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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (18 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 545. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7505/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total budget of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7506/14]

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: We want answers.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: I have nothing on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: We acknowledged the emergency workers working all night.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: The Government is not supporting it.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: The Government has been undermining GSOC all week. The Tánaiste should not now be trying to turn it around.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: No, it is not.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: The Government did not show it any respect this week.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Since last Sunday, the Government has engaged in a co-ordinated strategy that has served to undermine the Office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. On Monday, the Taoiseach took to the media and demanded that the GSOC level with the Minister for Justice and Equality. He further chose to repeatedly misquote section 80 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and misinform...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: It is difficult to figure out what the Labour Party stands for. The Tánaiste is continuing the narrative that the Government has been peddling all week. The message is that there is nothing to see here and we should move along. I asked the Tánaiste whether he was concerned that the Taoiseach publicly demanded of an independent office that it level with a Minister. Is he not...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: The committee heard exactly the opposite of what the Government has been saying all week.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: It is not good enough. What does the Tánaiste stand for, if not for the independence of the ombudsman and supporting the individuals in question who were appointed by the President on the nomination of the Government? There is a real problem at the heart of government which is interfering with this independence by engaging in a strategy that has been co-ordinated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP dispensing facilities that have been withdrawn by the primary care reimbursement services since the start of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the PCRS is unilaterally withdrawing dispensing facilities from GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6936/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to deal with the call made to him by parents of the outreach classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in respect of the proposed closure of this school with particular consequences for the two ASD classes; if he will appreciate the serious concerns of the parents and the community; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 251. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action he is taking to ensure that all Health Information and Quality Authority report recommendations into Tallaght hospital are now implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7301/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Was the Garda Commissioner informed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: He was not aware that this investigation was going on. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Last night statements were made in the Dáil, of which I am sure Mr. O'Brien is aware. The Minister said that no evidence of unauthorised technical or electronic surveillance was found. He went on to say that it was unfortunate that An Garda Síochána has found itself during the last 48 hours the subject of what appears to be completely baseless innuendo. He added that no...