Results 2,081-2,100 of 11,785 for speaker:Niall Collins
- Other Questions: Traveller Community Issues (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: Like Deputy Mac Lochlainn I was not aware a consultation process on the issue of Traveller ethnicity was ongoing. It is an issue that merits deep consideration and debate. We are all concerned for genuine Travellers who find themselves in difficult situations. Unfortunately, however, there is an abuse of the term "Traveller" and all that goes with it. This is happening in my constituency...
- Other Questions: Drug Seizures (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: We are all agreed that the scourge of the illegal drugs trade needs to be met head-on. The issue of the resourcing of the drugs squad is one for ongoing debate. It also feeds into the issue of the resourcing of An Garda Síochána, be it in respect of a rural or urban Garda stations or replacement of decommissioned vehicles. It must be reiterated, and the Minister of State alluded...
- Other Questions: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: I am sure the Minister of State will agree, as we all would, that some of the recent high profile aggravated burglaries in rural Ireland have been particularly shocking. They were perpetrated against elderly citizens, old people living alone in their twilight years. There was one in Wicklow recently and a particularly vicious one in Pallasgreen in County Limerick, where elderly people were...
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: Cold turkey.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: Will we have a proxy statement?
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: The Government can change it so.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: A detailed analysis.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: Does the Minister of State have confidence in her Minister?
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: The Minister of State should tell us about how she has confidence in the Minister, Deputy Reilly.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: Does she have confidence in the Minister?
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: It was not from you either.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the creation of a service medal for members of the Garda Reserve similar to that currently awarded to members of the Army and Naval Reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the situation at St Brigid's Hospital, Crooks Lane, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to the community in respect of the future of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39541/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (19 Sep 2012)
Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the creation of a service medal for members of the Garda Reserve similar to that currently awarded to members of the Army and Naval Reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/12]