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EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Regarding the wider and often overlooked point about our national electricity grid, it is opportune to outline that there is only one electricity grid in Ireland. It is operated by EirGrid and owned by the State. Today, 40% of Ireland's electricity is generated by gas; 40% by wind; 10% by coal; and 10% by peat, oil and solar energy. Another point worth noting is that the grid is largely...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: ...delicate time in their lives. That is an area that needs to be improved. There needs to be proper regulation in relation to burial grounds and where a person is to be buried, whether on their own lands or not. I would appreciate it if the Minister would take that opportunity because it is an upsetting and difficult time for people when deciding where their loved ones can be buried at a...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: ..., I have heard of and seen many elderly people being coerced into making wills and then, once everything has been signed over, no one remains to take care of them. I have heard of people taking farms and land from incapacitated people and also of families wishing their incapacitated family member were dead because the cost was too much. It was not that the family were using any of their...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...said, in the wake of the announcement by Liz Truss on Tuesday that London intends to legislate to scrap parts of the protocol unilaterally, there has been a softening of language from the DUP, which may provide the landing zone, to use the new phrase du jour, needed for at least a partial solution. It is notable that when he was interviewed on BBC Radio Ulster last week, the DUP leader...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Okay. Throughout the Killybegs blue whiting controversy, the SFPA has publicly insisted that it has continually offered the option to the vessels landing that they could use the pelagic flow scales. This, however, was done without specifying that the SFPA was ordering that this state-of-the-art system, which was declared suitable by the High Court as being fit for purpose, must have the...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...because they know the nuns do not have expensive public relations teams and are not in the business of doing media. It is important to point out the Religious Sisters of Charity are giving away land worth more than €50 million for free to build a hospital. They will have absolutely no say in the running of the hospital - in a way an objective that would be cause for positivity....

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael Collins: .... Most of the suckler farmers who will qualify will only get €200 or €300. That is the bottom line. That is what they are telling me in west Cork. Many farmers will not have the amount of land to qualify for the full amount. The Minister may have issued a press release or two to suggest that a new pig scheme may come on stream but so far, that is all that has...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...to the St. Vincent's campus has been in train since 2013, but the project has been mired in controversy for many years. The Religious Sisters of Charity have even transferred the ownership of the lands at St. Vincent's to an independent entity which is to lease the new maternity hospital site to the State for 299 years. Unfortunately, critics with fanatical agendas are claiming that a...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Michael Collins: ...countries which we have locked arms with. I know of some very suspicious characters in this country who roam the countryside free because they have escaped extradition. I call on the law of the land to rectify this. If they are as innocent as they claim to be, why not go to the country that is most affected by the crime that was committed and either clear their names or face jail for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Collins: .... I ask Mr. Cullinan to explain why the pig and poultry industry are outside of CAP payments for their food products which are 100% quality assured, welfare compliant and nitrate compliant? They are also land-based enterprises, due to the fact that all products consumed by the animals are land-based, and all products excreted by the animals are excreted back onto the land.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...repairs to be carried out on the towers following storm damage. This is a cable car, I may add, opened by the then Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, in 1969. As we stand right now, on Friday morning of this week islanders, farmers who have land on the islands and holidaymakers will not have a service of any type from the island to the mainland or from the mainland to the island. A proposal from...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...children's hospital gone over budget? We were rightly calling it the hole in the ground at one stage, with a budget overspend of millions of euro and a site on which a helicopter cannot be landed. The Minister badly needs to close his mouth and listen to those who understand the suffering people are going through. The Green Party tail is wagging the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael dog....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: .... It was all part of nature and our bringing up and the love for wildlife was number one in my home. However, that was always done with co-operation and people used to ask to come on the land. They loved to view some of the animals and we loved to be with them when they were doing so. Things have changed, unfortunately, and there is more of a dictation setting and finger pointing at...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: ...that those living in lower-income households will be disproportionately affected and will feel the pinch more this year. Overall, the spectacular cost-of-living increases we are experiencing in Ireland mean that an average family will be forced to pay an extra €3,000 to €5,000 to run their household this year. Despite this crisis, all the Government can do is offer a...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: ...targets are likely to increase inflationary pressures significantly in the long term, especially for fuel, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office in its January report, Inflation Issues for Ireland 2022. Housing, land and rent prices have increased significantly due to the demand. They are likely to continue to do so depending on supply. Irish farmers are experiencing a...

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Collins: ...almost all fish in Irish waters being caught by foreign vessels due to lazy policies by a Fianna Fáil Taoiseach and his Minister and Deputies with the support of Fine Gael and the Green Party. What are the species landed by the Irish fleet that make up the 35% of landings the Minister spoke about earlier? Does he know how many tonnes this amounts to? Is he telling us the full...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...we put forward would have meant a 0% VAT rate on insulation or all children living 1 km or more from a school having free access to school transport. We wanted farmers to be rewarded for making lands available for biodiversity, including scrub, and have previous penalty reduction payments reinstated. We said the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, should be revamped to make...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...for the Minister of the day as to what fee will be charged if a fishermen wants to appeal a wrongful decision being made. It is a terrible situation to think fishermen are going to face the highest court in the land to fight their case, perhaps in a very genuine situation. They will also find themselves in a situation where they will not know how much it will cost them to appeal the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ..., Belgooly and Riverstick. I raised it with the Taoiseach, and, in fairness, he cannot come back to me that quickly. Coillte has come back to me and has stated that it will not sell all the land. It intends to sell some of the land. The people of Ballymartle are adamant that those woods will not be sold. We had a situation, about which Deputy Boyd Barrett spoke earlier, in Enniskerry...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...and regional roads are the arteries that connect many parts of the country and are highly trafficked routes. These roads represent 96,000 km of the total 101,000 km of our public road network in Ireland, carrying over 54% of the traffic, but have remained chronically underfunded since the financial crash. Poor quality roads can be a major cause of concern to communities, directly...