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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: ...homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4 billion per annum through an overall combination of €12 billion in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5 billion in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5 billion funding through the Housing Finance Agency. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social...

Personal Explanation by Minister of State (2 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: ...23 years ago. I am happy to clarify the position to the Dáil today. In 2001, while a private citizen, I engaged a local architect and planning agent to submit a planning application for me on land my family owned in Patrickswell. I had acquired a house near Limerick city with my wife in 1999, two years earlier. I wished to move closer to my parents who were advancing in age to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Niall Collins: 1193. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any further contact with the HSE in respect of the future use of the lands of the former nursing home at Crooksling; if he will appreciate the widespread interest regarding the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63327/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Sep 2022)

Niall Collins: 302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the sale and transfer of lands from Edward Street Barracks to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (5 Oct 2021)

Niall Collins: ...issues facing the housing system. It has the largest ever housing budget in the history of the State to transform our housing system, with in excess of €20bn in funding through the Exchequer, the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Housing Finance Agency over the next five years to support these actions. The student accommodation sector is a subset of the broader housing market,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2021)

Niall Collins: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can sell a portion of land zoned residential to a primary school to develop a children’s playground at below market value; the process this would require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Niall Collins: 2456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry projects and respective area of land in hectares which are screened out by the appropriate assessment process that have received approval in 2021. [18571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commissioners of Irish Lights (31 Mar 2021)

Niall Collins: 308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to offer an open tender for the lease or sale of lands on the Loop Head peninsula acquired for the Loran-C project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17482/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Niall Collins: ...of farming in Limerick, where approximately 6,000 farms support 6,000 farm families. We have the full range of farming mix, from dairy and beef to poultry farming. There is very high-quality land across the Golden Vale and marginal land of a lesser quality in other parts of my constituency, which poses challenges. Farming is a major employer, employing almost 10,000 people. The value...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (9 Jun 2020)

Niall Collins: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payments made to landowners in counties Limerick, Cork, Kerry and Tipperary by county in circumstances in which land has been designated for the hen harrier in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (27 May 2020)

Niall Collins: 1098. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will purchase land to secure the curtilage of a monument (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7758/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (8 Oct 2019)

Niall Collins: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the project of roll out of the new areas of natural constraint; the way a land owner can make an application for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Transport (3 Oct 2019)

Niall Collins: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Government jet has landed and taken off from each airport here since 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40234/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Collins: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent developments at EU and or international level to try and halt the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17586/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Mar 2019)

Niall Collins: As Ireland has a land border between the UK and the EU, this will create problems unique to the island, which the Minister will appreciate. The issue will be particularly acute in the Border region. Areas such as intellectual property, data protection, competition law, employment law and other regulated sectors that are subject to EU-wide legislation are much more likely to be impacted by...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Niall Collins: ...what David Cameron did. He caved in to a populist campaign to rally against Europe. He tried his hand at a referendum and lost. We are left picking up the pieces. I am reminded of the very first all-Ireland civic dialogue which I attended after the referendum almost two years ago when one of the civic society speakers, a lady whose name I cannot unfortunately recall, said in Dublin...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Niall Collins: ...Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. I commend Senator Frances Black on initiating the Bill and bringing it through Seanad Éireann. If passed, Ireland and her Parliament will be sending a strong message, that it condemns the occupation of territories which are deemed illegal under international law. This Bill, at its most basic, is about...

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: ...outside factors feed in. If tonight's motion does anything, I would like to be able to tell farmers in County Limerick, who rely heavily on the suckler sector because we have a lot of marginal land especially in west Limerick, where the income derived from it is crucial that the Minister could support the €200 payment and carry out the review of the rural development programme....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (25 Jan 2018)

Niall Collins: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 11 October 2016, the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 2017; the occupied IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2017, by county and town, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3852/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: ...country and the State? As I said to her, Mr. Cook rebuffed, or at least did not give any joy to, our Taoiseach when he visited him recently. Where are we in this regard? Is the State now unable to land such major, large-scale investments? This is a huge worry and concern for the community of Athenry and the wider west coast of Ireland, so will the Minister comment in that regard?...