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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 Second Stage: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The proposed amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 seeks to extend the minimum notice period for a tenancy termination by a landlord, to make rent data available to tenants, and to increase the maximum value of fines applying. I am happy to support this amendment. In the current climate, tenants find it extremely...

Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: Briefly, on Deputy Danny Healy-Rae's query earlier about the Minister, Deputy Zappone's button being pressed, I wish to clarify that I was the co-signature here and if I had been aware that this was the case, I would not have provided any signature. On the programme for Government regarding road improvements, in the talks on Government two years ago the Government acknowledged that the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: My question concerns the programme for Government and farmers' incomes. Farmers from the north, south and south west are under huge pressure with fodder crisis, as well as grain and suckler farmers suffering losses in their incomes. This was discussed quite a lot in the programme for Government. For the survival of the suckler farm, would the Government set up a €200 suckler cow...

Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: I am happy to speak on this important motion and thank my colleague in Fianna Fáil for bringing it forward. Section 39 agencies include our local hospices, community and disability organisations and other health care providers who offer vital services to our communities. Groups like the Marymount hospice do incredible work for our sick family members and friends around Cork. Community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: I thank the Arts Council and the officials from Department for attending. I appreciate what Ms McBride said about looking into who has and who has not received funding down through the years. That is hugely important, in fairness, because there seems to be a lot of money out there which might be made available to community and voluntary organisations. In my constituency, Cork South-West, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: I hope sincerely that works.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: The programme for Government makes reference to tackling diabetes. There are over 200,000 people suffering from diabetes in Ireland. Up to five teenagers and children each week are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. To ease the pain for these young people and for our elderly, the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system is available. Is that monitoring system going to be made available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation in the 2018 HSE service plan for the Cork University Maternity Hospital obstetrics and gynaecology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Collins: 721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently waiting for inpatient and outpatient gynaecology appointments in Cork university maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54579/17]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: On the basis of the disrespect the Minister has shown to the people of rural Ireland, I am calling a quorum.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: We live in a democracy.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: On a point of order, we need a quorum. This is a hugely important matter. Look how many people on the Government side are here to support the Bill.

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill this evening. I commend Senator Mark Daly and his colleagues in the Seanad on bringing this Bill forward. I welcome the Irish Deaf Society, whose members have come in large numbers. It is a great day for them and they deserve this moment. I am happy to support this Bill, which gives legal recognition for its use in legal...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: In the programme for Government and thereafter, promises have been made by the Government that all Bills to come before the Dáil would be rural-proofed. After listening to the contributions of several speakers from the Government side and across the floor, it is clear that no rural-proofing has been done in respect of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill brought forward by the Minister,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: Those deaths are due to the condition of roads in rural Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: That is a disgraceful comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: Jurassic Park.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: We are talking about the national planning framework, but we are also addressing the development of communities in rural Ireland. We have been given a brief synopsis of what we should be discussing. If there is to be any hope of turning things around in rural Ireland, the creation of employment is a huge issue. As Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív said, there has been little or no funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: Tens of thousands of people have come out about this issue and Bantry Bay is being treated as something of a guinea pig. An environmental disaster has been set in train.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Collins: I am disappointed my colleague from south-west Cork, the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, left just before I was to speak on health issues, because he could relate to a lot of the difficult issues for many people in the constituency. I am delighted to be able to bring forward this motion this evening, along with my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group, and I thank Mairead in Deputy...