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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the conditions in a camp (details supplied) have been discussed at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings; the steps that have been taken by the EU and Ireland to address the appalling conditions in the camps; his views on whether the camp is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/19]

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil is dedicated to Ireland's policy of military neutrality, a policy we have pursued in government and out of it. It has as a key defining characteristic non-membership of military alliances. This policy of military neutrality has gone hand-in-hand with strong support for international co-operation for peace and stability as manifested in Ireland's participation in UN-mandated...

EU Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: The motion proposes that Ireland participate in the operational management of the visa information system, the entry-exit system and the Schengen information system. It further proposes that we participate in the elements of eu-LISA that relate to the operational management of Eurodac. Fianna Fáil accepts, in principle, these measures which provide for Ireland's engagement with several...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Uighur population in north-western China is facing persecution; the steps taken by the international community to prevent same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally raised with the Brunei authorities his concerns and the opposition of Ireland to the new laws being implemented targeting the LGBT community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16140/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the migration policy of the EU and conditions in Libyan detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16312/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters in relation to the July provision will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16644/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to resolve the ongoing issues with the National Ambulance Service and their rights to join a union of their own choosing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) categorically does not represent members of the Ambulance Service and represent only administration staff within the HSE; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the national reserve in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the low subsidy available for working families for crèche fees; her plans to amend the scheme to offer more assistance regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16138/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: I raise the case of a person I have encountered who is trying to gain direct or indirect employment. It is an Irish person with an Irish birth certificate and Irish passport who has returned home from the United States, having lived there for 46 years, but who has have been denied a PPS number. The person cannot find any form of employment, therefore, and needs a PPS number to apply for a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: -----and it has been presented as me that a person must have a valid reason for obtaining a PPS number. This individual is being denied a PPS number by the Department.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: I wished to make the Minister aware of the matter. It is in the context of employment, for which the person may wish to apply. If I convey the details to the Minister, will she consider the case post haste?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a holder of a British passport (details supplied) will qualify for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 310. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an overage exemption will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15782/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: I welcome Mr. Gilmore back to the Oireachtas. I congratulate him on his new role. We wish him well in his work. I have a couple of follow-up questions from what Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked. What is the position of the present Government and Mr. Duque regarding Venezuela? Do they support the incumbent President Maduro or the aspirant President, Juan Guaido, and how does that impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: To pick up on a point Senator Bacik made, on the proceeds of crime, is the Government active in terms of taxing or confiscating the proceeds of crime and the wealth generated from such crime?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: Is it fair to say the issues around the environment and climate change are really on the back burner because of the scale of the peace process and the fight against the drugs industry?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally conveyed his objection to the administration of the United States of America regarding its decision to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15079/19]