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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: There we go.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (15 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the difficulties being experienced by child care providers arising from the policy of Pobal in insisting that funding for community child care places is provided to the child, and if the child leaves the funding is withdrawn; his plans to change the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of temporary accommodation and prefabricated-type classroom structures purchased and leased by her Department for post primary schools, in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29423/15]

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 27:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 161 of Principal Act18. Section 161 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new paragraph after paragraph (f):“(g) where fees are charged by a personal insolvency practitioner or the Insolvency Service of Ireland in the course of their work...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister. It is fair to say we are now addressing the big deficiency in the original Bill in terms of the whole issue of the bank veto. Could the Minster flesh the matter out a little more for us? The court will either accept or reject the proposal which the personal insolvency practitioner is bringing forward. That, I presume, will be one of those insolvency judges at Circuit...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: If the court refuses the arrangement, will the personal insolvency practitioner, on behalf of the debtor, have the option to appeal up along the line to the High Court, Court of Appeal and ultimately the Supreme Court?

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister expand on the wording in amendment No. 1 which reads to "provide for court review ... in certain circumstances". Will the certain circumstances be detailed in the legislation?

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 4:In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 16 of Principal Act 2.Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (2):“(2A) Where a Debt Relief Notice, a Debt Settlement Arrangement or a Personal Insolvency Arrangement as outlined in the Principal Act is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant the back to education allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, in view of the fact that the person has made a case regarding qualifying criteria and is anxious to pursue further education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he took to investigate allegations of wrongdoing within the Irish Greyhound Board, which were contained in a resignation letter from a member of the board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of all of the circumstances which led to the departure of the internal auditor from the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €100,000 spent on the modifications to the racing circuit at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, as described in the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report, has been a success; if the statistics on racing collisions since the renovations will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Statutory Instrument No. 494/2014 legalises the use of frozen semen that should have been destroyed under section 14 of the 2005 artificial insemination of greyhounds regulations; if he will confirm that the previous regulations were ignored; the person and bodies responsible for this; the sanction that was taken; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Statutory Instrument No. 494/2014 legalises the greyhounds registered in breach of section 14 of the 2005 artificial insemination of greyhounds regulations before November 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 30 June 2015, if the procedural issues referred to by him in his reply in relation to the breaches of the 2005 artificial insemination of greyhounds regulations have damaged the integrity of the national greyhound stud book; the steps he has taken to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 30 June 2015, when the scientific study referred to in his reply will be available; the persons and bodies carrying it out; his views that it would have been prudent to carry out the study before changing the two-year death limit for stud sires; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deal between the Irish Greyhound Board and a company (details supplied) was advertised and procured under the procurement rules for semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Indecon failed to mention the 2005 artificial insemination of greyhound regulations in its review (details supplied); if he will confirm if Indecon examined this legislation during its review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28777/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board has assessed the financial impact and additional annual cost into the future of keeping its €23 million debt on interest-only terms and not making any capital repayments, as per note 24 to its annual accounts 2013. [28778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or the Irish Greyhound Board carried out any cost-benefit analysis on the option of paying off the board's debts to Allied Irish Banks in a lump sum, rather than maintaining the debt on interest-only terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28779/15]