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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]

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

Niall Collins: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the money owed to the Irish Greyhound Board by the sponsor of the 2013 Derby, as reported in an article (details supplied), was reflected in the 2013 accounts as a debt due to the company; his views on any due diligence carried out on the sponsor of the most high-profile race in the sport; and if he will make a statement on...

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

Niall Collins: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the €1.4 million increase in loans the Irish Greyhound Board made to subsidiaries in 2013, as reported in note 7 of the 2013 accounts; the breakdown of debt among each of the subsidiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue collected in respect of firearms licence fees in each of the years 2012 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28981/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Firearms Licences (14 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 906. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of firearms licence fees collected by An Post on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality in each of the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28982/15]

Criminal Law (Child Grooming) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on this Bill and congratulate Deputy Corcoran Kennedy on producing it and thank her for doing so. She is a loss to the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. Bringing this Bill forward has given us another opportunity to deal with what is a very sinister part of our society and the world we live in today and something we have to face up in a robust...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: He does not agree.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (9 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 38. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding the continuing problem of drug abuse in Dublin city centre; his position on the proposal to allow the creation of injecting rooms in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27046/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (9 Jul 2015)

Niall Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of concerns within An Garda Síochána relating to the leaking of confidential information from An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28041/15]