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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has carried out or intends to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the use of agency staff and private contractors which includes a comparative analysis of the cost of those same services being provided by public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35200/11]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has responded to the letter handed to him recently by workers (details supplied) and members of Mandate in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, who have been on strike since April 2010 following their dismissal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo county manager told a meeting of Sligo County Council on 7 November 2011, that officials from the county council had meetings with senior civil servants from his Department to discuss the council's financial difficulties, further that the county manager...

Written Answers — Registry of Friendly Societies: Registry of Friendly Societies (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that societies registered by the Registrar of Friendly Societies are required by law to file an annual return with the Registry of Friendly Societies no later than 31 March each year and that non-filing of annual returns constitutes an offence under the Industrial and Provident...

Written Answers — Budgetary Measures: Budgetary Measures (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a child poverty impact assessment was carried out in relation to potential cuts in the forthcoming budget; and if so, if the findings of such an assessment will be made available on the same day as the budget. [37025/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Local Government Auditor's report presented to the Council in 2010, the auditor pointed out that Sligo County Council borrowed €11.2 million to purchase lands at Lisnalurg, Sligo, and that the council subsequently sold some of the lands in question...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a requirement for general practitioners who have medical card patients to have a walk-in element to their practice. [37021/11]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the nine projects submitted by Sligo County Council to the National Roads Authority for consideration for funding under the 2012 specific improvement grants in respect of regional and local roads; if the nine projects were prioritised by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Registry of Friendly Societies: Registry of Friendly Societies (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 93 industrial and provident societies have failed consecutively for the past five years to submit annual returns to the Registry of Friendly Societies; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the non-filing of annual returns constitutes an offence under the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Finances: Local Authority Finances (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outstanding debt at the end of 2010 of each local authority here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/11]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in the Cranmore estate, Sligo, that were vacant on 31 October 2011; the number that have been vacant for more than three months; if any of the regeneration funding provided by him in the current year has been used to refurbish vacant houses in the estate; when the vacant...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when Sligo County Council sought and received sanction from him for a term loan of €15 million in 2010 it stated in its application that the purpose to which the loan was to be applied was to fund balances in its capital account that remained unfunded,...

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the contingency plans in place for Ireland to produce its own currency in the event of the euro collapsing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38505/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the statement (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive's decision to close a nursing home, if he will confirm if the HSE's estimate of €3 million for essential works to make the home compliant with national quality standards include any additional measures, not agreed in the Health Information and Quality...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision by FÁS - Solas to increase the age of eligibility from 15 to 16 for local training initiative courses, in particular the expected social impacts on previously eligible 15 year olds [39247/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (15 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Local Government Fund grant to each local authority for 2012; the percentage reduction in the local government fund grant to each local authority on the 2011 figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40653/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 30 November 2011, the date on which refurbishment works commenced on the 12 housing units in the Cranmore Estate, Sligo; the date the refurbishment works will be completed; the date on which the units will be available for re-letting; the funding provided by him...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (15 Dec 2011)

Joan Collins: Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for the community warden scheme in Cranmore Estate, Sligo, was provided by him through the sustaining communities fund over the period 2008 to 2010; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that in February 2011 he invited local authorities...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the latest developments in Syria and the use of extreme violence by the State against democracy activists; the role that he and the EU will play in supporting the democracy movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2336/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jan 2012)

Joan Collins: Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments in Egypt and particularly the use of violence by State forces against democracy activists; the role he sees for him and the EU in supporting the democracy movement in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2337/12]