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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited as it is due on 24 June 2022 and the travel date is 21 June 2022. [32685/22]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I welcome this motion from the Independent Group. It gives us the opportunity to debate what is a very important issue for many people who have ill loved ones in their homes. I do not believe the Government or the HSE puts any value on respite services. Respite helps families to keep ill loved ones in their homes for many years, if their loved ones can get a couple of weeks of respite...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I am delighted to get the chance today to talk about insurance reform. To be honest, we have been talking about insurance reform since I was elected to Dáil Éireann in 2016. While there have been some reductions in motor insurance, it looks to me as though the insurance companies are sucking up all of the reductions and are coming through with massive profits. The people...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maritime Jurisdiction (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if negotiations will begin immediately with the French Government to cease its military exercise in order to protect fishermen, fishing vessels and the environment, given that Irish fishermen have again been warned of risks to their safety considering the nature of these exercises which will take place off the southern coast of Ireland...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maritime Jurisdiction (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Last week, the French navy made contact with the Irish Government to state it was carrying out a military exercise off the south coast. This is the second time in a few months that the Government of another country has contacted our country to state it would be carrying out military exercises within Irish territorial waters. Has this French military exercise been put off permanently or for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maritime Jurisdiction (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for providing clarity. It is a major concern to Irish fishermen that these activities by other countries are increasing. It is a danger to the lives and incomes of fishermen. They may have to leave a particular area if there is disruption to their fishing activities. Their incomes have been struck down hard in recent years. They cannot take another hit but they are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maritime Jurisdiction (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. He said these occurrences are not common but, in fact, they have happened twice in the past few months. He is right in his praise for the role of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation in the first incident. It has been very vocal on behalf of the fishermen it represents and their livelihoods and safety at sea. The group has also been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an online renewal passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that the director of the Passport Office services spoke on radio and told listeners that the Passport Office was now in a much better situation and would be able to issue passports much faster, when in fact there are still issues remaining regarding issuance of passports (details supplied). [33486/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: In regard to Dr. Niall Muldoon’s damning report last week on children with special needs, it is scandalous that 4,000 children are waiting for diagnostic assessments to get school places, 15,500 are going to schools outside their own community and 1,500 are receiving home tuition because they cannot get school places. It is only a few months ago that the decision was made by the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Not at all. I am talking about children with special needs getting the respect they need.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Have respect for the children. There is no respect.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: What are we here for? This is outrageous.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach might have heard that yesterday there was a suspension of standing orders at a meeting of a county council to discuss another fishing crisis that has emerged under his Government. The fishing trawlers in Castletownbere, Union Hall and other piers in County Cork are staying tied up at those piers as trawler and boat owners cannot afford to go out due to the astronomical fuel...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Yes.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Regarding the wider and often overlooked point about our national electricity grid, it is opportune to outline that there is only one electricity grid in Ireland. It is operated by EirGrid and owned by the State. Today, 40% of Ireland's electricity is generated by gas; 40% by wind; 10% by coal; and 10% by peat, oil and solar energy. Another point worth noting is that the grid is largely...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: The Rural Independent Group fully supports the motion. We were the first political grouping in the Dáil to call on the Government to hold an emergency mini budget, when we moved a Private Members' motion on 23 February 2022. We also moved a Private Members' motion in April calling on the Government to axe the carbon tax, which would have had the impact of putting about €8,000...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. This Bill would oblige the Government to produce a cross-departmental autism strategy and require all relevant Ministers and public bodies to co-operate with its implementation. The strategy would outline how the needs of people with autism, including access to education, other public services, employment and social inclusion, can be met by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: On Monday last, at a meeting of Cork County Council meeting, the order of business was suspended to discuss another Irish fishing industry crisis in the term of this Government. Fishing boats in Castletownbere, Union Hall and other piers in County Cork are staying tied to the pier as fishermen cannot afford to fuel their trawlers and boats. One councillor stated that he was told by a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: That is where the Government has led them. It is ruining their future.