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Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: It would be under health and safety, I suppose. I thank them all for their excellent work in recent days. In west Cork along the coastline we had a storm with winds reaching a peak of 190 km/h and waves at 50 ft high. Fishing equipment has been severely damaged and lost, such as pots and so on. It cannot be insured. Will there be a replacement compensation package put in place for...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I move:That Dáil Éireann recognises that: — there is an attempt by agencies in the private sector and State bodies to encroach on county boundaries; — the National Planning Framework document seems to imply that changes in county boundaries are a distinct possibility; — the reform of Cork City’s boundary is the most significant reform of local...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I welcome aspects of yesterday's budget but the devil could well be in the detail. The €9.6 million for transport and road infrastructure needs further examination. Is that €9.6 million going into the greater Dublin area or will there be serious funding for roads in west Cork? Our N71 route through Innishannon, Bandon, Clonakilty, Skibbereen and Ballydehob is choked of any...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: While I welcome many aspects of the budget, I fear the devil will be in the detail and we will not see what will really happen until the coming weeks, as has been the case many times previously. I sincerely hope the Government's actions to relieve the pressure on housing will work. Whether one lives in Castletownbere, Bantry, Bandon, Dunmanway or Clonakilty, the story is the same - there...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am happy to speak on this very important topic this evening. Like many of my colleagues, I was very much opposed to the introduction of water charges in this country. I welcome the fact that this Bill provides for the discontinuation of the domestic water charges fiasco that was set up under the 2014 Water Services Act. It also sets out provisions for the refunding of payments made to...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am very happy to be able to speak on this important issue. I commend my colleagues in the Fianna Fáil party for bringing this legislation forward. The housing crisis is one of the major challenges facing the current Government and to have faced its predecessor. Recent figures show there are 1,442 families homeless in the State at present. This represents an increase of 25% since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I apologise for having to leave earlier. There was a protest by the IFA on the Mercosur deal. One has to support the IFA as well. I have not had much time to look over this document. Any funding that comes available is most welcome. Has the Minister moved away from the Leader funding? This is not Leader funding as such.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: We are not going down that road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: That is okay. We will come to it later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: Unfortunately the Rural Independent Group will not have a seat on that new rural affairs committee which is an absolute scandal. We are a rural Independent group and it is a rural and community affairs committee which anyone would expect to be the natural place for us to sit. Some urban political groupings have been offered a place on that new committee, which is a disgrace to say the...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputies Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae and Mattie McGrath. I am glad to have the opportunity to speak to the Bill. I note that it touches on a wide range of subjects and there are a number of aspects I wish to raise. First, I welcome the changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which is being amended in the Bill with a view to deterring and reducing...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. I am happy to be able to speak on this issue of huge importance this evening. Ireland is left in a very uncertain place following Britain’s decision to leave the EU last year. We are well aware of the great difficulties we will face along the Border with Northern Ireland and the economic implications to which it will give rise. I wish...

Flooding in County Donegal: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion and I commend Deputy Charlie McConalogue for bringing it forward. First, I want to extend my sympathies to the people of Donegal whose homes, farms and businesses have been destroyed in recent flash flooding. I have seen numerous times the destruction caused by unprecedented levels of flooding in my own constituency of Cork...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Michael Collins: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill tonight. The housing crisis is not only an issue in my constituency of Cork South West, but an issue of great national concern and one that I do not see being resolved over the next few years. There are many verbal plans to resolve this crisis but little or no physical action, no shovel-ready projects, especially in West Cork. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a breakwater wall will be provided for the residents of Blackrock Terrace, Castletownbere, where severe tidal storms have caused a lot of damage to the houses in adverse weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shooting Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Shooting Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting and hunting ban for gun clubs and predator control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 751. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential respite care home will be opened in the Cork south west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an outreach clinic in County Cork for a metabolic doctor and a paediatric gastroenterologist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Collins: 1251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the salmon fishing drift net ban which was imposed on inshore fishermen in 2006 will occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/17]