Results 181-200 of 220 for speaker:Joanne Collins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: It does come down to having it in the right place. At present, is the grant 50%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Is it smaller?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: It is 20%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Is this something that might be looked at in future for individual farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Information is definitely key to getting any of these over the line. It is about community engagement and knowledge for those who will be living near it. I thank the witnesses and I will not take up any more of their time.

Seanad: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the all-island strategic rail review and to put on record the needs of Limerick and the greater mid-west when it comes to rail. I also welcome the all-island approach taken by the review. For far too long, transport planning has stopped at the Border, and too often it has actually stopped at the M50. For decades, successive Governments have presided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I might stop you there. We can continue the discussion later. The voting is finished so the Deputies will return shortly. I wish to get to the next speaker. I call Senator Brady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome everyone back. It is great to have them here. Rural transport is top of my agenda as I live in County Limerick, so I will paint a picture. I think this relates first to the NTA. Living in the west of County Limerick we have Bus Éireann, which is bus 321. There is the Expressway bus 13, and the Dublin bus, which I think is bus 300. If you are a student or are working in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Yes, it is. It is the same at evening times. It can be quite busy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I have spoken to a lot of people and a lot have said that it need not be extra times but rather if capacity could be built. It could be double-decker buses instead of single-decker buses. You would get more people on at that time. It seems to be there is a squeeze at certain times in the area. My second question is about school transport, and I do not know if this is the appropriate group...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Is it a policy they are ever going to look at again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: It is only because the private operators can have that same bus driver, at 70, drive to the school and take them for soccer or school tours. I just wanted to make the point that it can be done. It just seems to be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I get that. I thank Mr. Kent.

Seanad: Cost of Childcare: Motion (21 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I am here tonight not just as a Senator but also as a mother and as chairperson of a community-run crèche. I have seen from all sides what is happening here. We have heard a lot of talk about investment in education, which is absolutely welcomed. The budget announcement of 1,700 new special needs assistants is welcome, but with such promises comes deep concern. According to the...

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Bill is fairly straightforward and I thank the Department for the helpful briefing note that was provided to everybody. The financing of houses, social housing in particular, via the local authorities and the funding of approved housing bodies, AHBs, is most definitely of huge importance. There is a dire need for people on housing lists to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I want to raise the issue of wind farms, most particularly in County Limerick. There are two action groups: Coolcappagh action group and the Bruff–Dromin–Athlacca action group. They are both in the process of putting in submissions to stop major wind farms from being located in their areas. There has been very little consultation with the communities on these wind farms....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome everybody. I thank them for giving up time earlier as well today when we met over in Buswells Hotel for a conversation. It is very nice to see the other side of the biomethane conversation happening this week so we can see the community side of it and the concerns there. I have looked through the witnesses' opening statement. It alludes to jurisdictions in Europe and how they do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: Yes, build ours around that. The witnesses are saying the EPA needs more powers. Have they suggestions as to the powers the EPA would need to regulate, observe and impose punitive measures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

Joanne Collins: The best practice would be------