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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: Will a five-year commitment be given to businesses in the tourism sector? Are measures such as a 9% rate of VAT, insurance reform, grants and other measures being introduced to ensure the recovery of the sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in areas such as west Cork? I met the Minister some time ago when she was on holidays down in Ballydehob, so she knows the beauty...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: Hotels and tourism businesses flagged that tourism is one of the major employers in rural regions such as west Cork. It has been one of the sectors hardest hit during the pandemic. Many businesses are making decisions about whether they can survive, and if they can, they are cutting back on services and operating hours. We need a commitment for a minimum of five years to make these SMEs,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: After many good years of Fáilte Ireland supporting regionality and seasonality, the winters will now see businesses going back to shutting up shop to preserve money. Hospitality will have nothing to entertain and attract guests off-season and people will be out of work again for the four to five autumn and winter months. Employees in the sector must also be supported and incentivised...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak on the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021. In a recent case, the Supreme Court found that while the Oireachtas can impose mandatory penalties for offences, it can only do so where those penalties apply to all persons equally. Specifically, the Oireachtas cannot create a mandatory penalty, which only applies to a particular class of persons,...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I propose to share time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. This is a technical Bill, the purpose of which is to amend existing legislation to allow the transfer of functions relating to heritage under a number of enactments to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. These powers and functions come under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, the Wildlife Act 1976, the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: The fact that it appears we will have very little time to discuss the marine planning framework is another attack on the inshore fishermen of west Cork and the rest of the country. It is only right that we get time to debate these issues in a proper manner. I cannot understand why the Taoiseach does not want proper scrutiny in the Dáil. I know the Taoiseach has been attacking the...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I am in full agreement with this Bill. Our students and younger generation have suffered greatly during Covid-19. The pandemic has exposed the severe economic injustice students face in the rental market. Thousands of students and their families have been forced to pay for accommodation they were prohibited from using. It is no longer acceptable for the Government to act as a spectator...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: 331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans being put in place to protect the employees of the hospitality sector (details supplied). [22309/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: 508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials that worked on the Brexit talks that were permanently based in Brussels in the critical run up period from October to 24 December 2020; and the number of these officials that were from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and based in Brussels that worked as part of this critical background team in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the briefings and the number of briefings he had with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his officials (details supplied) in advance of his meetings with President Macron of France and the German Chancellor, Mrs. Angela Merkel in December 2020 as part of his Brexit talks meeting schedule; if a copy of any...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: 510. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement he had with a person (details supplied) on 5 December 2020 on the matters pertaining to marine and fisheries alone; if he will provide details of the discussions and conclusions reached on marine and fisheries matters at those talks as part of his engagement with the French leader in advance of the Brexit deal of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: 1141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the 46 recommendations made by a company (details supplied) into the review of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency; the person or body that appointed the Steering and Oversight Group; the date such appointments were made; if they are reporting back to him directly or to the Sea Fisheries Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I welcome the witnesses. I have one question which is a kind of "Do you believe?" or "Do you not believe?" question regarding what is happening. Do they believe that relegating the role of the RP, the farm vet and the veterinary nurse to the role of stockist, and excluding them from the European Platform for the Responsible Using of Medicines in Animals, EPRUMA, advice is demoralising and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: Is Dr. Beechinor saying that he believes in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Animal welfare will suffer following this. The Department knows that costs to farmers will also increase. Vets already charge for prescriptions if they do not supply the veterinary medicines. My worry is that in some instances in rural Ireland, animals that are of low value will not be given the treatment. It is obvious, unfortunately, what is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I cannot understand how it will be less expensive. It is dead right to say animal welfare is of huge importance to farmers but, sadly, they will be massively out of pocket. They cannot afford the new rules and regulations that are coming in and, unfortunately, something has to give. Either the farmers will pack up or the animals will be left to suffer. I am not making up the story. I...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: The Common Agricultural Policy was introduced to provide economic security for the farming population. To be honest, it looked after the huge farmers and made them bigger but failed miserably to help farmers on low incomes. Year in, year out, different CAPs came and went. Farmers who had substantial ground, much of it rough hill and heather, were left on small payments while the large...

Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (22 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. Ireland's involvement in European Defence Agency projects is underpinned by the Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. It is important to note that the legislation states that any participation in such projects can be only for the purposes of enhancing capabilities for UN missions. In addition, our participation is contingent on those UN...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: To clarify a question Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked about when vaccination centres are opening in west Cork, I thankfully have the answer, for once in my life. My brother is a councillor and member of the south-west regional health forum. He tells me that the Clonakilty centre will be open on 3 May, which is important for the Clonakilty, Bandon and the Skibbereen area. The Bantry...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: Thousands of Irish people living in the United Arab Emirates got the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine at the first opportunity in February with the hopes of being able to travel back to Ireland this summer. They are now unable to get any other vaccine. On Sunday, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, tweeted that people who are vaccinated will be exempt from the hotel quarantine. He listed Pfizer,...