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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Collins: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an appeal made by a school (details supplied) regarding the need to redevelop classrooms not fit for purpose; his views on the concerns of the school community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Collins: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a building programme by a school (details supplied); his views on the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31208/17]

Protection of Employees (Collective Redundancies) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil fully supports the general principles in this Bill and will support its passage to the next Stage. We also look forward to carrying out some detailed scrutiny of it when it comes before us on Committee Stage. The Bill puts forward proposals to existing company and employment law in collective redundancy cases, as we saw with Clerys. It would apply where there are...

Protection of Employees (Collective Redundancies) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: We will keep an eye on them.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: Magic money tree.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: The Deputy did not say that. She is making it up now.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: Deputy Boyd Barrett never told us why he campaigned for Brexit.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: The Deputies campaigned for Brexit.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: That is complete nonsense.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: Does the Deputy wish to explain why he campaigned for Brexit?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: That is absolutely untrue and I want it withdrawn from the record.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: It is absolutely not true.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: The Deputy should make her own points and not try to characterise Fianna Fáil as something it is not.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: The Deputy should speak for herself. She specialises in it.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: The Deputy is well able to criticise others.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: I am delivering our party's contribution on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Calleary, who cannot be here. Fianna Fáil has long called for the unwinding of the FEMPI legislation in a fiscally responsible manner. We want to see a fair deal for public sector workers, particularly for low and middle-income earners. It is imperative that we have strong and sustainable public services and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: Yes. I will pick up on the topic raised by the Deputies. I tabled a priority question about the CSO's publication on employment blackspots and highlighted the situation in Limerick in particular. While I recognise that the relevant functions have been transferred to the Department of Social Protection, there is an overlap, so will the Minister furnish us with her views on the matter? I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the heads of the Bill regarding protections for workers on insecure, low-hour contracts will be published in 2017, in view of the urgent need [30224/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: What is the status of legislation to protect workers on insecure and low-hour contracts? Has the Tánaiste had the opportunity to read her way into the brief? It is an issue the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has invested nearly all its time in to bring the legislation forward. It is an issue which featured very prominently in my party's election manifesto and it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: I appreciate that the Tánaiste sees that the Bill is urgent but she has not provided us with a date. I press her to do so. Is it likely we will see the Bill before the House in the current session at least to kick off its passage through the Oireachtas? In the work of the joint committee, pretty much everyone has been on the same page, which is important. It is legislation which will...