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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (25 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of instances in which fees have been paid out to members and civilians and courses have not been completed, with the consequent loss of the course fees paid by the Garda Síochána. [46991/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (25 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of ranks/grades who have been awarded course fees and who retired either prior to completion of the course, or within two years of completion of the course; and in such cases if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of those who repaid the fees expended, as provided for in the Garda Code. [46992/12]

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: I am delighted to take part in this debate on the issues affecting small businesses, which are an important part of our economy and offer great potential for job creation in small communities and large urban centres. What has the Government got against Limerick and the mid-west in terms of job creation? The recent announcements from Kerry Group and Paddy Power were welcome but the new jobs...

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: The murder of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan in March 1989 was one of the many cowardly murders carried out by the Provisional IRA on the Border at that time. This was the same organisation which murdered a young couple, Robert and Maureen Hanna, and their seven year old son as they returned from a family holiday and Tom Oliver, a respected farmer from...

Other Questions: Student Visas (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: I agree with the Minister's comments on the economic impact inward migration of students can have for our economy. The spin-off that can create in the wider economy is immense. Unfortunately, we are playing second fiddle to the United Kingdom in terms of tapping into the potential of that unrealised market and anything we can do should be done post haste. With regard to a separate but...

Other Questions: Student Visas (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: We were represented there.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legal Services (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: If a parent is transferring a property to five siblings, each of them must have his or her separate legal representation. That is the point. That amounts to a money grab by the Law Society. The examples the Minister cited in solicitors acting for a person on a mortgage with the bank should not happen. There should be a mechanism to deal with that but this, by targeting the small people,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legal Services (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: It is fair to point out that the State's regulatory role has been conspicuous by its absence in respect of the Law Society of Ireland and its solicitors on several levels. There was no obvious referral to the Oireachtas or public representatives in the passing of this regulation by the Law Society of Ireland. The effect has been that of a price-increasing mechanism; immediately, the public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legal Services (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: I am referring to the transfer of a property.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legal Services (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns around rising costs due to changes recommended by the Council of the Law Society's Conveyancing Conflicts Task Force with regard to the use of multiple solicitors in conveyancing contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46577/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gangland Killings (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in confronting the increase in gangland crime over the past number of weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46576/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gangland Killings (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: Arising from the murder on 3 September 2012 of Mr. Alan Ryan, and in the absence of the Minister, who was unavoidably detained, Deputies discussed at length with the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, the fallout from a disgusting series of events that took place at Mr. Ryan's funeral. The activities in question had the potential to inflict...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gangland Killings (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: I condemn outright the public comments by Sinn Féin that the Garda overreacted in investigating the disgraceful activities that took place at the funeral of Alan Ryan. I call on the Minister publicly to condemn the comments also, as I am sure other public representatives will do. If Sinn Féin is to be taken seriously, it must resile from the comments in question.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: What about John Fitzgerald?

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: What is the story about John Fitzgerald?

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: The Deputy should tell the Dáil about Jean McConville.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: He is the biggest political fraud who ever walked in here.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: That is all right.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (24 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46662/12]

Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Niall Collins: More than 12 months ago, in September 2011, the Minister for Justice and Equality announced a Government decision to introduce new legislation to modernise the gambling, casino and private members' clubs in operation around the country. When will the Bill be published and debated in the House?