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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: Yes, the Senator has a vote. Would he like to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: Is Senator Warfield finished asking questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: We will take questions from other members who have indicated a desire to speak and then we will hear answers from the witnesses. Deputy Canney is next and he will be followed by Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: I ask the Deputy to do something with his phone as it is causing interference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: The phone is underneath Deputy Healy-Rae's desk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: I thank Senator Warfield and Deputies Canney, Danny Healy-Rae and Ó Cuív for their questions. I am going back to the witnesses for their final round of comments. I realise that many of them have a long journey back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: Did Mr. McDonald want to say anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: That is perfect. I call Mr. Downes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: I am delighted that there is a fellow Cork person here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: I thank Ms Logue. That concludes our consideration of the matter. I thank the representatives of the Galway International Arts Festival, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Kilkenny Arts Festival and Listowel Writers Week for their assistance.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: Page 118 of the programme for Government, under the heading of agriculture and the marine, states: "Our existing systems to ensure producers and consumers can be assured of quality from farm to fork will be strengthened and maintained to the highest of standards." A recent report from DG SANTE, the health and safety arm of the European Commission, found that many of the post mortem...
- Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (3 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on today's motion regarding the establishment of a special joint committee on climate action. This is all well and good if the committee addresses the issues and concerns of the people head on and not become just another junket layer of bureaucracy. I listened to previous speakers who attacked the agriculture sector in respect of climate change. Farmers...
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: On page 119 of the programme for Government, under the heading "Seafood and the Marine", the Government states it is committed to the development of the inshore fisheries sector. Hundreds of people attended a peaceful protest in Bantry last Sunday to do all they can to stop mechanical harvesting of 1,860 acres of kelp off the stunning Bantry Bay. BioAtlantis wrote to the Department last...
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Michael Collins: This licence was granted in 2009.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Michael Collins: Page 97 of the programme for Government promises: "We will double the number of apprenticeships to provide a total of 31,000 places by 2020". However, employers throughout west Cork are telling me that there is a scarcity of skilled tradespeople on the ground. Will the Government overturn the decision in the 2014 budget to impose the new pro ratastudent contribution, and reinstate the State...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Michael Collins: The Tánaiste was not even here for the debate.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Michael Collins: Has the Minister set aside the provision for roads like those in west Cork? The millions required by Transport Infrastructure Ireland would lead to saving lives.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Michael Collins: It is not.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)
Michael Collins: It is a bit unfair as I have not spoken very long on this matter at all.