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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Yes. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae indicated earlier and I suggest we allow him to make a brief comment first.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Is Deputy Danny Healy-Rae moving amendment No. 22?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan is not present to move amendment No. 23. I know that she may want to discuss it, but she can do so on Report Stage in the Dáil.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendments Nos. 24 to 28, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 28 is a logical alternative to amendment No 27.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Would Deputy Peadar Tóibín like to address amendment No. 25?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Is the Deputy happy that he has covered both amendments?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: I call Deputy Eamon Ryan to speak to amendment No. 27.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Does Deputy Peadar Tóibín wish to make a final comment?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: I promised Deputy Tóibín that he could make a brief comment.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: How stands amendment No. 24?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 28 is in the name of Deputy Catherine Connolly and she would like to discuss it. She will have that opportunity on Report Stage in the Dáil.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 31 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: The basis for the ruling would have been included in correspondence sent to the Deputy by the clerk to the committee.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 32 has already been discussed with amendment No. 29.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 33 has already been discussed with amendment No. 20.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: That completes the Committee Stage consideration of the Heritage Bill 2016. I thank the Minister and her officials for their assistance to the committee today.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Message to Dáil (8 May 2018)

Michael Collins: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has completed its consideration of the Heritage Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Michael Collins: Page 118 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to invest €15 million in island communities. Bere Island off Castletownbere has over 200 permanent residents and is visited by many more holidaymakers. A permanent, registered HSE general nurse has been working on the island, but in recent times this nurse has been taken from the island to the mainland on various days to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Michael Collins: This leaves many on the island without a service. This is a very worrying time for the residents who fear that this is the beginning of a withdrawal of the service. Will the Tánaiste assure the people of Bere Island that this will not happen?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Michael Collins: I am very happy to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill and the amendments thereto. It addresses many matters of importance. It deals with very sensitive matters and I commiserate with anyone who has lost a loved one in a road tragedy. I have encountered many families so affected in my work and have seen the devastating effects road deaths have on families and communities. In the...