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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I am, because I know what will happen. They are walking away from fishing. They have no choice. I am not supporting it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: Is there enough-----

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: Affordable and reliable public transport is a lovely idea and a lovely dream but it is not happening in rural Ireland. I have had many debates with the Minister for Transport as to why it is not and he says that he does not have the money but suggests that something from Castletownbere into Bantry and Kilcrohane in west Cork might be possible. It is a matter of kicking the can down the...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: The budget was a missed opportunity for many young people who are in a middle road-type situation. Fuel is hitting them very hard. They will see very little increases after the budget, only certain pain. When the Minister was announcing the budget here in the House and when I first looked at the document, to the naked eye the Minister was going to give a decrease in the cost of fuel, but...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: 723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has not provided a fuel subsidy to Irish fishermen given that the French and Spanish governments have done so for their fishermen. [53531/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: My questions are based on the Minister's opening statement. He said these past few years have been particularly challenging for our fishing industry. In addition to the continuing fuel crisis, the impacts of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and the quota transfers under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement are still having a very negative effect. These are the Minister's words but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: Okay. I have just one other question. There is an energy rebate for ordinary households and businesses but the fishermen see no way forward for a rebate. Is that being considered because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: -----their energy bills are far more than most, to be quite honest?

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I do not think I have named anybody here yet, thank God.

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: Yes, but I have not mentioned anybody by name.

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I will not mention anybody's name. I well know the rules and regulations here. This morning, after 14 years, she got a call to say the bank was repossessing her home - the home she owns and lives in with her child. This is only one of many stories. There is much more involved in the case than I have the time to relate to the Minister of State here today. The banks and others need to...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I know that, but I am engaging here and the least the Minister is supposed to do is to engage with Deputies when they are speaking. When I was elected to Dáil Éireann I believed I was entitled to that much anyway, but if I am not, that is fine. If the Acting Chairman thinks differently-----

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I sincerely hope he does because I want to know whether he knew about the banks becoming cashless. Did the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, or the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, know about it? Nobody in this Dáil has come before the people to say they knew and they made a mistake. The decision to try to make AIB cashless was reversed but the it was a shocking decision in the first place.

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Acting Chair for giving us the opportunity even though our time had gone. I appreciate that. The introduction of the individual accountability framework is supposed to help build on the reforms that have taken place in the regulation of the financial sector in Ireland since the financial crisis and introduce new financial regulation with an emphasis on individual and personal...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I agree with the remarks of Deputy Mattie McGrath regarding the Government attacking Irish neutrality. It is obvious what is going on. There are many issues that need to be raised at European level, such as why each member state has sat back while energy bills have spiralled out of control or how the price of a barrel of oil is spiralling downwards yet at the same time it has never been...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: It is important to bring forward this motion today. On 16 November 2021, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth published details of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. At the time, the Minister stated that the legislation underpinning the scheme would be developed by the Department as a matter of priority. The Bill was eventually published on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: I do not have very many questions because some of the areas have been covered already, but I have serious concerns as others do as to what is being proposed. I would like to welcome the witnesses today. I also have serious concerns about the financial implications for the landowners. Have the organisations been consulted on how this will impact on the stakeholders? Has an economic impact...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: The most frightening thing for families is not being able to pay a bill, especially an electricity bill. Not paying such a bill could lead to the power being switched off in anyone's home. In these times of bills being recklessly hoisted upon households due to the Government not taking control of the problem from the word go, €200 here and €200 there is not going to solve this...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Collins: And of course west Cork. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak about the Bill. I met the Minister several years ago in Ballydehob. I hope she enjoyed her break in west Cork at the time. A holiday in west Cork is a unique tourism experience. We have places such as Kinsale, Clonakilty, Bantry, the Beara Peninsula, Baltimore, Union Hall, Schull, Skibbereen and the stunning islands. We...