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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, in light of the article published on 21 March 2024 in the Irish Medical Journal which described the case of a woman treated for an ectopic pregnancy three days after a medical termination of pregnancy, how many cases there have been in Ireland from 2019 to date where an ectopic pregnancy was treated in an Irish hospital following a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1566. To ask the Minister for Health the number and categorical heading of adverse incidents on record which has followed termination of pregnancy from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15115/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1567. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure employers of Section 39 organisations receive the same pay and conditions as their counterparts employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1568. To ask the Minister for Health the reason money was allocated to provide only for a lump sum payment in respect of money due to Section 39 workers in the past year and no funds allocated to sustain the increase going forward. [15121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pay parity for section 39 employees is taking so long (details supplied). [15122/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1573. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be given a primary medical certificate, given the circumstances. [15128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: 1711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in light of the Policy Our Living Islands, her plans to bring parity to the administration funding provided to Sherkin Island Development Company to run services on Sherkin Island, to bring it in line with the funding provided to other inhabited islands around the coast between now and the promised review of the services later in...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: Excuse me, I am speaking.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: We did not interrupt when the Deputy was speaking.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: The Deputy over there has a brazen neck on her. Ceann Comhairle, is it possible to speak in the Dáil or not?

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: Does the Deputy want to dictate what happens in the Dáil?

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: The Deputy knows nothing about shame because she is not in touch with her electorate. That is one thing for sure. The Social Democrats motion has brought to light the pressing issue of asylum seekers in Ireland. However, the motion seems to be rooted in a utopian vision where-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: The motion seems to be rooted in a utopian vision where Ireland has an infinite capacity for accommodation and can continue to absorb the world's suffering by accepting an unlimited number of asylum seekers. It is totally nuts to think that we can keep bringing people here to Ireland. Reality paints a different picture. Ireland has reached the limit of its capacity. We no longer have...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: The Rural Independent Group's Private Members' motion last month called on the Government to act immediately to address the severe shortage of general practitioners across rural Ireland. We are happy to support this motion. This crisis has been escalating for over four years, with recent data revealing that over two thirds, 66%, of rural GPs are currently unable to accept new patients. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Chair and our guests. The witnesses spoke a great deal about farmers and the situation they had to cope with recently in light of the reduction from 250 kg N/ha to 220 kg N/ha. I know there were quite a lot of visits to farms in Timoleague and that whole area in west Cork where water quality was found to be as good as you could probably get but it still made no difference to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: I could refer to other towns and areas, but I will zone in on Shannonvale specifically. It has been waiting 26 years for improvements, but there have been none. What is happening is destructive. Raw sewage is entering people’s drinking water pipelines. We cannot get an opportunity to sit down with Uisce Éireann. It blames the council and the council blames it. It is like a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: I would appreciate that, but how will I communicate with Uisce Éireann?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank Mr. Horgan. This is a serious issue. There are other areas in west Cork where raw sewage is entering the pipeline, yet there is so much finger-pointing at farmers that it is almost as if the farmer is guilty of all the wrongs that exist when that is not the case. We have to put this situation right in our towns and villages. In my village of Goleen in west Cork, we spent a great...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: Mother of God, I would appreciate if there was a little bit left. There was talk earlier about speed limits, which are a very serious concern in my constituency. We have great sympathy for anyone who gets hurt in an accident and it is a concern but there has been a low rate of deaths in west Cork, and I pray to God that this continues for the people there. However, we are driving in...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: Ireland is in the midst of a severe housing crisis, with the political establishment seemingly incapable of delivering on housing need. The homeless population now exceeds 13,000 and is growing rapidly, yet nothing substantial is being done to reduce the number. The Government's flagship strategy, Housing for All, has goals that include increasing housing affordability and reducing...