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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for assistive technology by a school (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the plans are in place for the appointment of a HSE podiatrist to replace a person (details supplied) who retired in February 2021 in the Bantry area and who has not yet been replaced leaving hundreds of elderly vulnerable persons without podiatry services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to update the dental treatment services scheme (details supplied); when the scheme will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54479/21]

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...

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.

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]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Several concerned residents of Kinsale, Riverstick, Belgooly and surrounding areas have contacted me and staff in my office over the past 48 hours after it emerged that Coillte is planning to sell Ballymartle Woods. In an era when we are told we need to protect our environment and green spaces, why is Coillte, a State agency, proposing to sell these local woodlands? Many local residents use...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I would like to join others in wishing the Minister well on the birth of her child. I wish her and her family the very best. I should say that I have a conflict of interest here because I have two brothers working in the pub industry, one in Bandon and one in Bantry. That helps me when I am speaking here on behalf of businesses because they and others have gone through quite a great...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: To reply to Deputy Lowry, he must realise that Deputy Mattie McGrath is ill at present. He has reason to be critical of the Taoiseach and certain hospital closures in Tipperary previously. The Deputy must have forgotten that. I start by thanking every worker in the ambulance service, in west Cork and throughout the country, who has had to work under immense pressure in a failed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if products (details supplied) are being included in an arrangement; if not, the reason; his plans to work towards this in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55631/21]

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I will vote against this Bill. According to it, there is increasing awareness of the need to make informed consumer choices based on the environmental impact of goods in light of their carbon footprint. While we all want to be aware of our own carbon footprint, carbon footprint labelling is not easy or feasible for many businesses. There are a range of issues attached to carbon labelling,...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The Bill removes deadlines for the registration of easement, or, as most people call it, right of way. Under current legislation, certain rights of way had to be registered before 30 November 2021 to avail of a registration scheme. The Bill will remove current statutory deadlines for the registration of rights of way, in particular. The Rural Independent Group welcomes this Bill and will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: There has been a massive rise in fuel costs in the past 12 months alone, with petrol going from €1.20 to €1.70 a litre for various reasons. This is having a severe financial impact on families who have a child, or adult child, with disabilities as these parents drive their family members twice daily to and from day care centres and CoAction centres five days a week. For many...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: We have been debating in committee the dreadful Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, for which the Taoiseach signed the statutory instrument and which will lead to penalty points for the fishermen of this country. It is almost a year since the devastating Brexit agreement was made between Michel Barnier and Lord Frost. As of yet, in spite of many visits by leaders of this State to...