Results 1-18 of 18 for ukraine speaker:Michael Collins

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Michael Collins: ...protect itself from global conflicts due to its geographic isolation. Recent geopolitical changes like the NATO partnerships, the EU Common Security and Defence Policy, CSDP, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to a re-evaluation of Ireland's neutrality. However, I believe that maintaining neutrality remains our best choice for the future. Neutrality has been a cornerstone of Irish...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: ...on this neutrality. We must work with the bad people out there as well as the good people to try to see if we can marry them together and create peace in this world, peace in Gaza and peace in Ukraine. We must not be seen to take sides and cause more conflict and anger. Deputy McGrath mentioned the good people who have fought in places such as Jadotville and who have not been...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Michael Collins: ...found themselves last year, with many of them going bust trying to purchase fertiliser at an extraordinary price. We looked at the reports telling us that it was not just because of the war in Ukraine that this happened because the price was on the way up in 2021. I asked the farm organisations a question and there was not one with a dissenting voice. They felt the Minister did not...

European Union Directive: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU has adopted a series of sanctions against Russian and Belarusian individuals and companies. The implementation of restrictive EU measures has shown the complexity of identifying assets owned by those subject to sanctions who hide their assets across different jurisdictions through complex legal and financial structures. Those who wish to conceal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the regions in Ukraine the 73,000 refugees we have are from, that is, if they are from the areas of conflict or from the western part of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/23]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...a €134 million EU contribution and a Government of Ireland contribution of €116 million, and has the objective of providing resources to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine, through socio-economic development and support for coastal communities; - the fisheries data for 2021-2022, published in the first of what is expected to be an annual...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...the country, SME owners are worried and struggling as we head into the winter due to rising costs, higher interest rates and waning consumer confidence. While the Government cites the war in Ukraine as the rationale for this Bill, many other factors are also to blame. The Government's ongoing dysfunctional energy policies, for example, mean Irish consumers are paying much higher prices...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: ...on cleaner fuel sources, at some point in the future, will force a situation in which the lights go out. Energy costs and security have never been more central in public discourse. As the war in Ukraine rages, we are now acutely aware of just how fragile energy security is throughout Europe, but especially in Ireland. That is why the Rural Independent Group moved a Private Members'...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The extraordinary courage of journalists and media workers reporting from conflict areas in Ukraine and other parts of the world reminds us once again how crucial their work is in providing timely, trusted and fact-based information to the public. This debate should serve as an opportunity to celebrate their vital contribution and draw attention to the increasing pressures, threats and...

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...European Central Bank’s money-printing over the past two years, the policy move towards eliminating fossil fuels without first having alternatives in place and Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine have put paid to that. Spain recently approved an emergency package to mitigate the economic and social consequences of the Ukraine war, mobilising €16 billion in public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Michael Collins: .... Not a single person in Ireland is unaffected by rising costs. The direct impact of rising fuel costs on farmers, hauliers and fishermen is pushing up the cost of food. The ongoing situation in Ukraine has highlighted the need for Ireland to be self-sufficient from an energy perspective. I acknowledge that transitioning to renewable energy sources must be our key focus in the years...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...Approximately 7,000 people are in the direct provision system. All in all, when one adds the numbers together one will find we already had about 137,000 people in this country, prior to the war in Ukraine, waiting for a home. That is about the same number of people who currently live in counties Offaly and Monaghan combined. The Government's ongoing virtue signalling in taking in...

Eurojust: Motion (4 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...core international crimes. These are crimes Eurojust is competent to deal with. There are reasonable grounds to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity have been and are being committed in Ukraine. We all see, day and night, across our computer screens, our televisions, our newspapers and our phones the reality of these war crimes. However, as a country, we need to be more...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...the scenes and nobody will know where that ship ends up, or where the fuel will end up or where it comes from? I commend the people of west Cork on the kindness they have shown to the people of Ukraine. I have first-hand experience of the situation. I helped bring a young boy who had leukemia, Leonaid, into this country. This very ill little boy came from Ukraine with his parents....

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...has varied over time and has been contested since the 1970s but many people believe that Irish neutrality means whatever the Government of the day wants it to mean. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced some to consider where we stand when it comes to global affairs. A recent Sunday Independent poll reveals a clear, significant division in Irish society when it comes to foreign...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...are message crimes intended to frighten, intimidate and silence entire communities. Hatred comes in all shapes and sizes across the world, even in our own country. We see the sad situation in Ukraine at the moment where a Russian leader who must be full of hatred and the politicians who surround him continue to show such hatred and inflict such pain on innocent men, women and children....

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ..., in whom I tabled a vote of no confidence due to his handling of the health crisis at that time, which toppled the Government? He will be lucky if the same is not done with him. Due to Covid and now the war in Ukraine, the eye will be off the ball in this country. While the eye is off the ball, people will suffer. We must change our model of hospital care. We must look at the private...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: This motion, which I support, is very much to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We have heard and seen so much in the past few days about Ukraine and the terrible way its people are being treated in their own country by Russia, a move sanctioned by the Russian Government but which may not be supported by the majority of its Russian people. In the past few days,...