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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: Uisce Éireann's strategic funding plan requirement was €11 billion in 2024, comprised of €6.1 billion investment in infrastructure and €4.9 billion in operating costs. While all spending has to be questioned, I will try to concentrate on what Ireland is getting for this huge budget. Every housing target that Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister. I raised three issues within Uisce Éireann. Regarding the generators, there was not even a switchover point in many of the plants that are there at the moment. If there was a switchover point and the emergency struck, they could bring a mobile unit in. Without it, they could not even plug it in. It is an astonishing situation. Apparently there are employees...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: They have raw sewage pouring into their communities every day-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: -----while Uisce Éireann and its buddies at the EPA and elsewhere are shutting a blind eye to them. What do I say to them?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: Bus Éireann provides a once-daily service in west Cork from Goleen to Cork city. It leaves Goleen village at approximately 7.50 a.m and returns in the evening at 7 o'clock. Recently, Local Link Cork started a new three times daily in and out service in the Goleen area to Skibbereen, which is more than welcome. The only problem is doubts have now started to emerge that Bus Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6065/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since November 2024 for a retest; if he will expedite a test for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 400. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a full breakdown of what grants and funding is available for festivals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS application has been submitted for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 798. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recommendation arising from the inquest of a person (details supplied) for the putting in place of a national policy to oversee the administration of unlicensed medicines in Ireland, which would be referred to as Ava's Protocol; the details of the process and the expected date when this protocol will be enacted; and if she will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: We need a proper debate in the Dáil this week about damage caused by flooding in Ireland, especially in the past week, particularly in County Cork. The community in Ballinascarthy was flooded once again for the second time in two months, as was Dunmanway and Halfway. The River Bride also flooded in Blackpool. The main cause of this flooding is the lack of rivers being cleaned. They...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: -----confident that efforts are being made to make sure that something like this will not happen again?

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: Last week it was reported that more than 14,000 children are waiting for an assessment of need. As is the same with everybody else I am sure, one of our constituents has a son who was diagnosed with a moderate intellectual disability and had an assessment of needs conducted in 2016. The family was informed he required psychological, speech and language, and occupational therapy but he has...

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: In August 2024, a headline in one of the newspapers stated that the longest waiting time for a driving test was 22 weeks. However, six months later, 22 weeks is now likely the shortest waiting time. During the Thirty-third Dáil, I spoke 11 times about the lengthy waiting times for driving tests. Now, in the Thirty-fourth Dáil, we are making no progress. The solution is clear....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: Taoiseach, I have always advocated for the rights of Irish fishermen whose quotas have been decimated over the years with 25% lost after Brexit and no recovery of quota since. Irish boats have, for generations, fished Rockall but in 2021, the Scottish Government claimed the rock and a 12 mile limit around it. Has the Irish Government conceded the ownership of Rockall to the UK? If not,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: Yesterday's meeting of the Dáil reform committee was a staged set event by Government politicians present. My understanding was we would all put forward proposals, which we did as well as the Government did, then discuss them, iron out what issues we had and draw up an agreement, but instead of Dáil reform being Dáil reform, last night it became Dáil dictate with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of an appeal for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus service in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Collins: The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, the ICSA and the Irish Rural Association are today protesting about GAEC 2 at Agriculture House. If this is not stopped, it will mean more regulations acting against Irish farmers. They need an urgent meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Instead of giving these genuine farmers debate time today, I am asking the...