Results 61-80 of 98 for garda speaker:Michael Collins

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Michael Collins: ...hardship, the threat of losing their homes, domestic abuse, bereavement or separation from a loved one who is dying, the personal trauma must be quite profound. Every teacher, school staff member, garda, health professional, social welfare officer, housing officer and provider of social care needs to know how to respond appropriately to their service users so as not to retraumatise them....

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...have fabulous facilities such as community halls and beautiful playing pitches or whatever for all sports but they lack people. There are opportunities there. In my parish of Goleen there is a Garda station with seven rooms lying idle. The Garda station was closed. Why can it not be given to the community? Why is that being made impossible? There are plenty of community and...

Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Collins: ...not recovered is a harrowing situation for anyone to be in and an extremely painful time. Sadly, this situation is more common than people realise. The records of the missing persons bureau of An Garda Síochána show that almost 26 people are reported missing every day and more than 9,000 people are typically reported as missing to the Garda every year. With God's help, some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: ...totally opposed to out-of-control burning but there is also controlled burning and we should be very supportive of this. The IFA and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association came together with the Garda to train farmers on controlled burning. We should encourage this in specific areas where it is needed at specific times. Sometimes we cannot burn in season because the season is...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Michael Collins: ...liquidation laws to workers. A spokesperson for former Debenhams workers on Patrick Street, Valerie Conlon, said they fully supported the Bill. Two weeks ago a story emerged that members of the Garda had forcibly removed Debenhams workers from the picket line in Dublin. In doing so, the Garda's actions allowed the receiver, KPMG to break the protest and remove stock from the premises in...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: ...but it would help in some small way to ensure they will not be hit by double taxation. This is a Bill that people will not be able to cope with. In west Cork we have seen the closure of our banks, our Garda stations, and many other local services. In addition to this, the previous Government hit us with property tax and the universal social charge as well as the loss of carer's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Collins: ...% of the work. Bantry General Hospital has a massive catchment area, but a few years go it lost its emergency unit overnight, which has had a serious effect. We spoke to representatives of An Garda Síochána earlier about the fear of crime, but there is also a fear of bad health or an accident. A person living on the Beara Peninsula is over two hours from the nearest...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Michael Collins: There are four primary response agencies in Ireland; the fire service, the ambulance service, the Garda and the Irish Coast Guard. The Irish Coast Guard is the only primary response agency that is not legislated for in the State. The Irish Coast Guard is the fourth blue light service and it needs to be a stand-alone, legislated, primary response agency. The current system within which it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Collins: ..., the community employment scheme, Tús, JobPath and HSE schemes. The witnesses are familiar with such schemes. Some of our members are also working on Tidy Towns initiatives. Between insurance and Garda vetting, it is becoming more and more difficult. The witnesses can see this. I am sure they hear about it from people. It needs to be taken on board here today that people are...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Collins: I will start by citing an article from the website, thejournal.ie.Ireland really is in the dark ages, and rural Ireland even further behind that. No transportation links, no garda stations, terrible roads, [now no post offices and no pubs but, in particular] no broadband. All because of where you live. Rural people are forgotten about, because we obviously don’t matter. It saddens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Michael Collins: ...Macra na Feirme. They made very interesting points in their presentations. There was very little with which I could disagree but I would welcome elaboration on some points. The ICA spoke about Garda stations, post offices, banks and rural broadband. I come from a community where there is a strong ICA group on the Mizen Peninsula in west Cork. We lost our local Garda station and our...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: ...customers will be kept more than 1 m apart and could be told to leave the premises where they may be eating or having a drink. That is very unfair and I will not support it. It will also be difficult for An Garda Síochána to administer these extended powers if they are used again. The Garda in west Cork worked hard during the pandemic. Gardaí were always present in...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Michael Collins: ...Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party, the Green Party, the Social Democrats and the so-called Independents in the Regional Group, all turned their back on the hard-working people of this country. The Garda representative groups - the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors - cast doubt on the Bill. Astonishingly, within hours,...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: .... There was no ambulance in Cork county so he lay on the ground for two hours and 45 minutes. Second, in late August, there was a car accident in Schull with three people injured. Fire and Garda personnel laid the three injured on the roadside and rang for an ambulance. There was no ambulance in west Cork. They waited two hours and 30 minutes before an ambulance came from another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Michael Collins: ...An Post has failed to help them to survive. More of them are fearful of their future. I live in a rural community and I know how rural Ireland is dying on its feet. I have seen the closure of Garda stations and banks. In my peninsula two banks were closed. What was the first thing that happened? The local supermarket was closed within 12 months, with the loss of 17 jobs in that...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Michael Collins: ...and Australia and 30 states in the US. We need to step up to the plate and stop innocent children who have rare conditions suffering more than they already do. I commend the stellar work that An Garda Síochána is doing in taking illegal drugs off our streets. Almost weekly we hear of high-profile drug seizures. It is my understanding that if a child is over the age of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Michael Collins: ...census in which we have had a population decrease. We are finding it very difficult. We have lost two of the three banks in the peninsula, and the nearest bank is 20 miles away. We have lost our Garda stations and our post offices are on the verge of closure if the Government has its way. There is a complete lack of thinking on how we could turn this situation around. Some of my...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...people of Ireland when the damage an increase would have done was explained. This is a positive day for transportation businesses and for anyone running a can or van. I acknowledge this. I welcome the increase in the Garda budget of €60 million, allowing for recruitment of 800 extra gardaí, but we need to know exactly the breakdown of how this extra €60 million will...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Michael Collins: ..., cafes, restaurants, hairdressers, petrol stations and an insurance office in Bantry. Even today the blood pressure clinic in Bantry closed. In addition we have seen the continued closure of Garda stations such as the Garda station in Ballinspittle. Those are all vital services for rural communities, and without them we are seeing a very serious situation develop in rural areas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: ...and Mr. O'Brien were passionate in their presentation. It leaves a large number of questions for my constituency, which has been savaged by cuts in the past few years, including the loss of Garda stations, post offices and banks. However, we thought there was a recovery and now WCDP is being taken from us, which is the probably the biggest blow to west Cork for as long as I have been...