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

Niall Collins: Deputy O'Donnell announced the opening of a call centre in Limerick.

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about the Magdalen laundries this evening. I have already said that I welcome the fact that the Government set up the interdepartmental committee last July, chaired by then Senator, Martin McAleese. His report is a very thorough one and it confirms for the first time that there was State involvement with these laundries. The previous Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (13 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the closure of Templemore and Roscrea Garda stations, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (14 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health his response to the recent Health Information and Quality report that indicates that patients are at severe risk of infection in six hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7502/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which elder abuse is going unreported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7487/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm plans for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will detail schedules being followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations (14 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene in respect of the delay in finalising arrangements for major development works at a fire station (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which was the subject of a previous grant aid announcement by his Department; his views on the urgent need for progress on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (14 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the arrangements now in place to provide full funding for an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance to the local communities of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7786/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (19 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Road Safety Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8542/13]

Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Dooley's Bill.

Judicial Sentencing Commission Bill 2013: First Stage (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to promote greater transparency and consistency in judicial sentencing, whilst maintaining the independence of the judiciary, to establish a Judicial Sentencing Commission, to promote a clear, fair and consistent approach to judicial sentencing, to produce analysis and research on sentencing, and to promote public confidence in...

Judicial Sentencing Commission Bill 2013: First Stage (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter and I thank the Minister for attending to respond. Over recent months since becoming my party's spokesperson on justice, I have met a number of families affected by the devastating impact of negligent driving, particularly under the influence of alcohol. I am sure all Deputies in this House have come across such tragic...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply in which he addressed a number of aspects which come under his remit as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in terms of various offences under the Road Traffic Acts. I also mentioned the area of inconsistency in general. The Bill that we published today proposes a very constructive role for a new body, a judicial sentencing council, which would not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional humanitarian support he plans to provide to refugees from the Syrian civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are proposals to introduce new monitoring processes in relation to expenditure on programmes funded under Irish Overseas Development Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/13]

Other Questions: Grocery Industry (21 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the apparent lack of competition in the supermarket sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9076/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (21 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he will assist the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9092/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: Last Tuesday night was a unique occasion in Dáil Éireann. For the women who gathered here it was a special moment for them to put to rest a bleak memory of their past. For the State it was a time of recognition of past failings. For the Irish people it was an opportunity for the people's Chamber to acknowledge a historic wrong and thaw a cold part of our history. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (26 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he proposes to introduce a new broadcasting charge; if the revenue from that charge will be confined to one broadcaster only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/13]