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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank Senator O'Reilly for raising this very important issue. Encouraging mothers to breast-feed is a priority, both for the Department of Health and for the HSE. National health policy, including the Healthy Ireland framework, the Healthy Ireland strategic action plan, the national maternity strategy, the obesity policy and action plan, and the national cancer strategy, emphasises the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank Senator O'Reilly for raising the very important issue of restricting digital marketing of infant formula. Research indicates that breast-feeding gives a child the optimum start in life and that increasing our breast-feeding rates will contribute to improvements in child and maternal health and can contribute to a reduction in childhood obesity and chronic diseases. The Senator's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Have a look in the mirror.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for raising this important topic which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. At the outset, I would like to clarify that the Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding regarding public transport but neither the Minister nor his officials are involved in the day-to-day management, operation or planning of public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: That is not a problem. I will convey the Deputy's request for the details on the smaller buses and the additional stops to the Minister. I will absolutely convey the Deputy's disappointment with regard to Ros Muc. I will also make the Minister for Transport aware of the Deputy's desire that he develop a policy on the distances between bus stops. Other than that, I do not have anything...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I can tell the Deputy that the topic of bus stops is emotive. My own father lobbied me for a bus stop near our house for many years - approximately 15 years - and one arrived there last year but I had nothing to do with it landing there. I will convey all of that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I would like to thank the Deputy for his ongoing interest in Castletown House and estate. In recent months, the Deputy has made continuous representations through parliamentary questions, Topical Issues and Oireachtas committees with regard to Castletown House and estate. He and the other elected representatives of Kildare North are members of the Castletown House and estate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I will pick up from where I concluded. The following stage of this proposal envisages that OPW staff and essential contractors access the site via Lime Avenue at predetermined times of the day. The OPW has made written commitments that the volume of traffic would be approximately 20 vehicles per day for OPW staff and essential contractors. People with a disability would also be facilitated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue on planning enforcement proceedings in respect of the unauthorised development of log cabins. I would point out that, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, the Minister with responsibility for planning is specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in respect of any particular case with which a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Of course, and I fully understand the points the Deputy is making. I come across this issue in my own constituency regularly. The Deputy pointed out an instance in my constituency of which he was aware. I will make the Minister aware of the points that the Deputy has raised. The Minister cannot halt an enforcement. Under the law of the land, he cannot step in and write a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions she has planned to deal with calls from a number of primary school principals in Tallaght for enhanced supports for disadvantaged schools under DEIS plus classification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12777/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide assistance and advice on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12780/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 926. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 30 January 2024, when contact will be made with the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12507/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: 980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the distance land needs to be outside of a special protection area before forestry planting can occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12033/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1546 and 1547 together. The Education and Training Boards (ETBs) contract Specialist Training Providers (STPs) to provide intensive, tailored training programmes and supports in specific settings for people with disabilities, whose needs that may not be catered for through non-specialist vocational training provision. The total allocation from SOLAS for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: A number of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have employed personal assistants to provide supports to learners under the Fund for Students with Disabilities. Following engagement with a variety of stakeholders on the issue, I authorised SOLAS to revise their Guidelines on the Fund for Students with Disabilities to provide for a standard hourly rate of €21 for personal assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Kerry Education and Training Board provided the attached details on the number of further education and training courses, other than apprenticeship courses, scheduled and commenced for each since from 2019 to 2023 inclusive. While the number of courses fell during 2020 and 2021 as a consequence of the pandemic, the number of further education and training courses has increased in 2022...