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Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Michael Collins: At the start of this month, the Minister was rolling out "The Big Hello" campaign, urging people to reach out to their neighbours as part the first national community weekend, which took place at the May bank holiday weekend. While this is a lovely initiative, I am thinking of the reality. In my own constituency of Cork South-West which is decreasing in population size, there are no young...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Michael Collins: The development of primary care is vital in reforming the health services. We need to look at ways of achieving a more balanced health service by ensuring the majority of patients who require urgent or planned care are managed within primary and community-based settings. This will achieve a more accessible and cost-effective health service for the benefit of everyone who uses it. The...

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)

Michael Collins: Deputy Burton blamed farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Collins: I thank our guests for coming before the committee and outlining the programme of the Department. They referred to the audio-visual programme and I assume some funding in the Department's programme goes to film festivals. I have to commend the officials if they are funding film festivals following the festival in Schull last week. It was phenomenal for our local community. It was slightly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Collins: I remember Deputy Smyth said that. I commend any support that has been given to film festivals such as the one in Schull. It will be interesting to hear what the organisers have to say when they come before us in the months ahead. There are eight islands off the coast of my constituency in west Cork that I often visit. They may be poorly populated but they need a voice. I do not think...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Michael Collins: In the programme for Government the Government promised to increase home help hours to provide seven-day cover per week. We learn now that the HSE has issued an embargo directing no new home help hours are to be allocated to new patients. The HSE is also seeking a reduction in the number of hours being rolled out in west Cork. This is shocking news for those in west Cork who have a home...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Michael Collins: Will the Minister of State intervene personally to lift the embargo?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Michael Collins: Will the Minister lift the embargo in west Cork?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Michael Collins: I asked a question.

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2019)

Michael Collins: When I was growing up in rural Ireland as a young boy, I do not think I ever heard the words biodiversity or climate change. Times have changed and it saddens me when I hear that animals and plants are disappearing faster than at any other time in human history. It is happening in Ireland too. A biodiversity report published earlier this month gave a grim account of the significant dangers...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: No one got an invitation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: On 3 April I raised serious concerns on the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Bill with the Taoiseach. I felt it was being rushed through the Dáil without any pre-legislative scrutiny. I pleaded that we would have more time to weigh up all concerns but Fine Gael, joined by Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, voted to hand over our fishermen's rights in the zone up to six nautical miles off...

National Development Plan: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: By 2040, it is anticipated that Ireland will approach the pre-Famine population level of 8 million. In the intervening period, it is estimated that an additional 660,000 employment opportunities will be required. It is vital that we have a strategic approach to public capital investment. The national development plan has committed to a capital spend of €116 billion. This all sounds...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: The treatment of Irish fishermen's rights has been ignored for decades by successive Governments. When we negotiate in Europe and have to hand over any of our rights in these negotiations, we have been handing over the rights of our fishermen and the Irish Sea bit by bit. This has meant our fishermen have had to travel out of their own waters as they fight for a livelihood and watch...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I speak to fishermen from my constituency of Cork South-West daily. Whether they are inshore fishermen or fisherwomen or work on larger trawlers, they are furious with political parties that time and again have thrown away any rights Irish fishermen have. They want a stand-alone Minister in this country whose sole responsibility is to fight for their...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: Prior to the local elections, €100 million was announced for beef farmers. As the Taoiseach well knows, we have spoken often enough about this in the Dáil. Beef farmers have been on their knees in recent years. It is a very serious crisis. How will this funding be distributed and rolled out? Farmers do not want the factory hierarchies to get the funding when it becomes...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: During my contribution to my first Leaders' Questions with then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, in March 2016, I spoke of the major shortfalls in our home help service. In spite of promises made by the Taoiseach at that time, nothing has really happened. During negotiations on the programme for Government, in which I was very much involved, discussions took place about providing a...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: That is rubbish.

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: I am not roaring; I am stating the facts.

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Collins: I am astonished to hear the Minister of State say that there is no embargo on home help hours and that this is not an issue in the Cork and Kerry region. I received an email from a person in the constituency that the Minister of State and I represent. A family member of the constituent wants to come home but cannot do so. The constituent is willing to give up a huge amount of time but also...