Results 41-54 of 54 for 5 million speaker:Joan Collins

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Joan Collins: ...are under. I have to ask what the problem is with an emergency budget. We are not in a crisis with the State's finances, as noted in the motion. The Government is set to take in an extra €5.6 billion this year over what was expected in the budget last October. The Government can afford to act and act now. As also noted in the motion, there are factors in this crisis...

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Joan Collins: ...they had joined the union. The ten who had were made redundant practically the following day. The Gleeson Group is not a small company led by a maverick employer. The company, which employed 750 people at that time, distributes Tipperary Water and Gilbeys Wines and made a profit of just under €5 million last year. The owner, Pat Cooney, threatened to sack half of his workforce...

European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: ...such proposal is denounced as a demand for a debt write-off which cannot be countenanced under any circumstance. The Minister for Finance came out with a despicable statement that they still owed us €350 million. This is consistent with the "No" vote and the boycott by the Government of the UN committee on international debt in New York today. It is unbelievable that the...

Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: ...any chance of dealing with this crisis, thousands of houses a year would need to be built in the State over the coming decades. It has been reported that the Housing Commission has estimated that between 42,000 and 62,000 new housing units will need be built per year until 2050. There is a clear need for those houses to be built. There is a deep need for homes in this country but there...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Joan Collins: I welcome the restoration of the full PUP to €350 a week and the restoration of the wage supplement. This should have been included in the budget but as I noted during the budget debate, it was inevitable that we would move to stricter restrictions very soon. The proposal to tax the PUP is mean, miserly and unnecessary. The last thing workers who have been laid off and whose incomes...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Joan Collins: ...is still time to fix the problem and raise core social protection incomes by at least €20 in the Social Welfare Bill 2022, rather than by €12 as announced on budget day. This would cost an additional €600 million at a time when tax revenue is buoyant from multiple sources, not just corporation tax. For older people the loss of spending power makes all the difference...

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: ...to do shopping. Public transport provides a very important social service. I will do all in my power to support such a service in our community. We also had a problem with the change to the No. 150 bus service. In the past three weeks Dublin Bus has again reduced the frequency, which has an impact on the level of service to the community. If a service becomes less regular, people...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: ...the Bill has the robustness to deal with some of the issues raised in the dispute. We have another situation with 17 workers at Kishoge community college in Lucan. The contractor was paid €95,000 but only €35,000 has been paid to the workers. Issues arise with regard to relevant contract tax and the workers having to be self-employed subcontractors. The money trickling...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Joan Collins: ...with Allied Irish Banks. This is the rogue bank among rogue banks. It competes well with Anglo Irish Bank and National Irish Bank for the title. This bank has bought us the ICI debacle of 1985, the bogus non-resident accounts, the DIRT scandal, loan write-offs to Charlie Haughey and Garret FitzGerald, rogue trading by John Rusnak, the Faldor tax evasion scheme for executives and...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Joan Collins: ...time and again, that the programme of austerity is not working. It has resulted in the collapse of the domestic economy. Only one statistic is required to show the level of collapse, namely, the 25% fall in demand, which is the worst such fall in any EU economy since the Second World War. We see this in our communities and our local villages when places close down. The shops where...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Joan Collins: ...scrutinise the Estimate, which is understandable but regrettable. The format it has been issued in makes it very difficult to read. We are really voting on the macro moneys and the broad figures of €115 million per month for taking over the private hospitals, paying the rent, testing and tracking and personal protective equipment critical to respond to Covid-19. I want to try to...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: ...while the average family household with two adults and two children could be expected on these figures to enjoy an annual income of more than €140,000 per year, 33% of households earn less than €30,000, 56% earn less than €50,000 and 62% earn less than the mean household income of €56,000. A household earning more than €60,000 is classified as high...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Joan Collins: ...Ireland, like almost every country in the world, has seen a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom of our society to the top over the past few decades. In Ireland today, two billionaires own 50% more wealth than the bottom half of this country's population. We should think on this and absorb it. This is not an accident but is a political decision made by successive governments to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: ...to allow for the investigation of all suspect payments to politicians and local authority officials in connection with a spate of rezonings in Dublin city. The tribunal cost the public in or around €250 million, taking into account third party costs, so it was a high price to pay for the grubby actions of certain people - politicians, developers and planners - involved in the...