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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister of State for her attendance today. She acknowledges that there is a crisis and she has seen the interest in this issue in recent months. It has been going on for some time but is now coming to a head. This is a huge issue for farmers and foresters. It is also a huge issue for companies like GP Wood, which employs 500 people in west Cork. This firm is now forced to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I am interested in what is going on here because a severe penalty will be put on farmers by this. I have a conflict of interest in this regard because I am a small farmer. We know exactly what will happen here and who will be hit hardest. As I was listening to the discussion, I remembered that my father worked in a local co-operative for 48 years. He dispensed of these products in a safe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: Many of the questions I wished to pose have already been asked. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine should be protecting the farmer. The farmer will be hard hit. The sector cannot take the hit at this point because it has taken many in recent years and is facing into very worrying times with the advent of Brexit. From what was said earlier, I gather that this is not a...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: There are many issues I would like to speak on this evening. Agriculture and other issues are very important in relation to Brexit but I will concentrate on two issues. Brexit is generating a fallout for the fishing industry. It is already visible with a huge increase in the number of foreign boats operating in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone, the EEZ. Irish vessels have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: Thousands of children and adults with disabilities are severely restricted in this country as they cannot find a toilet with proper equipment. They often have to go through the indignity of being changed on the floor of a public toilet or stay at home altogether. Changing Places toilet facilities are urgently needed in every county in Ireland. In Northern Ireland, there are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: They do not have the money.

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I thank Deputy Michael McNamara and all the Independents for tabling this motion. I welcome the state aid. Cork Airport is worth €1 billion to the local economy, an amount that represents 95% of their business. That business is gone this year, leaving places such as Kinsale, Clonakilty and west towards Mizen Head badly affected. The airport needs the cash injection. Airlines have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: Yesterday, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, announced €63.5 million for a range of greenway projects throughout the country for 2021. The Minister went on to pat the Government on the back by saying this was the highest single year amount ever allocated to greenways. He went on to say this showed the commitment of this Government to providing a step-change in the way in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the national broadband plan mapping exercise for the intervention area performed by a company (details supplied); if his Department has carried out an analysis of the new network being deployed by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a series of matters in relation to speed limits on the N71 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the case of first-time buyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a delay in applications for PPSN cards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34391/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I will be voting against the Bill, mainly due to the regressive carbon tax measures in it. The carbon tax is an attack on the people of rural Ireland and the people of my constituency of Cork South-West. It is an attack on the lorry driver, the agricultural contractors, the fishermen who must fill their trawlers and the ordinary father and mother who go to work every day and take their kids...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: Many farmers are stuck in the forestry felling licence backlog, with some people waiting two years and more. Will this Government now take urgent action to clear the backlog? Genuine applicants from west Cork have been caught up in this delay for months. One person has his forestry rotting in the ground due to the impact of a storm and it has not been possible to get a felling licence....

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that the Programme for Government contains a commitment to maintain a multiannual investment programme in flood relief measures to protect flood risk communities; — that the objective of the European Union (EU) Floods Directive (2007/60/EU) is to establish a framework for the assessment and management of flood risks to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 196. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will clarify the position in relation to small retailers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an R plate for drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 446. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families still have not received the primary medical certificate in view of the judgment on 18 June 2020 and his statement on 6 October 2020 that the families would be granted the certificate; his views on the fact that further costs could be incurred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a reduction on the television licences in public houses in view that these businesses are closed for the most part of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33060/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: 787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters regarding schools and positive tests for Covid-19 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33239/20]