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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 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...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I am grateful for the opportunity to address the House and present the Research and Innovation Bill 2024 here today. As Members are aware, this Bill is vital legislation which will provide for the establishment of a new research and innovation agency, Taighde Éireann. The purpose of this Bill is to create an agency with the capacity to address the very real issues society faces, in...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I would once again like to thank the Senators for their engagement here today, for their careful consideration and for the work they have undertaken throughout the process of developing the legislation and bringing this Bill towards enactment. We have great ambitions for Taighde Éireann. This Bill is the foundation of a new agency that will be built upon. I value this process, which...

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...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Amendment No. 436, tabled jointly by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Bríd Smith, Gino Kenny and Cian O'Callaghan, seeks to provide that the chief executive of a planning authority shall, in preparing a development plan review report under section 51(2), consult the elected members and prescribed bodies and shall reflect the matters raised in the consultations...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: The role of the Office of the Planning Regulator is to ensure development plans are consistent with the national planning framework and national planning statements. The engagement of the office on strategic matters prior to the commencement of the review of a development plan, along with the requirement for the office to issue an opinion to the planning authority, is intended to minimise...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: I do not have a whole pile more to add. It is our view that it is appropriate the OPR is involved in the process to bring consistency to the various tiers in plan-making. We want to see less of a need for directions to be given on development plans, ultimately.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: Amendment No. 442, tabled jointly by Deputies Ó Broin, Gould, Ó Snodaigh, Boyd Barrett, Bríd Smith, Gino Kenny and Cian O'Callaghan, concerns the requirement for planning authorities to give a copy of a notice of intention to review a development plan to a number of specified bodies and seeks to amend this list of bodies to include any states where transboundary impacts may...