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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I am seriously concerned about the ambulance service in west Cork. West Cork has four ambulances assigned to the area. One is in Castletownbere but is in Kerry all of the time, one is in Clonakilty and is dubbed the Cork city ambulance and two more are in the Bantry area but spend almost every day in every part of County Cork except west Cork, pushing great ambulance staff to the limit. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51469/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: The SouthDoc overnight service in Castletownbere, which serves the people of Ardgroom, Eyeries, Allihies, Adrigole and Glengarriff, as well as Lauragh in south Kerry, has been non-existent for the past six weeks. In spite of numerous communications received from the Minister from Health, Deputy Simon Donnelly, during these weeks indicating that the issue had been resolved, the truth on the...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I am delighted to get the opportunity to speak on the 36th annual breast cancer awareness month. It is a major issue throughout the country. Many people have spoken today about the breast screening programme falling behind. I feel there is always a way around these things if we make the effort. As early detection is of such importance, one way of speeding this up might be to consider a...

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I thank the medical staff who have been at the forefront and worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic in community hospitals and general hospitals. I commend them on their bravery despite the difficulties they have experienced. While these people are professionals, what they have seen must have been terribly traumatic for them. Often, they were away from their families and it must have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out by National Broadband Ireland will be extended to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 510. 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. [50982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 493. 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. [50435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) can be expediated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a student visa will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51213/21]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: The Bill is very unfair in the way matters are being laid out for the fishermen of this country. In his short time acting as Minister with responsibility for agriculture between appointments, the Taoiseach signed a statutory instrument and we now find ourselves facing severe penalties for good, hard-working and honest-to-God fishermen of the Irish waters. As a nation and as politicians in...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: This penalty point system for fishermen is a disaster from start to finish. It has been opposed by the main fishermen's organisations who felt there was little or no consultation and on that basis, I will be opposing this section.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I oppose the amendment. I will speaking on this at a later stage again. As I said, there was poor discussion on this Bill with the fishing organisations. I have been talking to the organisations since the Taoiseach signed the statutory instrument and set the ball in motion. They are furious about so many things that have been heaped on their backs in the past year and a half. It might...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: It is not agreed.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I have been meeting with fishing organisations in south-west Cork, as well as Donegal, Galway and Wexford, over the past 12 months or more. These are people with more knowledge than myself, and every one of them has asked me to pose the Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill in the best way possible. I am trying to do that. However, it is not just that alone. This has been a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: The situation in which we find ourselves is a result of the Government trying to push through the Bill and the penalty points system. It looks as if fishermen on the water are damned if they do and damned if they do not. It seems that fishermen who are innocent will be landed with penalty points. Even if fishermen can prove their innocence, they will still be on their backs, as such. It...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: It is not agreed without discussion.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, line 35, to delete “30 working days” and substitute “60 working days”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: As Deputy Pringle said, additional time is needed. Thirty days is a short period to try to put together paperwork. If you feel you are being wronged and there is a case to be fought, you might still be at sea, and you have to put together that case when you get back. When a fisherman goes to sea, it is for two weeks, most of the time. Some of them find it so difficult to make a living...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Michael Collins: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, line 37, to delete “30 working days” and substitute “60 working days”.