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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an NCT for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data compiled by the HSE of recorded protests against abortion including the date, time, number present and any other recorded information from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3154/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to give relief to the hotel sector at this time with the ongoing energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3880/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: What plans is the Minister's Department putting in place to give relief to the hotel sector at this time with the ongoing energy crisis?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for her reply. Many of the hotels in west Cork are closed at present due to energy costs and overheads. Those who are not housing refugees, and many hotels in west Cork do not, cannot afford to open their doors. I am pleading on their behalf. I see that they are closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. It is an astonishing situation we find ourselves in....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I remember meeting with the Minister, and she is most welcome at any time, in west Cork which is the tourism capital of Ireland as far as I am concerned. We have fantastic hotels. I have met with the sector. It includes such hotels as the Celtic Ross Hotel, Fernhill House Hotel, the Emmet Hotel, the Parkway Hotel, the Schull Harbour Hotel and the Blue Horizon Hotel in Kinsale. The bottom...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Appointments (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the appointment of a State solicitor to west Cork to replace a person (details supplied) who retired as State solicitor in December 2022, after 36 years of service.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3512/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The lack of mental health services in Ireland is having a significant impact on people with mental health problems. Many people must wait months or even years to access services, which can be detrimental to their mental health and well-being. Due to a shortage of mental health professionals, many children are not able to access the care they need when they need it or are only able to...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: We are going to lose the beds permanently. The decision has been made and it was not appealed. There has been a continuous lack of investment in the mental health unit in Bantry hospital by government after government. We are going to lose three beds permanently now because the appeal is not going to go ahead.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State will be the first person I will praise in west Cork if that is the case, but that is the announcement that the HSE made. I was told the HSE would appeal it, but the decision was not appealed when it went to court and now we are left in a situation where there will be a reduction in beds.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State should make an announcement or put it in writing that there will be no loss of beds in Bantry General Hospital mental health unit. If she does, she will be a hero.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider keeping the VAT rate at 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3879/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: Fuel excise duty reductions are due to expire later this month. When they were announced last year, they took 20 cent per litre off petrol, 15 cent off diesel, and 2 cent off green tractor diesel. Families are struggling. Many of them are on the edge and sick with worry at the end of every week about where they will find the money to pay exorbitant energy bills, or pay to put food on the...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Sinn Féin for this motion. I fully support any calls for specific measures to provide mortgage interest relief for homeowners. For example, a scheme could and urgently should be designed to provide temporary relief for homeowners facing financial hardship, or to help first-time buyers get on to the property ladder. The scheme could also target...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. I send my sincere sympathies to Deputies Danny and Michael Healy-Rae on the death of their uncle, Dinny Healy-Rae, a hard-working gentleman who left our shores for New Jersey 60 years ago. He was 90 years of age when he passed away yesterday. The question is short. What alternative accommodation does the Minister have in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. The situation in Kerry is very worrying. I have heard a lot about it on Radio Kerry and from Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and other Deputies. It is also very worrying in County Cork, where I come from. The tourism season is starting soon and we are trying to promote tourism and continue to do so. It is quite possible that hotels will want to cease their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply. He is talking about a huge number of people who have taken up stays in hotels because of the crisis that we are in. These are legitimate people. There are people coming into this country who are undocumented who, as far as I am concerned, should not be in this country. No one should be in this country unless he or she is fully documented. If I was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention and-or that of his Department and the HSE has been drawn to incidences where women requested abortion-pill reversal treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (8 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the over-population of Sika deer in the Glengarriff area; the steps he plans to take in relation to the issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5833/23]