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- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I have concluded.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the Government's Bill. I have said from the start that Fianna Fáil will not treat this issue as a political football as it is very complex, sensitive and personal. All sections of this Bill were thoroughly debated at the Oireachtas committee hearings and there was substantial input from legal, medical and psychiatric experts. Abortion has...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Relations Issues (27 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Labour Relations Commission recommendation that Dublin Bus drivers’ overtime and holiday payments be cut, as well as the number of sick leave days, in order for the company to achieve a required €11.7 million in savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31057/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans for a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, detailing the schedule being followed; if he will confirm his plans for the management of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31195/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (27 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education took three months from the March closing date for applications in respect of special needs assistants to announce their decisions; if he appreciates the wide-spread concern being expressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31246/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of publications referred to the Censorship of Publications Board per annum since 2000; the number of publications prohibited per annum since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30893/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members on the board of the Censorship of Publications Board in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the total costs of the board per annum in those years. [30894/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Censorship of Publications (26 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members on the board of the Censorship of Publications Appeals Board in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the total costs of the board per annum in those years. [30895/13]
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No, it is not.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Deputy Martin addressed all that.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister will misquote him.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No, it is not.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: What did the Taoiseach say in Glenties?
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Those parliaments can hold their governments to account. That is the difference.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I propose to share time with Deputy Billy Kelleher.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: It is a sad day when we are discussing the abolition of Seanad Éireann. The Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, is well aware of my party's view on the issue. When the Government came to power there was talk of a democratic revolution, but what has actually happened could not be further from that declaration. In fact, the Government has succeeded only in feeding into the cynicism and...
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: It is not reform in any real sense but merely moving what was formerly the Adjournment debate to a different time slot.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I do so regularly but they are not selected. That, however, is another issue. The Taoiseach promised that Ministers would be at their desks rather than attending events throughout the country. In reality, they are never at their desks. The Taoiseach presents for Question Time once a week, on a Tuesday, whereas his predecessors were obliged to attend twice weekly. In other words,...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: He sent the squad cars one week before the election.