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Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: The youth justice strategy for the period 2021 to 2027, produced by the group chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is presented as a comprehensive plan to address youth crime and provide support for vulnerable young individuals; however, a critical examination of it raises concerns about its effectiveness and potential implications. We can produce all the documents we want...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: The farmers know the truth.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I am calling for immediate ministerial intervention to help young people on the Beara Peninsula who have intellectual disabilities. They used to have daily transport to CoAction's rehabilitative training, RT, education programme in Bantry provided to them. From tomorrow, though, they will no longer have that transport due to lack of funding. The current transport provider is willing and...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: Apprenticeships are a huge issue and we must provide encouragement in any way we can to make sure that apprenticeships are available to people. Many will have noticed the difficulty in hiring the services of skilled tradespeople such as electricians, plumbers or carpenters for home repairs, which are also in very short supply. There are, however, so many areas where we see young people...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: We support the motion before us, as we have done on each previous occasion it has been before us. On the whole, the Special Criminal Court has been an effective tool against subversive elements and, in recent years, against organised criminal gangs. For this reason, it is worth retaining. However, the case for its retention is far from unanswerable. We need to be clear that the ultimate...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I welcome Tadhg Daly, chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, and other visitors in the Gallery who run family nursing homes the length and breadth of our country. Nursing homes all over the country, including west Cork, have serious concerns about the ongoing crisis in the funding of nursing home care under the fair deal scheme. For what is now a long-standing basis, private and...

Culling the National Herd: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — farmers are angered by the Government's plans for tougher measures that will drastically reduce emissions in the agricultural sector, leading to downsizing and closure of otherwise viable farms; — Ireland has a proud tradition of clean and green grassland agricultural production, with farms often being managed by the same...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: Donkey and cart farmers will not survive. This is the real world.

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: At the very beginning of the Minister of State’s speech, to which I listened in my office, he mentioned honesty. Of course, everybody else here decided to talk about agriculture afterwards. Honesty is the best policy. Irish Water, which is responsible for public water services, has not provided clear action plans or timeframes for improving treatment in approximately one third of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the ICT grant to primary schools for the current academic year has been withdrawn; her plans to restore this vital grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of queries logged with HSE MyOptions (including phone calls and chat queries) in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, categorised in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making on expanding the national heel prick test; the number of diseases that babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when a decision will be made to include spinal muscular atrophy in newborn screening (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concern raised in relation to the low capitation grants allocated to national schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reducing class sizes in Ireland for 2024, given that class sizes in Ireland are significantly larger than the majority of other European countries.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31911/23]

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: As the RTÉ scandal gets deeper and darker, one aspect becomes clear, which is that RTÉ is a financial basket case that has been poorly operated and controlled from a corporate governance perspective. The organisation's top brass seems to have a cavalier outlook on providing anyone, including the Oireachtas, with the truth, yet the truth is what we seek. After all, for the period...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I will give 100% support to this Sinn Féin motion. I thank its Members for bringing it forward. The A5 route linking the North and South is a critical piece of infrastructure and a major route for people living and working in the Border counties and across the north west. The A5 route from Aughnacloy to Derry is in urgent need of upgrades to improve safety and reduce fatalities. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Chair. I agree with his opening statement. It clearly outlines the current position of Irish dairy farmers and Irish agriculture. I welcome the witnesses. I think I am correct when I say that the report is not defeatist. It states that Ireland can do more, and the witnesses are open on how progress can be made. Irish farmers have been trying to do their best. There needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: There is also Goleen and places like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I have been on the Community Council in Goleen since 1999. We are doing our best to provide a sewage system for Goleen. It has not happened since 1999. There is raw sewage being pumped into the tide, and the Department is chasing the poor farmer. I was at a public meeting in Shannonvale in Clonakilty recently. There is raw sewage bursting over the ground and pouring into the reservoir,...