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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach has publicly stated that he supports the hardworking, local businesses that employ many people in rural towns and villages. Airbnb hosts also fall into the category of hardworking local businesses. They form the bedrock of visitor accommodation in rural and coastal areas across the island. For example, their contribution to the success of the Wild Atlantic Way, now in its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach said that he understands the challenges faced by businesses. I could question that because he is part of the Government that raised VAT from 9% to 13.5%. That was not evidence of understanding the challenges businesses are experiencing. I am talking about a completely different matter. The Taoiseach referred to regulation. Those in the Airbnb sector are not afraid of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: Shocking.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach has not answered the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: That is a scandalous answer to the people providing Airbnb in west Cork.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The people who provide Airbnb support tourism services in west Cork. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: You are clueless. You do not have a clue, Taoiseach, you never answered the question I asked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: Do not bother coming down to west Cork.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: Sorry.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I would like to speak to the section of the Bill relating to the Minister's control over county development plans and having the final say. I have serious concerns about that. Councillors are elected, and I wish every councillor who was elected in the past week the very best going forward. The councillors who are elected should have the final say as to how a county development plan is put...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I have stood in this Chamber many times and spoken of the work being done by the carers of this country. I have spoken of the amount of money they are saving the State, the personal care they give, which is second to none, yet the thanks these people get is that they are means tested. I can quote case after case, person after person, but it seems to fall on deaf ears. We hear a good deal...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying that but you have to be terminally ill to get that.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: In most cases that is the case because I certainly know from my office.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State is incorrect because people have come to my office and they are applying for the medical card and cannot get it even though they have cancer. The Minister of State should not come along telling me that is not the case. Unfortunately, you have to be terminally ill to fill the form the Minister of State is talking about. If not, please give me the form. She must have a...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: Thank you too with your dream talk.

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — from 2011-2018 and 2020-2023, the hospitality and tourism sector enjoyed a reduced 9 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) rate; — the Government restored this rate to 13.5 per cent in September 2023; — the Government’s decision to hike the VAT rate on the sector last year was ill-judged and ill-advised; —...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I would be delighted to.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: The decision to join the EU migration pact is a significant one for Ireland with far-reaching implications. This pact is essentially a set of rules and guidelines for managing migration within the European Union and could place a substantial economic and social burden on the country. It could strain public services and local amenities including housing and medical services, which are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister and the officials for coming before the committee. The Minister said that BIM works closely with the industry and all of the recognised representative groups in actively supporting the development of sector as a whole and the inshore fleet in particular. There has been no meeting or contact with members of NIFA regarding the implementation of the inshore strategy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Michael Collins: I will not question that. If the Minister says the Department has had those meetings, that is good enough. However, BIM has not met NIFA. The Minister in his statement said BIM works closely with the industry and all of the recognised representative groups in actively supporting the development of the sector including inshore. We would expect a meeting would have taken place since 31...