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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: This is a very technical Bill. In my view, it needs a lot more time for discussion. I said in the Dáil last week that we need more time for Bills rather than rushing them through the Dáil. However, it looks like the way this Government works at present is to talk little, to push through everything and to give very little opportunity to people in the Opposition to scrutinise these...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: Carbon tax.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: It is crucifying the people.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: It is simply due to the failure to protect the ordinary people of this country that I will not be supporting the Government today. There are hard-working mothers and fathers who have little or nothing in their pockets after a hard week's work as fuel costs rise and rise. Families are being fleeced with the massive Government fuel tax take and carbon tax robbery as electric bills rise. At...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: I am also glad to speak on this issue. AMIF was set up for the period from 2021 to 2027 and funding amounts to €9.9 billion. The fund aims to further boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between member states, particularly those providing emergency assistance. Since 2017, nearly 100,000...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: I am in the Dáil since 2016 and, since then, I do not know how many times we have spoken about housing. I often think that if a couple of dozen houses were built every time we spoke about housing, there would not be a housing crisis in the country but, sadly, there has been a lot of talk with nothing happening afterwards. This motion is about Raise the Roof. I would like to talk...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: The Parkinson’s Association of Ireland is looking for proper care for people with Parkinson’s disease nationally in Ireland. With only a small number of specialised Parkinson’s nurses in Ireland, we are nationally falling way behind. There is a need for at least 20 specialised Parkinson’s nurses in Ireland. The very least that should happen in this budget is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. I would like to also acknowledge Deputy Nolan who put this question together for me. We hosted the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland and the Minister met representatives from it outside the gates before they came into the audiovisual room. They were from Cork, Dublin and elsewhere in the country. We were told that there has been no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. Three weeks ago, I was invited to a house in my constituency to meet a person suffering from Parkinson's disease. When I got there, I found out that three people in that family have Parkinson's disease. The sad thing is that I could not advise them where to go. The only help I could offer them was Tony Wilkinson. I hope he is tuning in to these...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: Every weekend my clinics, like those of all Deputies, are full of people looking for help with housing, including families who work hard but will never be able to afford to purchase a home of their own and families who do not qualify for any State help. These are the people falling between the cracks. The Government's Housing for All plan is nothing more than a rebranding of old Fine Gael...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: Farmers are going through a most horrendous time in this country with crippling fertiliser costs as well as the price of green diesel going up €1 per litre due to carbon tax and VAT increases on fuel as the Government stands idly by. I met members of the IFA and other farm organisations in west Cork over the weekend. They told me of the mental stress farmers are going through as many...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: That is shocking.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: There are costs.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: What is the percentage?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: Governments throughout Europe are taking emergency steps to shield their citizens from the worsening energy crisis. Even the Green Party coalition in Germany is preparing to reopen coal plants while other governments have moved to cut energy taxes. In Ireland, our Government has remained the outlier, doing either nothing or much too little. Even Frans Timmermans, the second most senior...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 514. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37787/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the 20% discount for transport has not been passed on to the children and students using the school transport system given the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 660. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the name and details of each premises being used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees; the number of refugees in each premises; the rate of payment for refugees per night given to the premises in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37101/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (12 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 661. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full amount of monies paid out per county to accommodate Ukrainian refugees to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37103/22]