has been proposed, will not have an impact on the hospitality industry....

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group published in July 2010 has been circulated to the chair or meeting administrator of each local authority to allow for the contents to be considered by the elected councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14776/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the travel and subsistence charges that were refunded by the Local Government Management Services Board in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the sum claimed by staff and members of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14778/11]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the submissions made to the local government efficiency review group are available for inspection; the way a citizen can access them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14784/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (9 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Office for Local Authority Management is the headquarters of the County and City Managers' Association and provides management support services including administrative and secretarial services to the CCMA; the number of staff employed in the Office for...

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]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Deputy Clare Daly made the point that there is no evidence that what is proposed in this section will lead to the creation of jobs. That is what the section is supposed to be about in the first instance. I would like to address this issue and also that which relates to pay. Earlier, the Minister referred to the fact that the section reverses the cut to the minimum wage. That is a welcome...

Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Is the Minister saying she is carrying on the cuts Fianna Fáil introduced, because she has laid out the process since 2009? Is extending the age for the State pension reflective of quotes from people like Colm McCarthy of an bord snip nua who, in the Irish Examiner in July 2009, stated that people used to snuff it at 70 but they have now decided to snuff it at 80, 85 or 90 and that...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: I also request that the Minister remove section 6, which will end, from 2014, the transition year between the ages of 65 and 66 during which the State pension becomes available and enters into effect. This is an extremely regressive step and it is one of the meanest cuts contained in the legislation. As I recall, it was first recommended in Colm McCarthy's an bord snip nua report. I quoted...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: Nothing the Minister has said about this Bill has convinced me not to oppose it. It is a mean cut, particularly in section 6. I do not understand the logic of this. The Minister has stated that the debate started in 2008, and was based on the fact that-----

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: So in 1994 we were talking about raising the pension age to 68.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Joan Collins: The point is that it is being discussed now and there has not been any real debate, because I have not heard much about it in the past 20 years. The Minister specifically stated that the debate began in earnest in 2008 under the last Government, under advice from those economists linked into the Celtic tiger idea and the trade unions linked into partnership. The debate started at a time...