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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (14 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the lifetime limit for CGT entrepreneur relief to €1 million, €5 million, €10 million and €15 million, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Oct 2021)

Niall Collins: Minister Harris and I recently announced that an additional €34 million has been allocated for the continued support and development of the apprenticeship system. This funding which is essential for the new post Covid world of work is a fundamental part of a €122 million skills package under Budget 2022 and will ensure people will be equipped with the skills to help meet demand...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (23 Jun 2009)

Niall Collins: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Sustainable Energy Ireland are insisting on contractors having insurance indemnity of €5 million; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many contractors wishing to register with SEI have insurance indemnity of €1.5 million and are being refused work by SEI on this basis; if he will...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy. Both issues are important. The Department takes them very seriously. The Minister, Deputy Harris, has really led in these areas. In 2021, €5 million was allocated to our higher education institutions to support student mental health and well-being. That builds on the €5 million provided in the previous year to enhance the capacity of the support...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (5 Mar 2019)

Niall Collins: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; the way in which the additional €5 million announced will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10669/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Oct 2020)

Niall Collins: ...her question. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated education and training centre closures, the number of craft apprenticeship classes that could be run in 2020 was reduced. Some €12 million is being provided in 2021 to fund 2,000 apprenticeship places to mitigate the effect of lost provision in 2020 and the effect of smaller apprenticeship class sizes...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: ...on in the background as the ETBs get ready for this. We have the nearly zero energy building, NZEB, centre in Wexford which is in the Chairman's constituency. We have provided funding of €75 million to provide for more than 35,000 learners to avail of green skills modules. They are the shorter type of courses. There are 2,650 additional places in retrofit and NZEB. This did not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff (11 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: ..., in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise be unable to continue their third level studies due to financial circumstances. In 2020, my Department will spend approximately €450 million on access measures for further and higher education. This includes €400 million on student grants and related activities, which is expected to benefit 74,000 further and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: ...which is managed by SOLAS, was specifically designed to tackle educational inequalities which continue to be highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic and to support access to community education. €5.8 million was made available under the MAEDF in 2020 with 507 projects supporting community education receiving funding through the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gangland Crime (17 May 2016)

Niall Collins: As the Minister knows, gangland crime is impacting hugely on the city. We discussed it last week in the Dáil. The budget the Minister announced in February was of the order of €5 million. Can the Minister give the House some indiction of how much, if any, of that sum has been drawn down because there are conflicting reports in the media on that matter? Has the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 544 together. Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases. The off-the-job training for these programmes is delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. Given the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (2 Feb 2023)

Niall Collins: ...of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. Improving access to home support is a priority for the Government. Since budget 2021, the Government has provided an additional €207 million in funding for home support to the Department of Health. This year, the overall home support budget will be more than €700 million. This will enable the HSE to progress the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: ...arising from the Covid-19 public health emergency. The advice of this Group has been important in guiding interventions to support students and institutions in sustaining learning. €8million in funding is being provided in 2020 to enable SOLAS establish a Mitigating Educational Disadvantage Fund in the further education and training sector. The fund is designed to increase the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (26 Jan 2021)

Niall Collins: ...during the period when their delivery methods are adjusted in response to Covid. I am of course very conscious of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on our students. While Ireland is on level 5 of the plan for living with Covid, all further and higher education institutions will deliver the majority of their classes online, with only essential activities being held on site. While I...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Niall Collins: ...Lingus, to try to step up to the mark a little better regarding refunds. I had communication from the CEO's office in Ryanair recently following a representation I made which stated the airline has 5 million refunds to get through before getting to those for April. A bit of urgency is required there by the airlines. Regarding the region I come from, what is the Minister going to do...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

Niall Collins: ...public just as any Member on the Government side of the House was so elected. It is not a democratic stance to question anybody's legitimate mandate. On the motion, HSE west has had a reduction of 5% in its budget. What has the Minister of State got against the people of Limerick and the mid-west? Deputy O'Donnell addressed local issues and I, too, will address these areas. Our share...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Nov 2021)

Niall Collins: ...stream education and training as well as through specific programmes such as Springboard, the Human Capital Initiative and Skillnet Ireland. Under Budget 2022, I have allocated over €122 Million to support the development of skills across all sectors of the economy. A large proportion of that funding has gone towards the development and promotion of apprenticeships and ensure...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Collins: ...people who come from different communities - for example, a Traveller background - to become engaged in the apprenticeship processes and the offerings we have. Yesterday, as Members will be aware, €168 million was announced to assist the further and higher education sectors to deal with the reopening of colleges and campuses in September. While we have been debating here, I have...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Niall Collins: ...and Equality. Although there have been reductions in expenditure, in what I assume is in line with declining numbers in direct provision centres over the past five years, the State still spends over €50 million on accommodation costs for this system. The legal costs per year still exceed €6 million, with judicial review alone costing approximately €2.2 million this...

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: ...around 920,000 people nationwide, to avail of the knowledge development box, KDB, taxation scheme on profits relating to research and development activities, with a reduced corporation tax rate of 6.25%. The Bill also extends the KDB definition of intellectual property beyond patents and copyrighted software to what has been referred as the IP equivalent to a patentable invention....