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Wed, 8 May 2013
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Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
Joan Collins
204. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any legal considerations, obstacles or obligations, particularly in relation to environmental impact assessments in his consideration of the possible sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/13]
Wed, 8 May 2013
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Missing Persons Hotline
Joan Collins
205. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in the 116000 missing child number. [21628/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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Shared Ownership Scheme
Joan Collins
3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act 2009 to resolve the problems which are affecting people who availed of the shared ownership scheme. [20639/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation
Joan Collins
99. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the wind and wave energy projects, the tax and licensing terms of same; his views on whether the public adequately benefits from these natural resources. [20203/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Industrial Disputes
Joan Collins
116. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way that workers who have been in dispute with their employer for more than three years and who have been in the Labour Court and the High Court have still not received moneys owed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Youth Services Provision
Joan Collins
111. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the proposed cuts to youth projects and services via the City of Dublin Youth Services Board, CDYSB, in view of the importance of services to disadvantaged areas. [17521/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Industrial Relations
Joan Collins
625. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the appropriate official from her Department did not attend invitations to discuss a serious issue (details supplied) at the behest of the Labour Relations Commission; her views on the matter; and if she will instruct the appropriate official to indicate they will attend. [16827/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
Joan Collins
720. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will supply the terms of contract for the new Chairman (details supplied) of An Post, their annual salary, length of tenure and agreed pension arrangements. [16148/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Heritage Centres Funding
Joan Collins
779. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that in 2008 Sligo County Council sought approval from his Department to the raising of a loan of €6.4 million for a new Sligo Museum and an extension to the Model Arts and Niland Gallery, the total capital cost of the new Museum and extension to the Model and Niland Gallery was an estimated €23.5 million; if it was brought to his attention that the balance of the capital funding was to be provided by way of a contribution of €2 million from the Model Niland Gallery, a grant of €4.6 million from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism ACCESS I and II and Government grants of €10.5 million from the Gateway Innovation Fund and ACCESS III; if the loan was approved by his Department conditional on the balance of the funding being made available from the other sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16441/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Harbour Authorities Appointments
Joan Collins
19. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person who appointed the acting chairperson of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if it is possible to take up the issues of remuneration to the CEO with this acting chairperson in the absence of the new chairperson being appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Departmental Bodies
Joan Collins
77. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that the situation in Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company where a director was being paid director's fees from October 2012 to June 2012, despite not attending any meetings, will not be repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Forestry Sector
Joan Collins
140. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the upcoming meetings he is scheduled to attend on the proposed sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15004/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Forestry Sector
Joan Collins
141. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his areas of responsibility regarding Coillte and the possible sale of its harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Schools Building Projects Status
Joan Collins
256. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team for a school (details supplied) will be appointed and the stage of the project to build the school. [14992/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Invalidity Pension Payments
Joan Collins
328. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if, like other State pensions, invalidity pensions are paid for six weeks after the person receiving payment dies. [14979/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Foster Care Provision
Joan Collins
500. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the parents and/or guardians of fostered children highlighted in recent Health Information and Quality Authority reports as potentially not being safe, were informed that this may be the case by social services. [14981/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Departmental Funding
Joan Collins
336. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2001 a grant of €2.9 million was allocated to Sligo County Council from the arts and culture enhancement support scheme as a contribution towards the construction costs of a new county museum; and the reasons the project did not proceed. [14200/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Regeneration Funding
Joan Collins
362. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission from Sligo Borough Council seeking grant aid for the refurbishment of the Gate House at Doorly Park, County Sligo, to allow it to be used as a resource house by the local community in the Doorly Park/Martin Savage Terrace area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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HSE Agency Staff Issues
Joan Collins
487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if agency nurses have been employed in the medical wards in Sligo General Hospital at any time since 1 January 2011; the number employed each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13627/13]
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joan Collins
534. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/13]
Wed, 13 Mar 2013
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Water Charges
Joan Collins
140. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that water charges will be introduced on an assessed basis in 2014. [13273/13]
Wed, 13 Mar 2013
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Garda Investigations
Joan Collins
156. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on a person (details supplied). [13181/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Water Services Funding
Joan Collins
94. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided for waste water treatment plants outside urban centres of more than 500 population since 1992 and the funding provided for the construction of sewer networks, long sea outfalls and other sewage infrastructure outside urban centres of more than 500 population since 1992. [12781/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Traveller Accommodation
Joan Collins
104. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the recent underspend of €50 million by local authorities on Traveller accommodation in view of the latest European Commission report against racism and intolerance regarding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12780/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Community Welfare Services
Joan Collins
314. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if the community welfare offices currently in Curlew Road, Limekiln Road and Cashel Road are being moved into Parnell Road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12585/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Departmental Funding
Joan Collins
361. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of grant aid provided under ACCESS I and II for the development of a new museum in County Sligo; the total estimated capital cost of the museum project; where the balance of the funding is to be sourced; the current status of the museum project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12586/13]
Tue, 12 Mar 2013
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
Joan Collins
411. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his plans to extend the Ringsend waste water plant, Dublin, if he will ensure that appropriate assessments are carried out to ensure the protection of fishing jobs in the area. [6955/13]
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
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Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
Joan Collins
22. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has quantified the likely number of teaching jobs, course offerings and student places that may be lost as a result of his plans to increase the student-teacher ratio in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/13]
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
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Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
Joan Collins
57. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the planned change in the student teacher ratio of 1:17 to 1:19 in the further education sector will lead to the loss of many teachers with specialist skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/13]
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
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Local Authority Expenditure
Joan Collins
167. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that in 2008 Sligo County Council sought approval from his Department to the raising of a loan of €6.4 million for a new Sligo Museum and an extension to the Model Arts and Niland Gallery, that the total capital cost of the new Museum and extension to the Model and Niland Gallery was an estimated €23.5 million; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the balance of the capital funding was to be provided by way of a contribution of €2 million from the Model Niland Gallery, a grant of €4.6 million from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism ACCESS I and II and Government grants of €10.5 million from the Gateway Innovation Fund and ACCESS III; if the loan was approved by his Department conditional on the balance of the funding being made available from the other sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12171/13]
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
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Garda Vetting Applications
Joan Collins
174. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for Garda clearance was received in 2012 from the Irish Wheelchair Association, seeking clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; when the application is expected to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12034/13]
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
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HSE Agency Staff Issues
Joan Collins
235. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if agency nurses have been employed in the medical wards in Sligo General Hospital at any time since the 1 January 2013; the number employed each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Road Traffic Offences
Joan Collins
10. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the final report of the Assistant Garda Commissioner into allegations that fixed charge notices mainly for speeding have been inappropriately cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11604/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Road Traffic Offences
Joan Collins
11. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report the number of fixed penalty charges imposed in each Garda division in each month between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2012; the number of terminations of fixed penalty charges in each month; and if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons for such terminations. [11605/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Local Authority Finances
Joan Collins
150. Deputy Joan Collins asked 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 statutory report on the accounts of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31 December 2011, the Sligo county manager stated (details supplied); if at any time in advance of the Councils draft budget being published in December 2011 did his Department state that a significant voluntary redundancy package would be introduced in 2012; if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo county manager has stated that the 2012 financial outturn for the council is projected to be a deficit of approximately €2 million; if his Department has any role in ensuring that local authorities prepare realistic achievable budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11931/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Regeneration Projects Funding
Joan Collins
151. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding he has allocated for each regeneration project in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Regeneration Projects Funding
Joan Collins
152. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he allocated for a regeneration project (details supplied) in County Sligo, since 2006; the amount spent in each year on the regeneration programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/13]
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
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Local Government Elections
Joan Collins
153. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that there are currently 12 elected representatives on Sligo Borough Council and 25 elected representatives on Sligo County Council; the number of councillors there will be in Sligo following the June 2014 local government elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11935/13]
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
128. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office/body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11078/13]
Thu, 28 Feb 2013
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Budget 2014
Joan Collins
43. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if, following the recent Irish Bank Resolution Corporation-promissory note deal, it is his intention to pass on the benefit of the claimed €1 billion in savings in the form of a less severe budget adjustment in budget 2014; if so, if he will quantify the amount of any such new adjustment target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10631/13]
Thu, 28 Feb 2013
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Corporation Tax
Joan Collins
44. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if, given EUROSTAT figures that put Ireland's implicit tax rate at 6.8%, he will consider establishing a minimum effective corporation tax rate of 12.5% on the full amount of corporation pre-tax profits; if he will provide figures or projections on what such a minimum effective rate would yield in extra revenue to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10629/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Joan Collins
7. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis that have been reinstated; the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10373/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
58. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis that have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10995/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
147. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis that have been re-instated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
169. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10997/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
193. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within her Department or any office or body under her aegis who have been reinstated; if she will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11000/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
199. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
209. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10991/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
221. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/13]
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
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Departmental Staff Rehiring
Joan Collins
239. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis who have been reinstated; if he will provide details on the pay rates they are receiving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10998/13]