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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: There have been protests outside our beef factories for as long as a month now. Men and women, the farmers of this country, have spent 24 hours of every day trying to get a simple message across, which is that they are working at a major loss which they cannot sustain. These people, whom I meet and speak with daily, are mystified as to why the Taoiseach and the leader of the main Opposition...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this motion in light of the ongoing crisis in the beef sector. As it is the week of the National Ploughing Championships, issues in our agriculture sector are all people are talking about. I raised the many issues that family farms are currently facing as a result of poor treatment and the delayed intervention in the crisis on the part our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lusitania Museum and Related Matters: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I welcome the group, which is appearing before us to give evidence about an incredible story stretching over many decades. As Mr. Hayes pointed out, it is a national story, not just a local one. I will ask a number of questions that the witnesses might be able to answer. Can the Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht make it easier for the group in any way? The group is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lusitania Museum and Related Matters: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: Mr. Hayes got as far as this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lusitania Museum and Related Matters: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I also mentioned the licences. Can we help in any way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lusitania Museum and Related Matters: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: The group has been gifted the wreck of the Lusitania. What does that mean to the group as an organisation?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: Since the start of the school term, Deputies have been inundated with queries from families whose children do not have access to school transport. The Department is not intervening, Bus Éireann has stood back and parents and children are suffering. Enniskeane national school is the feeder school for the secondary schools in Bandon. Up to 20 children attending these schools from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: In my time as a public representative the people of west Cork have been the poor relations of Irish politics. They have fought bitterly for everything they have, with little or no Government support. I refer to the plastic factory in Skibbereen and the proposed harvesting of kelp in Bantry, which would have had a devastating effect on the environment and tourism in west Cork. The Minister...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I ask the Minister to withdraw that comment. I did not personalise anything.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: The people of west Cork-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: In response to the Minister's snide remarks, I was elected by the people of west Cork to represent their views and I do that here to the best of my ability. He should not discredit me or anybody else because when he discredits me, he discredits the people of Cork South-West; that is what is are doing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: If the Minister was in the constituency of Cork South-West, he certainly did not tell me he was coming to talk to the people. I would have taken him to see the roads that are in a scandalous condition and to see the lack of investment throughout west Cork that his Government has continuously overseen. As Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe has had his hands on the purse strings. While I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: There are 48 projects and no funding for west Cork.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I am happy to bring forward this motion tonight, along with my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group, to address the ongoing and much-publicised issues facing the beef sector. Over the past eight years since Fine Gael came into government, beef farmers have experienced huge price volatility. It is our belief that the Government stood idly by and did nothing to assist the struggling...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: The primary medical certificate provides relief from vehicle registration tax, VAT, and motor tax to assist people with disabilities in the provision of transport so as to improve their mobility, something we all agree is very important. The qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate are very strict. Essentially, a person has to be severely and permanently disabled, must be...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion. Housing issues are nearing crisis point. The proposal in this legislation will not improve that. As a country we are over-regulated to the extent it is crippling business people, contractors and entrepreneurs. The proposal to create an approved housing body regulator, although well-intentioned, would mean further hindering...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: It happens, although it does not happen in every case.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I would be delighted to do so. I have heard of more than one such case. There have been quite a lot of them.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: I ask that the Minister of State comment on the matter in his response. If a council intends to purchase a house where people live, I assume they are not allowed to stay in the house. Where do they go? They receive a letter to tell them they must leave. It has happened numerous times in my constituency. I will search the archives for letters related to the matter. I am not raising...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Collins: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if budget 2020 will be based on the assumption of a no-deal Brexit; his plans to make provision for timely and targeted measures for the sectors most exposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39218/19]