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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants criteria for sports centres; the criteria for the transfer of capital allocations from one sporting organisation to another; the criteria for the way in which those sporting organisations spend those grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46393/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: Recently, the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, announced six regional projects to the tune of €200,000 each. Following that announcement, there was adverse media coverage which alleged that he was engaged in parish-pump-style politics, ensuring that a project in his own political backyard received funding. We all support all sporting organisations. They all need funding and they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: I did not ask the Minister of State the drawdown criteria or procedure. I asked him the criteria based on which public moneys were awarded to these six projects. We know how the sports capital programme works and how clubs register and apply. In this instance, an outside agency, namely the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, was grant aided, and it appears from the reply that the FAI...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: The Minister of State is completely missing the point. He seems irritated and irate when asked in Parliament for a degree of public accountability.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: He is. He has just had an outburst asking why anybody should question the reason public moneys were allocated to six projects. I stated at the outset that I do not begrudge Westport the funding. I do not begrudge any club funding. I merely asked Deputy Ring whether he would publish the criteria for the allocation of €200,000 each to these six projects. That is public money and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the serious funding shortfall at Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: In the light of the recent statement by the chief executive officer of Irish Rail, Mr. David Franks, that the company needs an additional €100 million per year in funding, I have tabled this question to ask the Minister what his plans are concerning this matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: The public needs clarity on the charging structure Irish Rail has in place for its customers, on which we need certainty. It is broadly accepted that prices cannot go any higher because otherwise the law of diminishing returns would potentially kick in and customers would walk away and seek alternatives. The Minister said previously that he was confident that the funding afforded to Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: I would like more detail on the Minister's last comment. He says he will be bringing forward proposals, but when will we have sight of them? Will it be a matter between the Minister and the company, or will the Oireachtas get to hear about it? Will the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications have an opportunity to discuss the proposals when they are brought forward with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any communications with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the tourist experience in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that all members of the IASS pension fund are being treated fairly in view of the current recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (4 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46565/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Aggressive Begging from a Public Order Perspective: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Do they have statistics or data available on the issue of on-street begging they could provide to members that would break down the percentage of those who are begging and genuinely are so doing to survive and those who engage in begging as part of a criminal racket? It is known that some quantity of begging arises from people being forced onto...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Aggressive Begging from a Public Order Perspective: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: I seek a comment or a viewpoint from the witnesses on the proposition being given to members as public representatives that behind many of the issues of concern to the witnesses is the fact that people who are engaged in begging also have drug addiction and other problems. It is indicated or alleged to members, either anecdotally or factually, that there is an issue with methadone treatment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Aggressive Begging from a Public Order Perspective: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Niall Collins: I refer to the position of the witnesses as ratepayers. As public representatives, we receive many complaints from business people regarding the amounts they must pay in rates and on what they receive in return from local authorities. Are the witnesses satisfied with the service they are getting from their local authorities? Are they satisfied that the local authorities also recognise the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (27 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in other countries, experience as an academic lawyer or an in house lawyer qualifies people for appointment to judicial appointments; her views on whether a similar provision should be introduced here; if so, if she will she bring legislation forward to introduce such a change; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to seek funding for Cuan Alainn Refuge, managed by Respond Housing at Cookstown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24; his views on the claim that the Refuge could close if funding is not made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45616/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm plans for the development of permanent school accommodation for a school (details supplied) currently housed in temporary accommodation in a centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if she will confirm the schedule now being followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45617/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional second level school accommodation in the Firhouse area, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45618/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a further update on plans for the development of permanent school accommodation for a school (details supplied), the all-Irish primary school currently housed in the school complex at Knockmore Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45619/14]