Results 10,981-11,000 of 11,795 for speaker:Niall Collins
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: I did not interrupt the Minister. Am I in possession, Sir?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: I thank the Acting Chairman. The Minister voted down our Bill on personal and corporate donations, but will he bring in his own Bill in advance of the Presidential election?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The Minister is fund-raising to beat the band. I read somewhere that the Minister's party leader was over in Cricklewood in London hosting a fund-raiser there recently.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: He is fund-raising to beat the band. I am curious because he has produced legislation to limit fund-raising, yet at the same time he is merrily fund-raising on his way in advance of the Presidential election.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: We would like to see a level playing pitch. Our local authority members throughout the country have been mandated, where they feel they can, to offer a Presidential nomination to people who request it. I think that is right. I do not think that local authority members should block anyone from participating in the democratic process. The boundary commission will be established on similar...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: This issue has arisen in Leitrim and in my constituency. What was west Limerick is now part of Limerick, while another part went into north Kerry. The same applies to south Offaly, east Carlow and west Waterford which went in with Tipperary. County boundaries have not been recognised in parts of the country and therefore it is a highly contentious matter. We should tighten up the terms of...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The Government was not thinking about the Constitution when it proposed a reduction to 152 Members.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The list is endless.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: Cricklewood.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: Was the Minister at Cricklewood?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: Were there lots of builders there?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: Correct.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The London tent.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The tea party.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: The Moran hotel in Cricklewood.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)
Niall Collins: Was Deputy Mathews there?
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Niall Collins: We had an interesting exchange this morning on the payment of party leaders' allowances. Is there promised legislation to require Independent Members to account for their party leaders' allowances?
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the hospital emergency departments around the country that will not have enough non consultant hospital doctors from the 11 July 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17878/11]
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Niall Collins: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health the small hospitals that will face the temporary cessation of certain services in 2011; and the services that will be affected. [17881/11]
- Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2011)
Niall Collins: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on an issue of significant concern. I compliment my party colleague, Deputy McConalogue, our spokesperson on children, on his initiative in bringing forward this important proposal which seeks to address the need for the State to provide for the adoption of children in the event of parental failure and where married couples are...