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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Farmers are under immense pressure at the moment. The prospect of having to reduce their herd could well mean the end for them. Many farmers in west Cork have come to me in recent months and I will give one farmer's example. This farmer farms with his wife and two young sons. They milk 75 cows on a fragmented and average-quality farm to the best of their ability. They have invested...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the cost of €35 for a person who applies for a disability parking permit; his plans to eliminate this charge; if there is some way a person can be exempt from this charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents of autistic children in sixth class in County Cork who require autism special class places for their secondary schooling have been told by their children's disability network teams that they will not get educational placement recommendations until February 2022 at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned major renovation and rebuilding works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a provision in place in relation to a scenario related to the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55356/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I remind the Taoiseach that he signed the statutory instrument that imposed penalty points on the great fishermen and women of this country in his short time as acting Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2020. At the same time, he was negotiating a disastrous Brexit deal for the same fishermen and women. The statutory instrument he signed has made each and every one of our...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: That would just sell them out more.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The situation is catastrophic anyway. The Taoiseach is not answering the question on how much an appeal should cost.

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that as the second winter of the pandemic approaches, we are now contending with a cost-of-living crisis on multiple fronts; — that the Government’s climate action policies are having a profound socio-economic impact on everyone; — the key EirGrid report (operator of the national grid) warning that Ireland...

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Rural communities are the most at risk of energy and transport poverty. That is according to a new study from a variety of universities which claim that rural residents in Ireland are most at risk due to a lack of access to national heating infrastructure, a high risk of power cuts and the fact they live in older homes with poor insulation. Transport poverty issues are linked to the lack of...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The rainy day fund, known as the national surplus exceptional contingencies reserve fund, is supposed to be an economic buffer. There is currently no money in the country's rainy day fund because it was raided last year due to pandemic expenses. Let us not forget, pensioners in this country did not receive one extra cent from this so-called rainy day fund. There are far more needs now...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: On Saturday, 23 October last, at the Michael Collins Centre on the Timoleague Road, Clonakilty, owned by Tim and Dolores Crowley, all Oireachtas Members from across the political divide met the Michael Collins 100 committee. The purpose of this requested meeting by the national non-political committee was to help with its urgent search for a site for a Michael Collins statue in our capital,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by a family (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport has still been not issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas can collect a passport for a person in cases in which the person gives permission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54037/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there is a cut-off of five passport queries per week to the dedicated passport phone line for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; the determination that brought this about; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54038/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there is an estimated time for the of issuing passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54039/21]