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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: 362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons over the age of 70 years who are capable and willing to work could be eligible for additional the State pension benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8087/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: 563. To ask the Minister for Health whether a candidate’s desire to exercise their conscientious objection with regard to the non-performance of terminations of pregnancy would disadvantage them in the hiring or promotions process within the Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (20 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: 564. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the roll-out of abortion provision in the eight remaining hospitals that he said would be performing abortions by early 2024; the number of people appointed to positions to ensure abortion provision could begin in these hospitals; the various positions people were appointed to, including obstetricians, nursing staff et cetera; the cost of these...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: Is the Minister saying there is absolutely going to be no deal with Iceland, end of story? That is all I am asking. Is the answer "Yes" or "No"? It is a simple answer. It should not be a complicated answer that goes on for another minute while I am losing valuable time.

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: It is a "Yes" or a "No".

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: Iceland is not in Europe.

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: There is a veto.

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister. There are other issues I need to talk about. The inshore sector for crabs and shrimps has collapsed and many inshore fishermen are in a dire crisis. We met representatives of the inshore fishing sector at committee recently. The Minister said he will be meeting with them but what does he intend to achieve by that meeting? They have mortgages to pay and food to put...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: This long-awaited Dáil debate on the fisheries sector has finally arrived, allowing us to shed light on the EU's clandestine actions that undermine the interests of the Irish fishing industry. The man at the helm, our Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, appears to be complicit in these actions, aligning himself with unelected bureaucrats in Brussels rather than standing up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: The HSE is running from one disaster to another. The budget overrun last year of up to €1 billion still goes unrecognised by the State as though it were a few hundred euro. Overcrowding in our hospitals in 2023 was the worst on record. The number of patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick in 2023 was 21,143; Cork University Hospital, 12,487; University Hospital Galway,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. He mentioned 26,000 additional staff but he admitted in the end that we have had huge population growth. The problem is, as he said, the Government is cutting costs. It is certainly cutting costs and I told him where all the costs were cut and where people are finding it extremely difficult to access services. Up to 1 million people are on waiting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: -----surely what I have told the Tánaiste today shows that something is seriously wrong with the HSE. What will the Government do about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: They cannot get in there. How will they get there?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: There was no accountability in all this.

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Regional Group for bringing this very timely motion. Elaine Fitzgerald Kane, the chairperson of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, said recently that the tourism sector has been abuzz with discussion about the significant number of closures of food-led hospitality businesses in January 2024, particularly when compared to January 2023. The scale of these closures is both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: I welcome the IFA and the ICMSA here to the meeting today. A lot has been said here today about the situation. In relation to farming any way and the dairy sector, the goalposts are changing almost every day of the week and no dairy farmer can plan. That is what they tell me anyhow; I am more on the suckler side of it. I meet dairy farmers every day of the week. I worked with them down...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: The financial instability of RTÉ, a matter that was starkly highlighted by the scandal in 2023, continues to echo throughout Ireland. The broadcaster's heavy reliance on the licence fee, which is funded by taxpayers, underscores its precarious financial position. This dependence is a stark reminder of the broadcaster’s financial vulnerability and it raises questions about the...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: I want to offer my sincere sympathy to the loved ones of anyone who has passed away due to a road traffic accident. It is a huge tragedy for families and communities and has happened too many times, unfortunately, for one reason or another. In March 2022, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, conducted an independent study on the implications of reducing speed limits. The findings of this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: Cancer Connect is a free service for patients who travel by bus or car to Cork hospital, including people requiring radiotherapy, chemotherapy and related cancer treatments. The service started in 2011 and now covers all of Cork county with 430 voluntary drivers. Cancer Connect is about to mark its 13th anniversary, recording over 50,000 passenger journeys to date. The company is fully...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Michael Collins: Ballinspittle in west Cork was hit by flooding last night, with a number of businesses and residential properties affected. I thank members of the local fire service and emergency services who bravely saved many businesses and private properties last night. This is the second time the village has been hit by flooding in recent times. The owner of WILD restaurant woke up this morning to...