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Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I am happy to speak to this Bill and I thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. This Bill is necessary as it provides to the Central Bank of Ireland powers to conduct inquiries into suspected provision of false or misleading information and it creates an offence when such information is provided. White collar crime is something that must be addressed as a matter of...

Topical Issue Debate: Third Level Funding (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State said this was not the responsibility of the Department of Education and Skills. I wish the Minister with responsibility for this issue was here to answer questions because we need answers to them. This programme needs an annual input of €60,000 each year to deliver the BA. For €60,000 in investment, funders receive a programme valued at approximately...

Topical Issue Debate: Third Level Funding (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The Sherkin Island Development Society, under its chairman, Michael Collins, who is no relation, has run what should simply be called a course of excellence, the Bachelor of Arts in visual art on the island off Baltimore since 2012. It has worked closely in that time with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin Institute of Technology, the local authority, which is Cork...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: That concludes our consideration of this matter. I would like to thank the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, Creative Ireland, Arts in Education Charter, Encountering the Arts Ireland and the Arts Council for being with us today. I propose that we suspend the meeting for a few moments.

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the motion. I thank my colleagues in the Fianna Fáil party for bringing forward the motion. The motor way infrastructure in Ireland at the moment is excellent. Every week I travel along the M8 and M7 towards Dublin. However, the road network in my constituency of Cork South-West has not experienced similar investment. The programme for...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: On page 43 of the programme for Government in the section on rural development the Government promised to implement a regional jobs plan to help to spread growth to all areas, including the islands. The Sherkin Island Development Association has worked with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork County Council to co-fund the running...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Negotiations (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of fishermen in Brexit negotiations; if provisions are being put in place to regain Irish waters following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3860/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The programme for Government commits to make older years the better years for the elderly. After the Labour Court hearing yesterday, it looks like long-running problems in Bandon Community Hospital might be at an end. Will we see respite care made available to the people of the Bandon hospital catchment area? Most of them, if not all, have been refused over the past year.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Although some of its measures are important, it goes a step too far. I support the proposal to bring in a minimum pricing per gramme of alcohol. It is far too easy to get huge amounts of alcohol below cost price, which is causing huge damage to the pub trade.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. The Bill places huge and unnecessary restrictions on alcohol advertising and sponsorship. The proposals set limits on how alcohol may be portrayed in advertisements. However, it could be detrimental to the sponsorship of events such as the Guinness Pro14 by alcohol companies. Where are we going with this? Why are we in here week after week...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: It is more serious.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: If Deputy Shortall had her feet on the ground she would know that it is more serious. She will have her time to speak on the Bill and so will the Minister but this is my time.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: Drugs are a very serious issue that is being ignored in the House and should be discussed in more detail. Perhaps we should lay off the drinks industry and see if we can create a few jobs and try to keep rural Ireland and communities alive. I would like time to be spent on seeing how we can help businesses such as hotels and pubs to survive. Earlier today, the Rural Independent Group...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I acknowledge that, but the Minister is a member of Cabinet-----

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: ------and he should sit down at the Cabinet table and tell his fellow Ministers to stop attacking those who are selling drink and those who are trying to provide jobs in this country and, rather, see if we can do something to turn it around. A person whose insurance has increased from €80,000 to €230,000 cannot be expected to survive in business. The insurance costs for the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The programme for Government states the Government is committed to delivering a schools capital programme for extensions and refurbishments. Parents of children seeking to go to the hugely popular school, St. Brogan's of Bandon, have been on tenterhooks for the last number of months as it looks like it will not be able to take over 50 students seeking admission. Some living just across the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: Temporary portakabins were promised from another school but, due to collapse of Carillion, this will not happen. Will the Taoiseach personally intervene in this crisis and ask the Department of Education and Skills to source temporary portakabins elsewhere to resolve this nightmare for parents and children in Bandon and the surrounding areas?

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: I appreciate that.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: On January 17, the Taoiseach spoke in the European Parliament. Following his speech, he faced questions from the leader of the Greens-European Free Alliance, Philippe Lamberts, who told him that Ireland was the worst country for tackling climate change in Europe and was very likely to miss its 2020 targets, which might potentially cost this State €400 million. In reply to his...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: The Taoiseach said that the money does not come from Minister Donohoe's Department as such but that it comes from the taxpayers. The people of Cork South West have been taxpayers for many, many decades and have got absolutely nothing back when the amount of tax they have paid for their roads is taken into consideration. I do not believe that the Taoiseach fully realises the crisis that has...