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Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: Would the Government consider making time available to debate that?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Restoration (6 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be providing a grant for minor works to national schools for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42486/14]

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, which is of the utmost importance. Moreover, it is in the utmost public interest that Members address the issues before them today. At the outset, I found the BBC "Spotlight" programme to be an excellent piece of public service broadcasting. Huge credit is due to the BBC in terms of pulling together that documentary. A question that...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: One of the distinct advantages of the Irish political system is that the vast majority of public representatives are very much in touch with how people are feeling and the effects of Government and State decisions on their everyday lives. Some people criticise us and refer to clientelism and say we are wasting our time holding clinics. I can attest to the fact that every week when I hold...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: The budget gave tax cuts of up to €600 million and yet our elderly people in Limerick, across the mid-west and elsewhere in the country are facing a funding shortage for the fair deal scheme. That is wrong. The people know it is wrong. The Minister for Health needs to take some positive steps to address the situation. It is simply not good enough. The Government's budget gave a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (12 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm contacts her Department has had with South Dublin County Council regarding the need for sites for two schools in the Firhouse area of Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43344/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (13 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that the revenue office in High Street, Tallaght, Dublin 24, remains open for business into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (13 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the review of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43511/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the continuing anti-social behaviour on the streets of Dublin; the actions she has taken to address the current challenges in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43958/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: I introduce this question because there is a degree of denial within the Government in respect of anti-social behaviour, particularly in Dublin city centre and emanating into the broader Dublin region. This issue was raised with the Tánaiste during Leaders' Questions a number of weeks ago by my colleague Deputy Cowen. The Tánaiste was in complete denial about the situation in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: Outside of members of the public with whom we deal every day of the week, other stakeholders such as hoteliers, publicans, retailers and restaurateurs are very concerned about this matter. On the number of gardaí employed in stations across the Dublin north central metropolitan region, the Bridewell, Fitzgibbon Street, Mountjoy and Store Street stations have experienced decreases in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: The four year plan has expired and the troika has gone. The Government is in a new space in which it can make decisions on these issues. I ask the Minister to outline her view on what she thinks the strength of the force should be. Should it be 13,000, as at present, or higher? My party's budget document factored in an increase of 500 gardaí who are particularly needed in parts of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bench Warrants (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants nationwide on PULSE; her views on this number of outstanding warrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43959/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bench Warrants (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: I have been seeking information on the number of outstanding bench warrants as of 23 September 2014. We tabled this as a parliamentary question and the Minister undertook to have the information collated by An Garda Síochána and referred back to us. To date, we still have not received the information so we have tabled the question again as a priority because the issue is of major...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bench Warrants (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: The information which the Minister has provided points to a continuing major dysfunction in the execution of bench warrants, particularly as such warrants are the bread and butter upon which the criminal justice system works when judges are ordering people to appear before them or in committing people to prison. If that plank of our criminal justice system is breaking down to the degree...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bench Warrants (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: How will the Minister deal with this issue? The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality put forward the concept of a criminal justice inspectorate and the Minister referenced the report of Mr. Robert Olson for the Garda Inspectorate, which was published last week. Has the Minister or the Cabinet sub-committee on justice reform given real consideration to the establishment of an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a response to the report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate into the investigation of serious crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43783/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Reporting (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had contact with her Northern Ireland counterpart with regard to the confirmed reports of the way the provisional movement dealt with complaints of sexual abuse; her views on concerns surrounding the possibility of abusers being moved south of the Border; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation on surrogacy in view of the Supreme Court ruling in M.R. and Anor versus An tÁrd Chláraitheoir and Ors; her policy on surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43782/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 Nov 2014)

Niall Collins: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce new anti-corruption legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43785/14]