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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I want to make a quick point.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is giving the impression they are sitting behind their desks doing nothing-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----and that is not the case. They are providing a community service.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I will be sharing my time with Deputy Barry Cowen. I understand we are adjourning at 7.30 p.m.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his opening contribution on this legislation. Fianna Fáil cannot support this Bill until the Government comes clean on the full cost and implications of its plan for water services. The Government has failed to learn from the household charge fiasco and is determined to ignore genuine concerns about its plan for water charges. These include the lack...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: Can I just make one final concluding remark?

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: It was announced by the media in Limerick that the Irish Water billing and call centre is to be located in the former Dell facility in Raheen in Limerick and may create up to 400 jobs, which is most welcome news. That was widely reported on foot of an informed piece of information given to the media by a Minister. I welcome that because we are long overdue a major employer in the greater...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I checked it out with Irish Water and was told that was very premature and that in fact there is a tendering process for the supply of an outsource service of the billing and call centre.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: There is considerable confusion about the possibility of that entity coming to Limerick. I implore the Minister of State-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----to ensure that service comes to Limerick-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----so that those jobs come to Limerick-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----as the Government has announced unofficially.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the total number of Garda stations here by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6018/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will specify his plans for the total number of Garda stations by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015 [6089/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Defence if he expects Irish troops currently in Uganda training Somali forces to move to Mogadishu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/13]

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: This is a serious issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (12 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial implications for farmers here, including the re-distribution of payments, if the revised proposals on external convergence in the MFF are agreed, which would see all countries receiving a minimum payment of €196/ha, or 75% of the average by 2020. [6979/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (12 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the 60,000 suckler farmers under the common agricultural policy or through other schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/13]

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: What about the call centre in Limerick?

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy O'Donnell should explain that to the people of Limerick.