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Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: I agree with those speakers who said this Bill is dotting the i's and crossing the t's but believe it has potential to go a little further in regard to some of the issues that arise. There are two issues I wish to raise, both of which relate to homeowners in arrears with their mortgages who face the repossession of their homes and bankruptcy. There have been 106 repossessions this year...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (12 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any material systemic issues involving a company (details supplied); if the Central Bank informed him of any issues with this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/11]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received submissions or proposals from Sligo Borough Council regarding the maisonettes at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; the dates on which the submissions or proposals were received; the contents of the submissions or proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (12 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 471: 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...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: When I first entered the Dáil I said "welcome to the coalition of cuts" and this has been vindicated given what we have just heard. I listened to Government backbenchers speak on this motion and laud the fact that the amount of SNAs has been increased to 350 and capped at 10,572. This is a nonsense argument and they know it. The number of hours allocated to each school to support children...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: While many of the inmates of residential institutions have been through the Residential Institutions Redress Board - representatives of One in Four informed me earlier today that the majority of those who wished to apply to the board have done so - a small number of survivors may decide later that they wish to seek redress from the board. For this reason, I concur with Deputy Pringle that...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (14 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plans for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, if the new proposed children's hospital at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, site goes ahead to competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/11]

Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: It is a sub-prime loan.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 (Seanad): Motion to Instruct the Committee (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: The first point I would make is that my union, the Communications Workers Union, is opposed to the liberalisation and privatisation of our public services, particularly any aspect of a service provided by An Post, and especially on this the third stage of the liberalisation of public services. It is important to lay that on the agenda this evening. As a member of that union, I support its...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 (Seanad): Motion to Instruct the Committee (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: I thought we are dealing with An Post.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 (Seanad): Motion to Instruct the Committee (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: For the purposes of clarity, is the Bill being taken separately from the issue of An Post?

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 (Seanad): Motion to Instruct the Committee (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: I was not expecting that.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 (Seanad): Motion to Instruct the Committee (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: I wanted to speak on the liberalisation of postal services. I agree with the allocation of money to both stations, although I am not prepared to speak other than briefly on the matter. There should be a separate vote on this issue because it is important that we consider it separately from that of An Post. I would hate to oppose the liberalisation of postal services if it meant I was...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Like the other speakers, I am not opposed to the amendments providing for the allocation of moneys to TG4. Perhaps the Minister would take on board a matter that has been raised with me. People in my community have expressed their anger at the wages many RTE presenters earn and they have raised the possibility of boycotting the payment of their television licence fee on that basis. That is...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: As I said earlier, I am a member of the Communications Workers Union, which opposes the liberalisation of the postal market and, in particular, the third postal directive. I am sure the point that one shoe size does not fit all has been made to the Minister on many occasions in recent months. He may have made a similar argument when he was on this side of the fence not so long ago. This EU...

Written Answers — Wage-Setting Mechanisms: Wage-Setting Mechanisms (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stakeholders with whom he met while consulting on the proposed changes to the joint labour committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20127/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Budgets: Local Authority Budgets (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit balance of all county and city councils, as outlined in their respective annual financial statements for the financial years ending 31 December 2008, 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010; if his...

Written Answers — Local Regeneration Projects: Local Regeneration Projects (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 10 May 2011, in which he confirmed that his Department is providing €2 million to Sligo Borough Council in respect of proposals for the regeneration of the eastern quadrant of Sligo, if he is in a position to indicate the boundaries of the eastern quadrant of...

Written Answers — Local Regeneration Projects: Local Regeneration Projects (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure of regeneration funding for the Cranmore and Eastern Quadrant project in Sligo on project staff salaries and wages, project office overheads, consultant fees, funding for the employment of a development worker and information officer by the Cranmore Community co-operative, the Cranmore...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jul 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose story was the subject of an RTE Prime Time programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21229/11]