Results 161-180 of 235 for going forward speaker:Michael Collins

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Collins: I welcome this motion and commend Sinn Féin on putting it forward. I have great doubts, however, that anything will be done about the issues many Deputies have raised tonight. I am afraid this will all fall on deaf ears, as has happened before. However, I hope that will not happen tonight. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, has hailed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2019)

Michael Collins: ...community. Post Brexit, the livelihoods of many families could be in danger in both agriculture and fisheries. Both industries face challenges and need to each be represented by a Minister going forward. Will this Government divide the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine into two independent Departments with a Minister in charge of each in the interests of both industries?

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Collins: ...nightmare will start in this country. Has the Minister met with the private operators? If the Minister is not talking to these private operators we could be faced with a far bigger problem than we imagine going forward.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2019)

Michael Collins: ...due to Brexit. In the UK British Ministers and MPs are making it very clear that when Brexit kicks in, Irish fishermen are to be kicked out of UK waters. This is how they will protect their fishermen going forward. What will happen when other European vessels are put out of UK waters? The real concern is they will head straight into Irish waters where they have been made more than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2019)

Michael Collins: ...among Irish fishermen is at an all-time low. These hardworking men across the country have given blood, sweat and tears to their profession and have seen their every right eroded by successive Governments year after year, decade after decade. Fishermen have no faith in the political system. They feel strongly that there is no concession to be made in any negotiations with Europe and...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: In his reply the Minister of State said that discussions have been going on since 2011. I was elected to this House in 2016 and before that I was a member of Cork County Council. If discussions have been going on at ground level, why was the Government not listening to the councillors? They are the people at ground level to whom the Minister of State should be listening. I was listening...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: I would like to speak to the amendment. Deputy Ryan is well able to speak on behalf of the people of Cork, especially as he come down to my parish to get married. I would never doubt his good intentions for the people of Cork. The Bill will have detrimental consequences for people living in County Cork and in the constituency I represent. I have no doubt about this. I have brought...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: ...qualifications had previously been recognised in Ireland. Currently, we have a shortage of healthcare professionals and the Bill could help relieve the problem. I have repeatedly called on the Government to act to reduce the long waiting lists that exist, but it is not listening. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and I have taken 18 buses to Belfast and the 19th is travelling next week to allow...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: ...have received it. There is a strong feeling that Irish fishermen are the poor relations in Irish politics and that these Brexit negotiations are proof of this. They need continued access to quota going forward.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: ...abort a baby is an irreversible one and our children deserve our support before being asked to make that decision. Our group has tabled this amendment with the intent of protecting the mother of the child going forward, an issue that is of major importance to us. Please, support the amendment so that we can provide our children with that support when they are at their most vulnerable.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: ...with omissions from this Bill to protect a baby in what is an unlikely situation, albeit one that does happen and there is proof out there. As Deputy O'Keeffe said, what we are trying to put forward in this amendment is the same as what is in our Constitution and I fully agree with him. The Minister says that this is not what we do in our hospitals but we do not perform abortions in...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: ...this Bill to ensure that doctors would give care to infants born alive as a result of a failed abortion because our doctors know how to care for the infants. However, the Minister seems to have forgotten that in this case the doctor was likely to be the doctor who had been tasked with ending the baby's life, therefore surely the Minister can appreciate that there may be a conflict as to...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: ...not be frowning, laughing, smirking, nodding and winking about other Deputies' amendments when they move them because they feel they are genuine in what they want to do. I support this amendment going forward.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: ...a lovely little child. Reference was made by a Deputy to a businessman backing us. The Deputy many have meant all of us but I certainly have no businessman or businesswoman behind me. We have put forward these amendments and we have been very respectful throughout this debate, be it in this House or in committee. We put forward the least number of amendments. We were the ones who...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: My colleagues in the Rural Independent Group and I have put forward this motion on wastewater services this evening. The Environmental Protection Agency carried out a report in 2017. It found that: the wastewater treatment in 28 of Ireland's 179 large urban areas failed to meet European Union standards; raw sewage from the equivalent of 88,000 people in 38 towns and villages flows into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...I was elected to the Dáil and he has a great interest in and understanding of rural communities. I echo the sentiments expressed by Senator Coffey regarding it being an excellent appointment. I look forward to working with the Minister of State. The rural regeneration programme is of interest to any active rural Deputy. It is a difficult time in rural Ireland. Similar to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...people than they are. There are now two Irelands. I have been of that mindset for a hell of a long time but the budget yesterday proved it. One Ireland is in Dublin. The other Ireland, the forgotten one, is rural Ireland. In the programme for Government, to convince rural TDs to support the Government and in some way be seen to accept that Fine Gael ripped rural Ireland apart in the...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...talk down to me. I was only asking an honest question. This is the time to clarify this. The total time I have spent contributing on this issue is 20 minutes and we have a right to speak and put forward amendments. There is no point clarifying matters when the horse has bolted. There is still confusion over the directional signage. It came up during the debate last week when the...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...because of the illegal activities of others? It is time we stood up and took action. I welcome this Bill as it is a step in the right direction. I support any individuals and business owners who go about their day-to-day lives and business lawfully. We have seen businesses suffer greatly with crippling insurance costs, with their public liability insurance increasing by as much as 70%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Irish Local Development Network (27 Sep 2018)

Michael Collins: I thank those who have contributed this morning. It is interesting to hear what has been going on in other communities. Dr. Cooke's story is known the length and breadth of the country. It is a fabulous project. I attended a community council meeting in Goleen in Mizen Head in west Cork last Monday night and we were talking about it, believe it or not, because we had purchased a bit of...