Results 321-340 of 2,209 for speaker:Joan Collins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Agencies (22 Nov 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local Government Management Services Board in 2009 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Court Orders (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures and systems in place to restrict children travelling from Ireland, who are restricted from doing so by family court orders without the permission of the second parent or guardian, in particular to the UK where a passport is not a requirement for entry. [53870/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Management (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local Government Management Services Board in 2010 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1131 of 18 September 2012, if he has considered the report of the independent financial consultant engaged by Sligo County Council to review its critical financial position; his response to the recommendations made by the independent consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (4 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Workforce Planning Group has recommended that between two and three directors of service in addition to a head of finance is optimal for level five local authorities which includes Sligo County Council; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (12 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures and systems in place to restrict children travelling from Ireland, who are restricted from doing so by family court orders without the permission of the second parent or guardian, in particular to the UK where a passport is not a requirement for entry. [55847/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the waiting times for applications for social welfaree payments and the waiting times for arrears to be paid for each social welfare payment; her views on the waiting times in general; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56054/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.1131 of the 18 September 2012, if he has considered the report of the independent financial consultant engaged by Sligo County Council to review its critical financial position; the response of his Department to the recommendations made by the independent consultants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the members of the Local Government Workforce Planning Group; the terms of reference of the group; the dates of meetings of the Group since it was established; the funding that is provided for the group; the source of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56361/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the members of the Local Government Efficiency Review Implementation Group; the terms of reference of the group; the dates of meetings of the group since it was established; the funding that is provided for the group; the source of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56362/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff employed by Sligo County Council on 1 January 2012; the grade and job title of every staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Local Government Auditors Statutory Report on the accounts of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31 December 2011, the Sligo County Manager states that the councils 2012 budget was agreed on the assumption that a sum of €4 million income in the draft budget...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers (16 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax relief for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is planned on being increased from the current figure of €15,875 in line with the increase in purchase costs, conversion costs and maintenance costs (details supplied) and if he will confirm that the tax relief is over two years and will remain so. [1963/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate a company (details supplied), a participant in the jobbridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1694/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Unemployment Levels (17 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that according to his Department's own projections that there will a 0% increase in the net level of unemployment by the end of 2013 and that even if his projections are realised unemployment will drop by in the region of 2% by the end of 2015; if he will respond to the projections of the Nevin institute that unemployment may even rise over...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (17 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the recent bond sales by the National Treasury Management Agecny will, in fact, increase by a significant amount the annual debt interest payments required to be paid by the state on its borrowings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1990/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (22 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012, Part 14, Offences and Penalties section 146, other than by court action whether Revenue has the authority to collect a penalty arising from (a) or (b) of section 146. [2287/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form by local authority the number of inspections on local authority houses in relation to condensation and or dampness. [3756/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (30 Jan 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the information he has regarding the unaccounted for water in private estates built during the period 1992 to 2012 receiving treated water from public water mains and the measures that have been taken to charge the developers of these estates for this wasted resource. [5563/13]