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- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: I raised a many issues concerning the national side of Leader but I also raised a few local issues regarding the programme in west Cork. I did not ask that question because I am Vice Chairman - I asked it last December. The Minister promised that the offices would be open in Clonakilty but no Leader offices have opened in west Cork. Could the Minister clarify the position?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: That concludes-----
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Does the Deputy have any more questions?
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: That is the closing question on the Western Development Commission.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Deputy, please let the Minister finish her point.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: We must conclude our discussion on this issue now.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Thank you, Deputy.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Let the Minister of State finish.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Let the Minister of State finish.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: Through the Chair.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017) Michael Collins: That concludes the select committee's consideration of the Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. I thank the Ministers and their officials for attending today's meeting of the select committee.
- Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Message to Dáil (11 May 2017)
Michael Collins: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has considered the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Michael Collins: We are discussing the future of community, social and economic development and co-operation in Border counties with representatives of Co-operation Ireland and the Centre for Cross Border Studies and, later, InterTradeIreland. From Co-operation Ireland I welcome Mr. Peter Sheridan, chief executive officer; Mr. Brian O'Caoindealbhain, research and evaluation officer; and Ms Susan McKay,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I thank Mr. Sheridan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I thank Ms McKay for her contribution. We will hear from the Centre for Cross-Border Studies before moving on to questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I thank the witnesses for enlightening us on the situation that people in the North face. We all face these issues, but in the weeks and months to come we might know further how things are going to work out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I have questions of my own. I am a farmer myself and would think that farmers in the North of Ireland would be extremely worried about what could be coming down the line. Has the UK Government given any assurances? Many farmers are reliant on European aid. What is going to compensate them going forward if we have a situation where Brexit goes through? Much trade moves across the Border....
- Topical Issue Debate: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (9 May 2017)
Michael Collins: We do not want to have to be making the case here.
- Topical Issue Debate: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (9 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Kelp forests are one of the most ecologically dynamic and biologically diverse habitats on the planet. The importance of kelp not only as a habitat but as a food resource for birds and fish has been highlighted by numerous studies. Kelp forests provide a foraging habitat for birds and fish. Kelp habitats are important nursery and refuge grounds...
- Topical Issue Debate: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (9 May 2017)
Michael Collins: I wish to discuss the ten year kelp harvest licence issued by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to BioAtlantis in Tralee to harvest mechanically 753 hectares, or 1,860 acres, of native kelp forest in Bantry Bay in west Cork. The licence that allows BioAtlantis to harvest mechanically vast amounts of kelp in Bantry Bay is experimental and the effects could...