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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken at EU and international level to ensure that the fundamental human rights of Kashmiri people are being upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of the EU to recent developments in Kashmir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Rohingya; the efforts being made at EU level to safeguard same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; the response of the EU to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied) regarding a replacement boiler that is urgently needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the transition from diesel to electric buses and coaches (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38818/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (24 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of preparations for the establishment of the office and elections for the position of directly elected mayor of Limerick City and County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38530/19]

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports the Bill, the purpose of which is to enable Ireland to become a state party to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The treaty prohibits participation in a range of activities relating to the transfer, development and use of nuclear weapons. Ireland has a long history in working towards the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: My question is to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. In May, in conjunction with the local and European elections, the people of Limerick voted in a plebiscite to accept the principle and concept of a directly elected mayor. I raised the following issue with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, last July by way of parliamentary question. What is the status of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report on progress towards the building programme of a school (details supplied) will be provided; the schedule being followed; the details of contracts being made; if his attention has been brought to the concerns of the school community in respect of the delays and the view that the buildings are not safe and that the situation is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who entered the direct provision system in each year since 2000; the numbers of persons having being processed through the direct provision system that were subsequently naturalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37888/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I again raise the issue of beef farmers in my Limerick constituency with the Minister. It is fair to say that this issue has been dragging on far too long. The talks, which the Minister convened belatedly, have yielded some result but it is important we realise that this is only the beginning of the process of sorting out the issue for beef farmers. There is no other business - farming...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the announcement by the Israeli Prime Minister that he will annex large parts of the occupied West Bank if re-elected; the steps he believes should be taken at EU level in response to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37461/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: It is hard to have any confidence that we will see any progress, as I believe the Tánaiste will agree, if one looks at the pattern, with the deteriorating situation in Gaza, the cutting of humanitarian funding to UNRA, the closing of the Palestinian mission in Washington, the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the nation-state Act and so on. These developments,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I understand the E3 visa project and the fact that the Bill nearly passed on the previous occasion and that one Senator put a hole in it. What I am focusing on are the undocumented Irish in the United States. Where do matters stand in the context of finding a pathway, a glimmer of hope or a light at the end of the tunnel in order to regularise their status in the United States? I refer to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent progress made in addressing the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37465/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I ask the Tánaiste to update us on the progress, if any, in regard to the undocumented Irish in the United States.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: I thank the Tánaiste. We are all aware this is a long-running issue and there has not been any significant progress. We saw during the summer that a number of raids were carried out in the United States, which terrified Irish communities. Obviously, Irish man, Keith Byrne, was at the centre of one of those raids, which showed the vulnerability of Irish people living in the United...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (17 Sep 2019)

Niall Collins: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Anglo-Irish relations and the way in which the Government proposes to ensure ongoing and sustained dialogue between the United Kingdom and Ireland in a post-Brexit environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/19]