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Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Hear, hear.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the current geopolitical situation emphasises the imperative need to establish robust policies to develop our own energy supplies, including renewable energy sources; - Ireland, like all other member states, is bound by European Union (EU) directives on energy regulation, meaning an obligation exists to plan and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Health further to a reply received by a person (details supplied) from the HSE on 20 May 2022 in which it was claimed that a majority of abortion providers within primary care agree that a blended approach of telemedicine is optimal, if he will identify the polling data upon which said claim is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if external organisations have been contracted by the HSE to provide manual vacuum aspiration training for hospital staff involved in abortion provision; the organisations that were contracted; the details of the contracts including timeframes and sums payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport applications for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29545/22]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: The original Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was signed into law on 30 December 2015. The Act applies to everyone and is relevant to all health and social care services. It relates to supporting decision-making and maximising a person’s capacity to make decisions. However, it will not be commenced until June 2022, almost seven years after it was signed into law, because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: On 23 December 1996, one of Ireland’s most horrific murders took place at Kealfadda, which is near Goleen, when the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found near her holiday home in my parish a couple of miles west of my home. At the time, the murder was the cause of real horror among local people. When the identity of the person who died became public, however, it sent shock...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Will a new file be submitted in time to the DPP on foot of investigations that are now taking place?

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Regional Group for the opportunity to discuss this is extremely important issue. I was doing clinics from Castletownbere right across to Kinsale last weekend. I do not know how many of these forms I filled out in respect of housing aid for the elderly, the mobility grant aid or those with disabilities. The issue is that the funding is no longer meeting the requirement. It is...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Like my colleagues, I am very disappointed that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is not here today. Regardless of anything else, he knew his time slot the same as everybody else, and he could have been here. Perhaps transport is not something he is interested in. He is not connecting Ireland, as he promised. He is disconnecting Ireland. That is what he has done. So many...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Obviously, electoral reform is a huge issue. Many young people want the right to vote. Maybe we have to look at implementing rules and regulations regarding people who do not vote but who have the right to vote. Many people in this country, including my namesake, gave their life for that. It is sad to think that many people could not care to take the journey down the road to vote on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 695. To ask the Minister for Health when IVF treatment will be available through the public health system in Ireland; the clinics in County Cork that will be included in the provision of the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27545/22]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The North of Ireland is being held hostage to turbulence in the British political structure. The recent Stormont assembly election has, unfortunately, returned Brexit to the political agenda through a row in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol. This comes against a backdrop of the protocol being critical to post-Brexit continuity, stability and security of business on the island of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I have raised the Dursey Island crisis, off Castletownbere, on numerous occasions, mainly because the world-famous Dursey cable car has been suspended for months due to repair works. I fought for funding and we were told by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, that funding would be provided for a ferry service while the cable car was being repaired. The devil is in the detail. The ferry service...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: As a champion of Bantry General Hospital, I would like the Dáil to know that last Wednesday, there were no laboratory service available and as a result, hundreds of tests were either cancelled or not processed. When we factor in that laboratory services were also withdrawn from Cork University Hospital, CUH, Mercy University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, the...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The extraordinary courage of journalists and media workers reporting from conflict areas in Ukraine and other parts of the world reminds us once again how crucial their work is in providing timely, trusted and fact-based information to the public. This debate should serve as an opportunity to celebrate their vital contribution and draw attention to the increasing pressures, threats and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be expedited in time for planned travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be expedited in time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/22]