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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: People are paying €57 in every €100 on tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The people of rural Ireland cannot cope and the Taoiseach is walking away from it without a straight answer. He has no answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: He has no answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, but he should not mention about LEADER funding because that is after being cut going forward. I would say the Taoiseach should stop thinking about that dream. The public transport is the same, with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, kicking the can down the road. It might happen in the next few years, the Taoiseach is saying. A Deputy said this and a Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Good. The Taoiseach is on about another issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: With fuel prices at an all-time high pushing hauliers, bus operators, farmers, taxi operators and ordinary fathers and mothers from rural Ireland close to the edge and forcing what we saw last week with the closure of the capital on two occasions due to the hauliers' and farmers' peaceful protests, with more planned, will the Taoiseach explain to those people as well as the young people of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax incentives are available for persons who are purchasing a residential and commercial property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for an infant (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a remote area grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Rights (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if it was acknowledged that the child was deserving of the fundamental rights bestowed by the Constitution and entitled to human rights protections under relevant international law in cases in which babies were born alive having survived abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58995/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of NBI broadband to Bantry, County Cork; if he will provide extra resources to advance the roll-out of NBI broadband in Bantry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds in Ireland in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the way, and the place in which, all information reported to his Department related to the operation of abortion, including incidents of adverse events, is being collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58066/21]

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Our healthcare system is at breaking point almost two years into this pandemic. On 21 November 2020, we had 344 cases of Covid. Fast forward to 21 November 2021 and there were 4,181 cases. On 21 November 2020 we had 273 Covid patients in hospital, while on 21 November 2021, we had 668. On 21 November 2020 there were 32 Covid patients in ICU and on 21 November 2021 there were 125. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I am asking the Taoiseach the same question I asked his predecessor a few years ago. In the time since little has been done to help people who have neurological problems. Today, the Parkinson's Association of Ireland is over in Buswells Hotel doing a presentation, led by Tony Wilkinson of Bandon, who has been at the forefront in the fight for neurology nurses. Does the Taoiseach know we...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: We are forever discussing issues in this Dáil that are never raised with me as issues in my constituency. When it comes to the education of our children, this debate is a prime example of that. We are discussing this Bill instead of discussing the lack of special need assistants and teachers in our classrooms and how will schools fill their oil tanks. Schools have to face those...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The Green Party believes its view of the world is superior. The hollow talk of building back better, just transitions and our glowing net-zero future sounds great from an ideological standpoint but means the burden will be borne primarily by rural residents. The rural-urban divide is perhaps most evident when it comes to public transport. The CSO data indicate that rural-urban public...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: It was agreed yesterday, for next year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach can intervene in the-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Yesterday, Cork County Council agreed the budget for 2022. What has shocked the public is the Fianna Fáil-led council has agreed to increase commercial rates by 3% next year in County Cork. This is a savage attack on businesses the length and breadth of west Cork. Businesses are ringing me from Bandon, Kinsale, Clonakilty, Bantry, Skibbereen and the surrounds, that are seeking a...