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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]