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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: On the issue of Garda stations, I understood Garda management was to conduct an impact analysis in the areas where they close Garda stations. Some 139 Garda stations were closed throughout the country. However, that impact analysis was not carried out. Has the Garda Inspectorate examined the impact of the closure of Garda stations in these communities or at how the policing service has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Investigations (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her views on the request of the family (details supplied) for an independent inquiry into a death in 1976 and the conduct of the subsequent investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45629/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each throughout the Waterford Garda Síochána division on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each throughout the Kerry Garda Síochána division on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each throughout the Tipperary Garda Síochána division on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45646/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (16 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full-year cost of a net increase of 500 in the number of fully qualified members of An Garda Síochána. [45648/15]

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: While I congratulate Deputy Penrose on his initiative, the Government is playing both sides on many other Private Members' Bills. It claims to support them while at the same time not progressing that legislation further.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill. The legislation reduces the bankruptcy term from three years to 12 months which is a very short period. It will not go unnoticed that less than three years after reducing the bankruptcy term to three years we are reducing it further. While it brings us into line with Northern Ireland and Britain it does mean that our bankruptcy laws will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (15 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the discussions she has had with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána on the provision of a second Garda Síochána station in Tallaght in Dublin 24; if she is aware of the local campaign and that possible sites are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44945/15]

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, the main purpose of which is to facilitate the long overdue complete closing of St. Patrick's Institution. In July 2013, the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, said St. Patrick's Institution was to be closed down and all prisoners moved to different institutions within six months. Subsequently, in September 2014, the Children's...

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: The Fianna Fáil Party is happy to support the motion.

Courts Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil will be supporting the Bill to appoint two additional judges to the High Court following a significant increase in the court's caseload. Fianna Fáil is also committed to reform of the judicial appointments system and has published legislation to provide for such reforms. The purpose of the Courts Bill is to address the problems associated with the significant increase...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill, which provides for the introduction of a single, unified procedure for international protection applications. This is very welcome as the sequential nature of the existing system has led to excessive delays in the processing of applications, resulting in asylum seekers spending many years awaiting a decision on their application. Nevertheless,...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: How it is proposed that the Law Society and Bar Council will levy a solicitors' or barristers' practice? Will it be per registered solicitor or barrister practising or based on turnover? What will the rationale be?

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 22:To insert the following new subsection after subsection (3)"(4) The Minister shall publish a new Regulatory Impact Analysis of this Act prior to its commencement.". Given that it is so long since the Bill was published, the Minister of State might not recall that a regulatory impact assessment was published at the time of its publication. The...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I accept what the Minister said, so I will withdraw my amendment.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I want to make a few general comments on the Bill. I welcome the fact that we are getting to the concluding stages.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I am getting to them. This legislation has been on a long journey. As Deputy Shatter said earlier, it was published in late 2011. The real test of whether the Bill will pass muster is whether consumers will see reductions in legal fees. We need to be conscious that outside the big law houses in Dublin, many of the small and medium-sized practitioners throughout the country and across...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the proposed secondary level school in Kingswood Heights in Tallaght in Dublin 24; if she will confirm the catchment area for the school; the priority that will be given to families in Kingswood Heights and Kilnamanagh in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking on the planning conditions for the proposed secondary level school in Kingswood Heights in Tallaght in Dublin 24 regarding the request for details of the enhanced drop-off facilities at the school, and her response to the condition that the developer is required to provide a pedestrian crossing on the public road...