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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preserving Ireland's Natural Heritage: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: I welcome all the witnesses. I have a few interesting questions. Most of them relate to An Taisce. The representatives of the Heritage Council raised issues like upland farms and fires. To be honest, I would echo much of what Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said about An Taisce. I come from a rural community. An Taisce was founded in 1948. I was born in 1968. This is the first I have seen of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preserving Ireland's Natural Heritage: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: I will be brief as we have already discussed many of the issues I raised. How do we strike a balance and find a solution in regard to An Taisce? I said it was faceless, has broken the hearts of many, has caused extreme frustration and is very much disliked in rural Ireland, to say the least. I have found no one who will say a good word about it. How do we find a solution? Mr. Lumley did...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Ring, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, on their appointments. My experience since I came into the Dáil tells me they will be passionate and fair to people. While many of my comments might suggest I do not think that way, my heart is in rural Ireland and its community. The new Department of community and rural affairs is a positive move....

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: Why was that? I will tell the Minister why. It is because they told the truth. They said this new Leader programme would be a shambles and it is nothing short of a shambles. The Minister has an opportunity to turn this around. I do not think he can do so in this Leader programme. The Minister can look at the future because this one is almost in tatters, so much so that we can say it is...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: We need to forget about all these Departments. If the Minister wants to get something done, he should get the communities involved in the roll-out. It can come under the Leader programme, as is done in other European countries. There are many other issues I could speak about here, including the cuts to the ambulance service that are affecting rural Ireland and the 24-hour accident and...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: It is scandalous.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a breakwater wall will be provided for the residents of Blackrock Terrace, Castletownbere, where severe tidal storms have caused a lot of damage to the houses in adverse weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shooting Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shooting Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting and hunting ban for gun clubs and predator control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 751. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential respite care home will be opened in the Cork south west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an outreach clinic in County Cork for a metabolic doctor and a paediatric gastroenterologist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 1251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the salmon fishing drift net ban which was imposed on inshore fishermen in 2006 will occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 1252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider a pilot project in which a number of fishermen from each county would take part in a scheme overseen by the Marine Institute to ascertain sea stocks, the results of which would determine the need for a salmon fishing drift net ban on the inshore fishing community; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 1281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be provided for 75 persons in Sandycove, Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35278/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill tonight. The housing crisis is not only an issue in my constituency of Cork South West, but an issue of great national concern and one that I do not see being resolved over the next few years. There are many verbal plans to resolve this crisis but little or no physical action, no shovel-ready projects, especially in West Cork. ...

Flooding in County Donegal: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion and I commend Deputy Charlie McConalogue for bringing it forward. First, I want to extend my sympathies to the people of Donegal whose homes, farms and businesses have been destroyed in recent flash flooding. I have seen numerous times the destruction caused by unprecedented levels of flooding in my own constituency of Cork...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. I am happy to be able to speak on this issue of huge importance this evening. Ireland is left in a very uncertain place following Britain’s decision to leave the EU last year. We are well aware of the great difficulties we will face along the Border with Northern Ireland and the economic implications to which it will give rise. I wish...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputies Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae and Mattie McGrath. I am glad to have the opportunity to speak to the Bill. I note that it touches on a wide range of subjects and there are a number of aspects I wish to raise. First, I welcome the changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which is being amended in the Bill with a view to deterring and reducing...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am very happy to be able to speak on this important issue. I commend my colleagues in the Fianna Fáil party for bringing this legislation forward. The housing crisis is one of the major challenges facing the current Government and to have faced its predecessor. Recent figures show there are 1,442 families homeless in the State at present. This represents an increase of 25% since...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am happy to speak on this very important topic this evening. Like many of my colleagues, I was very much opposed to the introduction of water charges in this country. I welcome the fact that this Bill provides for the discontinuation of the domestic water charges fiasco that was set up under the 2014 Water Services Act. It also sets out provisions for the refunding of payments made to...