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Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2023)

Michael Collins: Construction safety is important and that goes without being noticed. We are putting those in the construction industry, the builders, in a difficult position. They have to comply with Safe Pass. They have to comply with so much it is making it almost impossible for them to get a day's work or a good week's work done. It will put the price of housing up more severely. The construction...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: This Government states that this legislation is aimed at keeping so-called cowboy builders out of the industry so that everybody should be confident in the knowledge that their homes will be built to the highest standards and that any professional service they use is also of a certain standard. I sincerely hope that this Government’s aim to guard against a recurrence of housing...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: ...are applying for planning permission and they are being refused left, right and centre. There are beautiful green-field sites. The young people's plans pass the architectural rules, the guidelines on the roadside, and perhaps the council is happy with everything. Then, however, there is an issue with the scenic landscape or every other cock and bull story is put before them. It is a...

Flooding in County Donegal: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: ...their farms, homes and businesses to their pre-2015 state. I welcome that a €10 million flood relief scheme for Bandon town is being advanced by the OPW in partnership with Cork County Council. This scheme will help alleviate serious flooding of Bandon although it will take a number of years for the scheme to go through feasibility, planning and procurement processes and...