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Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: Apprenticeships are a huge issue and we must provide encouragement in any way we can to make sure that apprenticeships are available to people. Many will have noticed the difficulty in hiring the services of skilled tradespeople such as electricians, plumbers or carpenters for home repairs, which are also in very short supply. There are, however, so many areas where we see young people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I am calling for immediate ministerial intervention to help young people on the Beara Peninsula who have intellectual disabilities. They used to have daily transport to CoAction's rehabilitative training, RT, education programme in Bantry provided to them. From tomorrow, though, they will no longer have that transport due to lack of funding. The current transport provider is willing and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: The farmers know the truth.

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: The youth justice strategy for the period 2021 to 2027, produced by the group chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is presented as a comprehensive plan to address youth crime and provide support for vulnerable young individuals; however, a critical examination of it raises concerns about its effectiveness and potential implications. We can produce all the documents we want...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I heard the Minister's opening speech and I had to pinch myself as the rural Ireland I live in is totally different from the one the she spoke about. Yes, there are a few green shoots but they are few. Funding for west Cork has been little and spread well apart. Our roads in west Cork are totally under-funded. Two bypasses in Bandon lie undone for decades. A bypass of Inishannon and...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: For your own backyard.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: For your own backyard; that is all.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: We are told there is near full employment in the country but are the people who are employed - young people in particular - being treated properly? I have grave doubts about that. I also have serious concerns about putting an extra burden on the employer. The employer cannot take the hit every time we stand up here in the Chamber. Some feel the employer should take every hit and that they...

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this very important motion tonight. I thank the fire brigade personnel who were in the Public Gallery but who have walked out in disgust at the Minister's speech which was shocking, after promising that he would come forward with something tonight. I thank the firefighters in west Cork, Schull, Castletownbere, Bantry, Dunmanway, Bandon, Kinsale and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: I attended a public meeting at Shannonvale last night. It is a little village and picturesque community just north of Clonakilty. We had a packed attendance in the meeting room in Phairs Pub where we listened to people talking about the raw sewage and the sewage crisis in their town. This means they have raw sewage in the community garden so children cannot play there. They also tell me...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: We need answers. This is very serious. It is a public health risk.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: On a point of order-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: On a point of clarification-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: There is, because the record has to be corrected.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: I certainly will be taking it up with the Ceann Comhairle. This is a very serious matter where a Deputy can be accused-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: -----of being an organic farming member, which I am not.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: I certainly will be taking it up with the Ceann Comhairle, and at the highest level-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: -----because it is private information she is using.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: I am very annoyed about it. It is only fair that she be corrected and if she corrects it, is over and done with. We all make mistakes and I accept that.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (31 May 2023)

Michael Collins: Sorry.