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Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I am fighting for the older people among us.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The programme for Government stated that the Government will drive down the cost of providing new treatment drugs either through national or European initiatives. One of these treatments is Respreeza. It is a therapy which has been proved to slow down the progression of genetic emphysema in patients with severe Alpha-1. Two of the 21 people taking part in a clinical trial of Respreeza died...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: We are rural independents.

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I acknowledge the Independents4Change grouping for bringing this motion forward. I also commend the good people of Bantry Bay who are in the Gallery. They travelled up today and had a peaceful demonstration outside the Dáil to show the Government just how opposed they are to the mechanical harvesting of kelp in their local, beautiful bay. This is certainly not the first time, and...

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I shared time with another Member yesterday and I should get additional time today. The project was initiated by the county council to address the challenge of successful coastal zone management around the bay. The stakeholders' charter is based on the understanding that the regulatory agencies need to work in partnership with the local community in the successful management and...

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: We have asked the Minister of State to stand by the people.

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State can revoke the licence at no cost to the State and I ask him to do that for the people of Bantry.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I welcome that the Government is this evening commencing the process of ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ireland is the last state in the EU to do so, despite having signed the framework document in 2007. My Independent colleagues and I will support the Government in ratifying this convention but I would like to know how people with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: On page 82 of the programme for Government, "Working to Make Our Older Years Better Years", the Government promised to keep our older people active and independent in the community. This Saturday and the following Saturday, being St. Patrick's Day, both Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and I have organised two buses to Kingsbridge Private Hospital in Belfast for people to have cataract operations...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I am not. I am just asking the Tánaiste to spare a thought.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: 511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for changing the eligibility criteria for the ECCE programme, in particular the reduction of age eligibility from three years to two years and eight months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: 512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers funded in south-west County Cork; the way in which this number compares proportionally with the number of youth workers employed throughout the rest of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11121/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a homeowners income is taken into consideration when a person applies for a grant under the housing grant scheme if the home owner is not living in the same household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11120/18]

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I am happy to speak to the motion which I will support. From the day the so-called strategic communications unit was announced, I have called for its abolition. The sheer arrogance of the Government to treat itself to a €5 million strategic communications unit on budget day last October was appalling. The same budget failed to make any real change in dealing with the ongoing housing...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: Ninety-nine years ago Dáil Éireann met for the first time in the Mansion House, a building only a few minutes' walk from here. The First Dáil set out a series of principles to show the people what an Irish republic would look like free from Great Britain, principles that were put in place to ensure the republic would provide and care for its people. The eighth amendment is...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: It has been said by several figures on the pro-abortion side that we need abortion in Ireland due to the number of women travelling to other jurisdictions for abortions. As I have already stated, Ireland’s abortion rates are much lower than Britain’s. It is true that much more needs to be done to help the women who return home after going through an abortion. It has been...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: On page 47 of the programme for Government, under tourism policy, one of the Government's goals is to increase revenue from overseas visitors to €5 billion by 2025. Last week, I welcomed that the Taoiseach and other Ministers were selling Ireland all over the world to the best of their ability. Two of our greatest sports heroes, Gary and Paul O'Donovan, from the world class...

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the motion. I have raised the issue of insurance many times in this Chamber. Small and medium local businesses and community and voluntary groups in my constituency of Cork South-West are crippled by constantly increasing insurance premiums, whether for property, vehicle or public liability insurance. Small business owners, self-employed...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I concur with previous speakers in commending the emergency services for tackling the fire in Ballymun which, thankfully, did not lead to a loss of life. I will speak about elder care or, I should say, the complete lack of it throughout the country, including the constituency I represent, Cork South-West. The elderly built this country. Now, when they need help from the State, they have...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2018)

Michael Collins: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. He mentioned numbers dropping, but they are dropping because people are going to Belfast as quickly as they can for operations that should be carried out locally. He also referred to cataract operations. Those should be taking place in Bantry, Mallow and elsewhere in west Cork. They are 20 minute procedures. The Government has failed in its duty...