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Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to mortgages and other loans advanced by banks, the mechanism by which banks extend loans and facilities to clients; the process by which banks raise the moneys they loan out and where that money comes from; if it is true to say that, typically, a bank seeks firstly to secure the written undertaking of a would-be borrower to repay a...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of disagreements between a borrower and a lending bank, and with regard to reasonable requests by borrowers to see the original documentation governing the alleged agreement between the borrower and the bank in such circumstances, is it reasonable that a borrower should be entitled as of right to see the original signed contract...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the taking out of default insurance by banks, is it normal practice for a bank to take out default insurance on loans; is there a legal regulation or any other rule of enforcement stating that a bank must insure its loans against default; if yes, with whom is this insurance policy placed; is there any legal regulation for financial...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of borrower bank transactions, his view in relation to assertions by the borrower that, they should be entitled to a percentage of any profits arising from the bank making profitable dealings on the back of the sale of agreements to which they are a party; as taxpayers now own large percentages of various banks by virtue of very...

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to prevent a possible conflict of interest in relation to the European Central Bank's insistence that the State pays off the Anglo-Irish bond-holders, in the context in which the names of the benefitting bond-holders are being denied to him and he cannot therefore guarantee that there is no relationship between the members...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the timeline for the increase in mortgage interest supplement from last December's budget for loans between 2004 and 2008, to be passed on to holders of mortgages through Dublin City Council and other councils country wide. [17632/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Complaints Procedure: Local Authority Complaints Procedure (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written submissions, if any, he received from the County and City Managers Association in the period from the 1 of January 2011 to date in 2012; the date on which these submissions were received; the main matters covered in the submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18059/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit balance of all county and city councils in recent years (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the members of Sligo County Council were informed at their monthly...

Written Answers — Local Government Agencies: Local Government Agencies (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 912: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that as part of the rationalisation of State agencies a decision was made in 2009 to merge the Local Government Management Services Board and the Local Government Computer Service Board into a single body, the Local Government Management Agency; if it has further been...

Written Answers — Local Government Agencies: Local Government Agencies (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 913: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Association of County and City Councils and the City and County Managers Association submit their respective annual audited accounts to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19149/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the superintendent or caretaker of Sligo City Hall, retired in January 2012; if Sligo Borough Council sought a derogation from the moratorium to recruit a replacement superintendent or caretaker for the city hall; the decision, if any, that was taken on this...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (26 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual allowance and expenses each city and county manager received in 2010 and 2011. [21055/12]

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (26 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which written submissions were received from the County and City Managers Association in the period from the 1 January 2011 to date in 2012; the main matter covered in each submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21056/12]

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (26 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of the 13 March 2012, in which he stated that he personally did not receive any written submissions from the City and County Managers Association, if officials in his Department received written submissions from the County and City Managers Association in the period...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (26 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two patrol cars that were assigned to Community Gardaí in Sundrive and Crumlin Village Garda Stations, Dublin are currently in the depot for repair with no replacement cars being made available; the reason this situation has arisen and the actions he will take to remedy it...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (8 May 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) moving more than 300 jobs from Dundalk and Dublin to Northern Ireland, following on from the moving of 140 jobs last year to India and Egypt; and the contact he has had with the company in relation to said job losses. [22964/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 May 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 25 April 2012, if she will stop referring to people who have entitlements to the safety net of social welfare provision as customers as used in her reply to the question regarding childcare provision, as the relationship between state services and citizens is not one of customers and owners;...

Written Answers — Local Authority Expenditure: Local Authority Expenditure (8 May 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined Sligo County Council's 2012 budget; his views on whether it is an acceptable and balanced budget and sufficient to meet the proposed income and expenditure of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22739/12]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 May 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the Action Plan for Jobs (details supplied) which proposes to examine the bus market with a view to opening PSO routes post 2014 has the potential to not only impact on the revenue and job sustainability of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann but also increase the level of subvention required to fund the provision of...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (10 May 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns which those who rely on personal assistance services in relation to a rumoured 3.7% cut in the service being passed on by the Health Service Executive to the agencies and service providers who provide these essential services in view of the fact that cuts to these services will gravely affect...