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Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I am continually meeting-----

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I am sorry.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: We know it well, sure we were here.The were more of us here than there were Sinn Féin Deputies.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I am continuously meeting with people in my own constituency area who come to me pleading for help as they are afraid they will not get a special needs assistant for their child. It is a disgrace that any parent has to go through this stress to provide an adequate education for his or her child. We will not stand for it on this side. Others may, but we will not. I have had many school...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: The Deputy misled the people.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: Like Deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae I have spoken to Ms Noreen O'Neill. This lady is climbing Croagh Patrick, one of the highest mountains in the country, to highlight the efforts she is making to get medicinal cannabis for her child. Medicinal cannabis must be rescheduled in Ireland. As it stands, it is classified as a drug with no medicinal properties. Until this situation...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. We need to examine the overcrowding in our prisons. Figures from yesterday indicate that five of our 12 prisons are over capacity. Currently, all Irish prisons hold close to 4,000 prisoners and our main remand prison in Cloverhill is now at 97% capacity. This is an urgent matter. We have a growing population and yet our prisons are nearly...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: What about rural Ireland?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: He is looking after his own constituency.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: It is a bit unfair as I have not spoken very long on this matter at all.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I understand but with the recommittal of a Bill, I understood the speaking arrangements were changed and there would be no time restriction.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I have not yet had the opportunity to be repetitious.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: I have questions on a number of matters and I have sought the answers since before Christmas. I have not got answers to some of them, although I accept the Minister has addressed others. With respect to waiting times for driving tests, the worst wait in Ireland is in Cork, which is 17.4 weeks. How can the Minister consider in any way, shape or form that this part of the Bill was...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: Has the Minister set aside the provision for roads like those in west Cork? The millions required by Transport Infrastructure Ireland would lead to saving lives.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: It is not.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: The Tánaiste was not even here for the debate.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)

Michael Collins: Page 97 of the programme for Government promises: "We will double the number of apprenticeships to provide a total of 31,000 places by 2020". However, employers throughout west Cork are telling me that there is a scarcity of skilled tradespeople on the ground. Will the Government overturn the decision in the 2014 budget to impose the new pro ratastudent contribution, and reinstate the State...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Collins: On page 119 of the programme for Government, under the heading "Seafood and the Marine", the Government states it is committed to the development of the inshore fisheries sector. Hundreds of people attended a peaceful protest in Bantry last Sunday to do all they can to stop mechanical harvesting of 1,860 acres of kelp off the stunning Bantry Bay. BioAtlantis wrote to the Department last...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Collins: This licence was granted in 2009.

Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on today's motion regarding the establishment of a special joint committee on climate action. This is all well and good if the committee addresses the issues and concerns of the people head on and not become just another junket layer of bureaucracy. I listened to previous speakers who attacked the agriculture sector in respect of climate change. Farmers...