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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]

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

Niall Collins: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to action that will be taken at EU level regarding the decision of the administration of the United States of America to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15080/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on overseas development aid; the way in which it equates to the target of reaching 0.7% of ODA-GNI; the cost of reaching the 0.7% target in incremental steps in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the emigrant support programme; the estimated full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the trust fund for Africa; the estimated full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15084/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average full year cost of running an embassy and consulate, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the peace and reconciliation fund; the estimated full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Mali including reports that civilians have been massacred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15160/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad meeting on 21 February 2019; the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in a report (details supplied) on addressing barriers to returning emigrants; if further initiatives are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Market Regulation (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 398. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he discussed the roll out of 5G technology and the use of a company (details supplied) during his St. Patrick's Day visit to Canada. [14869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the present open season for duck shooting and hunting; her further views on whether opening the season on 1 September is appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2019)

Niall Collins: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been contacted by representatives of the Chinese Administration with regard to the use of technology by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14678/19]