Results 4,721-4,740 of 11,785 for speaker:Niall Collins

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to compensate persons impacted by the hen harrier designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the position of chair of a company (details supplied); the number of persons interviewed for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49741/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress as committed to under the programme for Government to investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks. [49829/17]

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I heard late last night that the Minister paid a visit to my constituency. He visited the Garda station in Newcastle West, which is in need of refurbishment works, as he knows. Had I known he was there, I would have come along. I would have pointed out to him that the relatively new Garda station down the road in Abbeyfeale is open for only a small number of hours per day. This station...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I am not sure if the farmers I represent will take any comfort from the Minister's initial response. I do not believe that they will get the sense that he shares their concerns. If we look at the Minister's track record, the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 did not include a measure to compensate farmers who suffered losses from severe or adverse weather conditions. The farming...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I want to impress upon the Minister the seriousness of this issue for my constituency. Coming from the southern part of the country, the Minister will appreciate that County Limerick has a large number of farming families. The Golden Vale has not been impacted, but many small farmers in the west of the county have marginal land, much of which is in areas of natural constraint, and some face...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Functions (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the social partners or employment policy experts were consulted before the decision was made to transfer labour affairs functions in her Department to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection; if her officials carried out an impact assessment of the transfer of functions; and if so, if she will publish same....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the annualised interest rate applied on late payment and filing of P30 returns; the equivalent rate of interest applied in the UK and in other EU and OECD countries, in tabular form. [49094/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the annualised interest rate applied on late payment and filing of VAT returns; the equivalent rate of interest applied in the UK and in other EU and OECD countries, in tabular form. [49095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Functions (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social partners or employment policy experts were consulted before the decision was made to transfer labour affairs functions from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to her Department; if her officials carried out an impact assessment of the transfer of functions; and, if so, whether she will...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy John Curran. I am glad to be able to discuss the next stage in the process of drafting workable legislation that will impact many vulnerable workers. I reiterate my party's absolute commitment to our tradition of protecting workers and their rights. It has always been at the forefront of our policy, whether in Government or in Opposition, and our track record...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the countries visited by her and others (details supplied) since May 2016; the total travel and accommodation costs incurred for each such visit on overseas ministerial business, in tabular form. [48616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the EU Director General of Competition did not approve the proposed plan she put forward for a rescue and restructure scheme for businesses impacted by Brexit following her meeting with Commissioner Vestager in November 2017; the reasons the EU Director General of Competition and the Commissioner decided not to approve the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason section 9 of the Statutory Audits Bill 2017 deletes subsection (7) of the Companies Act 2014 (details supplied); her plans to retain the audit exemption for small and micro sized companies as provided for in most other EU member states. [48618/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Bodies Membership (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the joining membership cost and the annual cost for Ireland to become a member of both CERN and the European Southern Observatory. [48619/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Documents (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest InterTradeIreland report which shows that 19 out of 20 businesses do not have a plan to deal with Brexit. [48620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Horizon 2020 funding to SMEs on an annual basis per county since it was established, in tabular form. [48621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review being carried out by the Company Law Review Group into the way in which company law is enforced here; the status of recommendations by the subcommittee on corporate governance preparing for legislative change intended to further refine the corporate governance provisions of the Companies Act 2014. [48622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland’s ranking in comparison to other OECD countries in respect of the capital gains tax rate applied. [48623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (16 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the criteria laid down under the KEEP scheme mean a company must remain within the SME head count definition and cannot scale up beyond this level to remain eligible. [48625/17]