Results 561-580 of 3,645 for speaker:Michael Collins

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I will move channel away from RTÉ for the time being to the issue of rural doctors and burnout. Dr. Fiona Kelly is one of the finest rural doctors in this country. She has been practising in the Beara Peninsula since 2009. She is dedicated to her job, is hardworking and almost always contactable outside working hours. She offers same-day appointments for anyone in need and still...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: We have very serious concerns about the Government's unwavering support for the EU nature restoration law, following a vote in favour of the drastic rewetting law at the June EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. The law, if implemented, includes legally binding targets that will have detrimental impacts on farmlands and the livelihoods of Irish farmers. The version of the EU nature...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Chair. I agree with his opening statement. It clearly outlines the current position of Irish dairy farmers and Irish agriculture. I welcome the witnesses. I think I am correct when I say that the report is not defeatist. It states that Ireland can do more, and the witnesses are open on how progress can be made. Irish farmers have been trying to do their best. There needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: There is also Goleen and places like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I have been on the Community Council in Goleen since 1999. We are doing our best to provide a sewage system for Goleen. It has not happened since 1999. There is raw sewage being pumped into the tide, and the Department is chasing the poor farmer. I was at a public meeting in Shannonvale in Clonakilty recently. There is raw sewage bursting over the ground and pouring into the reservoir,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank Mr. Flynn and sincerely hope he is right that by 2025, these changes will have been made. Some issues have been going on since 1993 and it is adding to the reports as they come out. I sometimes worry that the water is being muddied slightly and that farmers are being dragged into it and fingers are being pointed at them. Do the witnesses agree with me that the State is the biggest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: 208. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the discrepancy between the 8,876 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2022, whilst just 8,156 notifications of termination were officially received in 2022, which amounts to an unaccounted-for €324,000 being paid to abortion-performing doctors; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy between the 6,683 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2021, whilst just 4,577 notifications of termination were officially received in 2021, which amounts to an unaccounted-for €947,700 being paid to abortion-performing doctors; and if he will make a...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I will give 100% support to this Sinn Féin motion. I thank its Members for bringing it forward. The A5 route linking the North and South is a critical piece of infrastructure and a major route for people living and working in the Border counties and across the north west. The A5 route from Aughnacloy to Derry is in urgent need of upgrades to improve safety and reduce fatalities. I...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: As the RTÉ scandal gets deeper and darker, one aspect becomes clear, which is that RTÉ is a financial basket case that has been poorly operated and controlled from a corporate governance perspective. The organisation's top brass seems to have a cavalier outlook on providing anyone, including the Oireachtas, with the truth, yet the truth is what we seek. After all, for the period...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concern raised in relation to the low capitation grants allocated to national schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reducing class sizes in Ireland for 2024, given that class sizes in Ireland are significantly larger than the majority of other European countries.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31911/23]

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: At the very beginning of the Minister of State’s speech, to which I listened in my office, he mentioned honesty. Of course, everybody else here decided to talk about agriculture afterwards. Honesty is the best policy. Irish Water, which is responsible for public water services, has not provided clear action plans or timeframes for improving treatment in approximately one third of...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: Donkey and cart farmers will not survive. This is the real world.

Culling the National Herd: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — farmers are angered by the Government's plans for tougher measures that will drastically reduce emissions in the agricultural sector, leading to downsizing and closure of otherwise viable farms; — Ireland has a proud tradition of clean and green grassland agricultural production, with farms often being managed by the same...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I welcome Tadhg Daly, chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, and other visitors in the Gallery who run family nursing homes the length and breadth of our country. Nursing homes all over the country, including west Cork, have serious concerns about the ongoing crisis in the funding of nursing home care under the fair deal scheme. For what is now a long-standing basis, private and...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: We support the motion before us, as we have done on each previous occasion it has been before us. On the whole, the Special Criminal Court has been an effective tool against subversive elements and, in recent years, against organised criminal gangs. For this reason, it is worth retaining. However, the case for its retention is far from unanswerable. We need to be clear that the ultimate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the ICT grant to primary schools for the current academic year has been withdrawn; her plans to restore this vital grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of queries logged with HSE MyOptions (including phone calls and chat queries) in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, categorised in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: 721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/23]