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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan is not present to move amendment No. 23. I know that she may want to discuss it, but she can do so on Report Stage in the Dáil.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendments Nos. 24 to 28, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 28 is a logical alternative to amendment No 27.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Would Deputy Peadar Tóibín like to address amendment No. 25?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Is the Deputy happy that he has covered both amendments?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: I call Deputy Eamon Ryan to speak to amendment No. 27.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Does Deputy Peadar Tóibín wish to make a final comment?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: I promised Deputy Tóibín that he could make a brief comment.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: How stands amendment No. 24?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 28 is in the name of Deputy Catherine Connolly and she would like to discuss it. She will have that opportunity on Report Stage in the Dáil.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 31 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: The basis for the ruling would have been included in correspondence sent to the Deputy by the clerk to the committee.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 32 has already been discussed with amendment No. 29.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 33 has already been discussed with amendment No. 20.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: That completes the Committee Stage consideration of the Heritage Bill 2016. I thank the Minister and her officials for their assistance to the committee today.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Message to Dáil (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has completed its consideration of the Heritage Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Michael Collins: On pages 112 and 113 of A Programme for a Partnership Government, under the agriculture heading, the Government stated that farm families and rural communities must feel the effects of positive economic and social change. The reality is that many farm families are under serious financial pressure due to the fodder crisis. Some cannot pay many of their bills. The association of agricultural...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Is the Taoiseach standing over what the Minister, Deputy Ross, called us last week?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 May 2018)

Michael Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on whether their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 May 2018)

Michael Collins: 185. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme will be introduced that will allow the scheme to be backdated three years for nursing home residents that pass on their farms and businesses to relatives. [20353/18]

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Page 118 of the programme for Government document refers to how the horse and greyhound sectors are fundamentally important to rural Ireland and must be protected. In recent weeks we have read in national and international newspapers that there is another horsemeat scandal emanating from Ireland. It would appear that horses have entered the food chain from a licensed facility under the...