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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: It merits consideration by the Minister and his Department to complete such an investigation in the first instance. Serious consideration should be given to a joint assignment by the said two ombudsmen, Ms Emily Logan and the Garda Ombudsman. The Garda Ombudsman has a lot of experience in dealing in detail with investigations into An Garda Síochána. I do not wish to attribute...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: We all agree it was difficult in this situation for An Garda Síochána to get the balance right. Obviously, protecting vulnerable children and children at risk is a priority for all of us, but we also have to recognise people's basic human rights. As I stated in my introduction, there were two cases, in Athlone and Tallaght. It must be pointed out that there are also data...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the completion and publication of the investigation into the removal of two children from members of an ethnic minority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46615/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: The question is based on the recent taking into care by the Garda Síochána of children in Athlone and Tallaght.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of the local property tax and the different payment dates for payment by credit/debit card, and the single debit authority option in March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payment of the student contribution charge of €2,500 for the academic year 2013-14 for third level colleges, which may be paid in two instalments, can also be paid by monthly instalments. [46361/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court of Appeal Establishment (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 728. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Court of Appeal will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46617/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his dealings in respect of St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to families and the wider community regarding its future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46199/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas Exploration (24 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in developing a new fiscal and regulatory framework for the oil and gas exploration industry in Ireland; the persons he has consulted in developing this new framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44956/13]

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: What about the Minister, Deputy Reilly, speaking from the back of a truck outside Roscommon hospital. Is that airbrushed as well?

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: What did he say in Monaghan and Roscommon?

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: I am not uncomfortable at all.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Buttimer is the hypocrite.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Will Deputy Buttimer clarify what the Minister, Deputy Reilly, said in Roscommon?

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: That is unfair on Roscommon and Monaghan.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: One will not be able to give them a decent burial now.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Is that a threat? Go on.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Buttimer should quote back to us what the Minister said in Roscommon.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: As part of Dáil reform we should bring YouTube into the Chamber.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: We discussed the medical card issue in the House a little over two weeks ago and the Minister was present for that debate. On that occasion I gave him the details of a constituent of mine from Caherguillamore in Bruff, County Limerick, and I regret to say that I have not heard from him in that respect in the intervening two weeks. I did not even get an acknowledgment from him that he would...