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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport offices in Cork and Dublin will be fully opened up to address the backlog of passports that require processing (details supplied). [23344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (10 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 815. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the civic society groups and non-Governmental organisations his Department consulted with as part of the recent review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23320/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I am glad to get a chance to speak on the Living Wage Bill. I am delighted to see the Labour Party worry so much about workers, the same party that hurt so many workers and women's pensions while in government. The Irish economy is at risk of being dragged into a "wage-price spiral" if workers begin demanding higher wages to match the current cost-of-living increases, according to a new...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I am speaking on behalf of Deputy Mattie McGrath, who sends his apologies. He cannot be here today because he is having a surgical procedure carried out. The plan to move the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street in central Dublin to the St. Vincent's campus has been in train since 2013, but the project has been mired in controversy for many years. The Religious Sisters of...

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael Collins: We are delighted to have this debate. Deputy Mattie McGrath has been fighting for the holding of such a debate in the Business Committee for ten weeks. It has taken ten weeks for us to have a debate on fishing. That says it all. The debate has been scheduled for a Thursday evening, when most rural Deputies have to get back to their constituencies. Anyhow, we will take what we can get,...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street is overcrowded. We need a new hospital built to modern specifications. Let us get on with it and stop blaming the nuns for everything. The nuns are easy targets for populist left politicians to attack because they know the nuns do not have expensive public relations teams and are not in the business of doing media. It is important to point...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. Members of the public got €200 from the Government to help with the soaring cost of living but wealthy developers, the vast majority of which are multinational development companies, will get a handout of up to €144,000 each. The proposed scheme will be available only for apartment developments in the five major cities:...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank Deputy Connolly and her group for giving us this time to speak on such an important issue. Changes to the Garda compensation scheme have been proposed for a number of years and therefore this Bill is long overdue and welcome. For instance, the current scheme has a requirement to go to the High Court, which is leading to many instances where the legal costs incurred in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Michael Collins: West Cork Connect is a commercial bus company. It operates in and out of west Cork 16 times daily, carrying approximately 800 customers daily on its buses. It receives no Government subsidy as it takes people every hour on the hour from Skibbereen and Bantry to Cork and back daily. The recent 20% to 50% reductions in travel prices, mainly for youths in Dublin, has been of no benefit to any...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The extraordinary courage of journalists and media workers reporting from conflict areas in Ukraine and other parts of the world reminds us once again how crucial their work is in providing timely, trusted and fact-based information to the public. This debate should serve as an opportunity to celebrate their vital contribution and draw attention to the increasing pressures, threats and...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: As a champion of Bantry General Hospital, I would like the Dáil to know that last Wednesday, there were no laboratory service available and as a result, hundreds of tests were either cancelled or not processed. When we factor in that laboratory services were also withdrawn from Cork University Hospital, CUH, Mercy University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: I have raised the Dursey Island crisis, off Castletownbere, on numerous occasions, mainly because the world-famous Dursey cable car has been suspended for months due to repair works. I fought for funding and we were told by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, that funding would be provided for a ferry service while the cable car was being repaired. The devil is in the detail. The ferry service...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The North of Ireland is being held hostage to turbulence in the British political structure. The recent Stormont assembly election has, unfortunately, returned Brexit to the political agenda through a row in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol. This comes against a backdrop of the protocol being critical to post-Brexit continuity, stability and security of business on the island of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be expedited in time for planned travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be expedited in time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the institutes and of the academic researchers in a university (details supplied) that recently received the tender to conduct research into the views of abortion providers as part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/22]

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Obviously, electoral reform is a huge issue. Many young people want the right to vote. Maybe we have to look at implementing rules and regulations regarding people who do not vote but who have the right to vote. Many people in this country, including my namesake, gave their life for that. It is sad to think that many people could not care to take the journey down the road to vote on...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Like my colleagues, I am very disappointed that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is not here today. Regardless of anything else, he knew his time slot the same as everybody else, and he could have been here. Perhaps transport is not something he is interested in. He is not connecting Ireland, as he promised. He is disconnecting Ireland. That is what he has done. So many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: The opening statement has gone on for half an hour. I do not mean any disrespect. In all fairness, five minutes is long enough for an opening statement. We should all be given an opportunity to ask questions.