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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: 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...
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Michael Collins: I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the amendment regarding local authorities and the issue which led to the amendment. I am happy to have another opportunity to speak to the Bill. I spoke on it in November of last year. It is very important and addresses a variety of anti-corruption measures on national and international levels. The legislation is necessary to aid in the elimination...
- Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)
Michael Collins: I am happy to speak on this Bill and I thank Deputy Browne for bring it forward, as I believe mental health is an area in Ireland that has been neglected. According to the Healthy Ireland survey 2015, 10% of the Irish population over the age of 15 have a probable mental health problem at any one time. Everyone has somebody in his or her life who has an issue with mental health, whether it...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Michael Collins: On page 113 of the programme for Government under the agriculture and the marine heading, the Government promises to work with the banking sector to make banking affordable for farmers. Banks, such as AIB and Permanent TSB, are announcing the potential sale of loans to vulture funds. That could potentially result in householders, farmers and business people losing their property. As the...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)
Michael Collins: It saddens me to be here tonight talking on this issue but it is vital we learn from the mistakes that have been made. Last week we saw a brave woman, Vicky Phelan, who has been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cervical cancer being dragged through the courts to fight for her right to get the truth. Vicky Phelan had a smear test in 2011 that showed no abnormalities. While a later...
- Order of Business (1 May 2018)
Michael Collins: Pages 50 and 51 of the programme for Government state that: "We will establish a working group to identify the potential for local post offices to act as 'hubs' to facilitate other services such as health and transport, and a one-stop-shop for all Government services." Even community banking and handling car tax were proposed as a major step to save our post offices. More than two years...
- Order of Business (1 May 2018)
Michael Collins: Yes, indeed. I called to Bridie yesterday evening. The passion she showed in wanting to keep her door open to the community is astounding to say the least. Over recent days, I have heard crocodile tears coming from Government Deputies going to these postmasters and postmistresses when these same Deputies have failed to implement the programme for Government. Will the Taoiseach stand idly...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)
Michael Collins: In 2007, a ban on inshore fishermen using salmon drift nets was put in place. It was meant to be reviewed after seven years. This has led to inshore fishermen not being able to fish for salmon and is leading to huge losses for local rural communities. It has now been proven that inshore fishermen were not to blame for the loss of salmon stocks as stocks are still dropping. This is due in...