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Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: West Cork has a crisis in SouthDoc. We have an ambulance crisis and a mental health crisis, and no one is responsible. The responsibility of the continued crisis is Cork University Hospital, CUH, lies with the Minister of Health, the previous Ministers and the HSE. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have continuously downgraded services at Bantry General Hospital and got away with it. They...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The Cope Foundation runs a residential centre in Carrigbeg, Bandon, that accommodates 13 special needs adults four nights a week but these adults have to return home every Friday evening until Monday evening. In some cases, they are returning home to elderly parents who are finding it very challenging to care for them every weekend. In a growing number of cases, these people have no family...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The main purpose of the Bill is to establish a new independent statutory authority to be known as the agrifood regulator - the office for fairness and transparency in the agrifood supply chain. The objective of the new office will be to promote the principles of fairness and transparency in the agriculture and marine food supply chain. According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: We all know and recognise that organ and tissue donation is a service that saves lives. It improves lives and has better health benefits, as well as cost benefits. Ireland has the highest rate of donation in the world, at 20.3 donors per million of the population, but there is no doubt but that there has to be an opt-out system. A family must consent to any organ donation. In my view,...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Ireland has experienced a major crisis in its forestry licensing system in recent years. The crisis has been caused by a number of factors but is mainly driven by a lack of support at Government level, including a lack of funding for the regulatory agency responsible for managing the country's forests. A shortage of skilled staff and a backlog of applications for forestry licences has led...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the evaluation process leading to the decision on the solidarity fund announced by the Government regarding the implementation of Council Regulation No. 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices (details supplied); if he will specifically set out all of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will set out the solidarity tax contribution rates set by all other member states within the European Union to date on the implementation of Council Regulation No. 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 to address high energy prices (details supplied); if losses are deductible against those rates; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Government's review of energy security; if he will outline any plans and processes in place for the matter to be considered by the Government, Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, industry or members of the public following the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of submissions received on the Government's review on energy security; when his Department intends to publish the submissions made to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the other grants or schemes that are available for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63862/22]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: - the Irish inshore fleet comprises approximately 91 per cent of all our fishing vessels, and supports between 2,500 and 3,000 full-time jobs in rural and coastal communities; - the National Inshore Fishermen's Association, the representative body for the small inshore fishermen in Ireland, have been highlighting their serious...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I will clarify that for the Minister.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I will come back to the Minister on that. He was given a plan when he was in Union Hall.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Nothing this year.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Nothing this year. The €12 million was refused.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: On a point of order, I would like the Minister to apologise to Cork County Council for the comments he made earlier that the council never applied for funding for the pier at Union Hall. It did so under the Minister’s guidance. When he came down to Union Hall and was having nice meals, or whatever he said, he advised the council to apply for scoping and feasibility funding, which it...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: What about people of west Cork? It is the smaller fishermen who are lying in ruins. There is the larger fleet and the small fishermen.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: If he provokes people, he will get a response.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: It was a feasibility study. The Deputy should clarify that.