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International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 16: In page 18, line 8, to delete “that” and substitute “or when a person self-identifies that they are”. The rationale underlying this amendment is that given the important ramifications if a person is determined to be an adult, it is imperative that this decision is reached in a cautious manner and on the guidance of other actors,...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I understand the Minister of State's point that the legislation assumes that officers will be cautious when reaching determinations. However, that leaves an over-reliance on the individual officers concerned. What we are enshrining here is something that is contrary to the advice of any child protection agency I know of or any advocate for children's rights. We have always heard it said...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 18: In page 18, lines 10 and 11, to delete “an adult who is taking responsibility for the care and protection of the person” and substitute “the parent or legal or customary caregiver”.

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 18, lines 24 and 25, to delete “taking responsibility for the care and protection of the person” and substitute “the parent or legal or customary caregiver”.

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 20: In page 18, line 29, to delete “shall be deemed to also have made” and substitute “may make”. I am speaking on amendments Nos. 20, 23 and 25. The rationale underlying amendment No. 20 is that it clearly articulates the right of the child to make a separate application on his or her own behalf. This is based on the concept of...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 23:In page 18, line 38, to delete "should" and substitute "may".

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 25:In page 19, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:"(7) Subject to sections 21 and 22, a person under the age of 18 and who is at the frontier of the State or who is in the State (whether lawfully or unlawfully) may make an application for international protection on his or her own behalf.".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the witnesses. Deputy Dessie Ellis is our spokesperson on transport but he is currently in the Dáil Chamber as there was a timetable clash and he sends his apologies. I represent the north-west Sligo and north Leitrim area, but whoever is to represent it next time around will cover Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan. The chambers of commerce in those areas will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: That would seem to make sense. Do the figures quoted by the witnesses include sharing forecourts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Yes, the figure of €105 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Given that there do not seem to be any steps in train to get the gas pipeline up through Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal, and that we will not allow fracking into the region, what are Gas Networks Ireland's plans for the north west?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Could the witness repeat that please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Gas Networks Ireland will not be making that decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I understand that.

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Colreavy: Prevention, maintenance or protection? I was not a Deputy in 2009 but a councillor with Leitrim County Council and I hope I will not be a Deputy when the next storm comes because if I am, it means there is another storm coming before this Dáil concludes. As a councillor with Leitrim County Council, I remember the devastation done after the 2009 storms to businesses, home owners and...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Michael Colreavy: One of the hallmarks of a decent republic is that the people can access quality health care when they need it, irrespective of age, geographical location or ability to pay. Unfortunately, we do not live in such a republic. It can be informative to look at the OECD 2014 health at a glance report for 2014. Many people do not know that Ireland is below the EU average number of doctors per...

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Michael Colreavy: The more I read about and listen to the discussion on TTIP and ISDS, the more the word that looms large for me is "why". The Proclamation of Poblacht na hÉireann declared, "the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible". I do not think any of us here would argue with that declaration....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (26 Jan 2016)

Michael Colreavy: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his target for land availability for afforestation by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3165/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the officials for attending. There is a huge gulf in our understanding of the level of coverage, because every public representative receives many complaints about the quality of coverage, particularly in rural areas. Is the drive test informed by data from ComReg's complaints database or is there a set programme? I become concerned when people use statistics and then say the...