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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...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil is pleased to support the broad thrust of this motion, which involves the establishment of an anti-corruption agency, and to condemn without reservation or qualification corruption in all its forms. The Fianna Fáil Party has accepted the resignation of Councillor Joe Queenan on foot of last night's "RTE Investigates" programme which looked at standards in public office....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (8 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Prison Service's protocols regarding the dismissal of a prison officer under medical care due to post-traumatic stress incurred in the line of duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (8 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if 183 male asylum seekers are to be accommodated in Ballybunion in County Kerry; the timeframe for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43909/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (8 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality The number of members of An Garda Síochána serving in the Fermoy district of County Cork in each of the years 2010 to date; the level of urban and rural crime in this area; how she will address this crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the replacement of 58 prefabrications by a school building in Croom in County Limerick, the cost to her Department and to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Boards for the purchase of the site in 2009, and the moneys her Department and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board have paid to consultants in relation to...

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: That was a decisive intervention, Deputy Durkan.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 12 of Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 2.Section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001 is amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):“(3) A person guilty of burglary is liable on conviction on indictment to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 12 of Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 2. Section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):“(5) Where the court does not impose such a sentence, it shall...