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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Swaps (1 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the land swap papers received from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if the business will be passed to the Chief State Solicitor's office without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the urgent need to proceed with an extension at a school (details provided); that this school has sought permission to purchase an adjoining site; and that hardship is being imposed on the pupils. [42945/15]

Credit Union Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: People throughout Ireland are asking why the Government is continuing to attack communities. This latest approach by the Government is impacting so heavily on the credit union movement that this is the second occasion in six months we have had to debate the issue. We have had issues with regard to libraries, courthouses, schools, post offices, Garda stations and even public health centres....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: I welcome the witnesses. I recently received correspondence regarding wards of court and the moneys the Courts Service manages on their behalf. Can Mr. Ryan provide the joint committee with an overview of how the moneys the Courts Service is managing for these people are performing? Concerns were raised at the height of the recession that the values of the various funds took a dip, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: Which investment advisers and fund managers does the service use? Is it Irish Life or Mercer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: In terms of the reorganisation of the courts throughout the country, is the process of closing District Courts finished now or is that still a work in progress? Does the service envisage any further upheavals in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: I can go so.

Roads (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Roads Act 1993 in order to install closed circuit television cameras at motorway junctions for use by An Garda Síochána. The purpose of this Bill to help the authorities in the battle against criminality, a battle which is raging up and down the country in every community, both rural...

Roads (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: The Government recruited into the Defence Forces over the years during the public sector recruitment moratorium.

Roads (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: The Garda Reserve Force is completely underutilised. There is no reason its complement could not be increased threefold. The Government’s measures to protect the elderly do not go far enough. It has not introduced any robust legislation to provide suitable custodial terms for vicious assaults perpetrated against the elderly members of the community. Burglaries continue to increase...

Roads (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: In the western part of County Limerick, there is a townland called Gortadroma where, for several years, the county council operated a massive and poorly maintained landfill site, to the detriment of the quality of life of people in that community. When the operation was eventually closed, the quality of life in the locality improved. In recent months, however, to the shock of the local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Garda Síochána emergency response unit, by location. [40914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Balance (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the gender breakdown in each rank in the Garda Síochána, in tabular form. [40921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been supported to learn a foreign language in each of the past three years and in 2015 to date, given that census 2011 indicated that more than 500,000 residents speak a language at home other than English or Irish. [40926/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (19 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who can speak French, Spanish, German, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Somali and Farsi. [40927/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: As a republican party, a commitment to fighting discrimination in all forms is a core value for us in Fianna Fáil and we support the principle behind this Bill whose central provision is to amend section 37 of the 1998 Employment Equality Act. At present, this section allows schools to discriminate against LGBT teachers on the grounds that it is against the ethos of the school. In 2012...

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: The Taoiseach is Han Solo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: I have one observation and a question. Deputy Mac Lochlainn mentioned the soon to be created independent police authority. As a large organisation, the IFA should seek membership of that authority. There is currently a call under the Public Appointments Service. It is open to individuals to seek inclusion in the authority's membership. I think the IFA would have a constructive and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: The gate was left open and they wandered back. That was not reported in the press, by the way. I want to get a sense of it, including the insurance implications.