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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I thank Ms Rooney for her presentation. It would be wrong of me not to be truthful. There is great dismay about the RRDF, its distribution and how funds are allocated to rural communities in my own constituency of Cork South-West. We have what many feel are very strong and valuable projects, supported by Cork County Council, which have been refused funding in recent weeks. We were also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: Others did. I accept that the witnesses may have to generalise in their reply. I am only talking about the application because it was shovel ready.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: A speaker did so a while ago and there was no problem. I am living in the community in question, so I know the project well. For a voluntary community organisation to raise €500,000 for a project it believes will be a game changer for the whole peninsula and far beyond, as with the Mizen Head Signal Station, and then get refused without finding out the real reason for refusal leaves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I mentioned groups that got funding 12 months ago but that have not even turned the shovel yet. What is the follow-through? Why are legitimate groups that have a shovel-ready project or that could turn the shovel within a month not getting funding while those that indicated they were shovel ready but that are no longer shovel ready are getting funding? Is the money taken back from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: My thanks to everyone for being here today. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, and Senator Maura Hopkins. I propose that we go into private session to discuss housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: We are in public session. It is proposed that COM (2019) 494 does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: To assist the joint committee in considering the protection and promotion of a vibrant nightlife, economy and culture in our major cities I am very pleased to welcome from the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Mr. Conor Falvey, assistant secretary of the culture division, and Mr. John Kennedy, head of the cultural schemes unit. Before I ask witnesses to address the committee, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I thank Mr. Falvey for his presentation. I will now take questions from members, starting with Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: Would Senator Warfield like to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: That concludes our consideration of this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Promoting Nightlife, Economy and Culture: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I thank the departmental officials for their engagement with the committee.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: If the Minister comes with me to Northern Ireland he will see where the ignorance really lies.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The right to health is a fundamental human right. According to the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. For the last number of years the health service has been in crisis. People are waiting long periods of time to be seen by...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill this evening. I have spoken many times in this Chamber on the issue of health, health insurance and the two-tier system that we have in this country. I have raised over and over the situation of people who are experiencing long delays in the health system. There has been an unprecedented increase in healthcare funding but I have to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: Today, the independent farmers of Ireland group has travelled from all over the country to peacefully protest outside Leinster House. This is only a short time after we had the peaceful protests outside factories in west Cork and throughout the country that went on for over a month. Does the Taoiseach fully realise the crisis we have in agriculture? Does he realise that the prices given to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I raised a question with the Tánaiste last week in respect of playschools facing closure in west Cork and throughout the country due to regulation enforcement. The Tánaiste promised to look into the issue if I furnished him with the details, which I did. Yesterday, Tusla informed me at a meeting that it was going to give an extension to these playschools until July 2020 to meet the...

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on and support the motion and I thank the Independents 4 Change for putting it forward. The motion will help to provide disabled people with the freedom to have the same choices everybody else has in housing, transportation, education and employment. For many disabled people, independent living can be achieved through a personal assistance...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: The people of Ireland and the world are saying "No" to 5G and are extremely concerned about the dangers of this technology.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: Will the Government draw up a report to consider the genuine concerns that are out there with 5G?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Michael Collins: I raise a matter that has been raised at my constituency clinic every week for the past 12 months, namely, the roll-out of 5G and the apparent dangers surrounding this to our people's health and well-being. Is the Taoiseach aware that the Government of Belgium has halted the 5G roll-out saying that the people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose health can be sold for a profit. A legal...