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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: May I clarify just one or two things? The NVPS was set up to ensure that these animals would not be overloaded with antibiotics. Is that the reason everything was put on a system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Has the Department been tracking the number of prescriptions uploaded to the NVPS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Does Ms Garvan know what percentage of all prescriptions written up are on the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: I am just asking about the competitive side of it. We listened to our previous group of speakers. I do not know whether it was said that 98% or 99% of all prescriptions are being dispensed by vets. Where is the competitiveness for the independent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Going past this season, Ms Garvan thinks it will even itself out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Does the Department have a timeline as to when all these vets will be putting these prescriptions on the NVPS? Does the Department have a deadline for this to be 100%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: That is great. I thank Ms Garvan.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: I thank the Cathaoirleach and witnesses for being here and giving their time today. I have one or two questions on waiting times for driving tests. There is an area in County Limerick that has one tester. Is the RSA considering a minimum number of testers per area? This tester was out sick a couple of weeks ago. While the RSA cannot mitigate against sickness because it is not...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: My next question is on the pass rate. The RSA said it is currently at 53%. Learners are now doing their theory test and the compulsory lessons. Does the RSA have statistics on whether that failure rate relates to major faults or an accumulation of minor errors in the tests?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Yes.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Is the RSA considering allowing those with an accumulation of small minor offences to pass rather than fail?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Brilliant. On NCTs, some NCT centres will backdate to the date on which a person should have had his or her test done. People can be six months waiting for a test in some areas, depending on their work schedule and what they can accommodate. Those test centres will backdate for six months, but other test centres do not backdate. Is it a decision of the test centre?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: Is there an outright rule that they should be backdated or should not be backdated?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: I am asking about people who are delayed in getting a test by six months - a person who was supposed to get it done in January, for example, but does not actually get the appointment until June.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: They have improved in Limerick. In Limerick City and Limerick County there is a good selection of test centres. There are some people who have had their tests late, and the day of the test is the date that they get their certificate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: I raise the issue of school transport and this crazy rule of Bus Éireann that its drivers have to retire at the age of 70. I had a phone call from the wife of a gentleman over the weekend. He turned 70 last Thursday and, on Friday, his wife had to drive the school bus to take the children to school and collect them. The school itself can contract him to come down a half an hour after...

Seanad: Insurance Reform: Motion (10 Jun 2025)

Joanne Collins: I welcome the Minister of State. While I welcome any debate which highlights the pressing issues of insurance costs and accessibility, we must move beyond words and deliver tangible solutions for our citizens. This motion, like many before it, rightly identifies the challenges but the question remains: does this Government's action match the urgency of the problem? I want to focus on two...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2025)

Joanne Collins: I highlight a deeply concerning gap in supports for children with disabilities, particularly around the availability of summer services and structured activities during school holidays. I am not speaking about July provision or anything within schools. In recent years, Enable Ireland and other service providers secured places within private summer camps to enable children with special and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2025)

Joanne Collins: That all sounds amazing. The funding is desperately needed. I get the staffing issue. Would there be a way to alleviate that issue through special needs assistants that are qualifying and need to do a placement? Would it be an option to try to get their placement as a summer camp? Similarly, special education teachers who are qualified and vetted need to do some training or placement....