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Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: The Minister for Health only comments on it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the file of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8, noting that this person is suffering hardship because of the rates the person is receiving; if these entitlements could be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25586/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Ballydoyle Honey won the Sporting Press Oaks at Shelbourne Park on 20 June 2015, collecting €25,000 in prize money, that this greyhound is a daughter of Brett Lee, born on 25 July 2013, and registered in breach of the artificial insemination regulations, and is thus an illegal dog; that the Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has a note attached to the 2013 Irish Greyhound Board accounts stating that breaches of procurement guidelines continue at the Irish Greyhound Board, and that this is the third year in a row that the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has pointed out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the 2013 Irish Greyhound Board accounts showed a loss of €120,000; that the Secretary General of his Department (details supplied) stated at a recent meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts that the situation for 2014 had deteriorated even further, with losses of €986,000; that the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the Sunday Independent of 14 June 2015 carried an article stating that the Irish Greyhound Board was considering taking legal action against a United Kingdom-based company (details supplied) for unpaid sponsorship; that this sponsorship deal with the company was announced as the biggest ever in the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (25 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of persons employed in the Irish greyhound industry as of 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this debate. There are few movements in this country that can boast 3 million members, 400 offices, 4,000 employees and up to 10,000 volunteers. It is high time that we had a comprehensive debate on the current state and future of the credit union movement. The problem is that, when people consider the movement and its national network, they...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: I am not trying to be divisive about it; I am asking the question. How could anyone who has had the experience of relying on a credit union in order to purchase school uniforms, bring children on their first holiday or buy a washing machine possibly stand over what has been happening to the movement? Be it by the Government, senior civil servants or the regulator, a mindset change is...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: The House has seen much debate about IBRC, Siteserv and loan write-downs. The Government has discretion-----

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: -----under the legislation that wound down IBRC. The credit unions in Limerick that are suffering write-downs on their investments - one is my local credit union, MPCC Credit Union of-----

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: -----Mungret, Patrickswell, Crecora and Clarina - deserve fair play from the Government. There should be an intervention to ensure that their investments are repaid and honoured by the Government-----

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: -----as part of the IBRC liquidation process.

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: The Fianna Fáil Party supports the Bill which will implement six EU Council decisions agreed during the period from 2005 to 2010. 6 o’clock These Council decisions allow for mutual assistance and recognition of legal actions arising from other member states in the Irish courts system. Effective co-operation between member states of the European Union and between states...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the actions his Department is taking further to the findings of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department has taken, following the publication of the report of the Moriarty tribunal, to prevent the malpractices outlined from occurring again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24503/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) lobbied his Department for a change to the deferral of excise payment on mineral oil tax ahead of budget 2015, which was presented in October 2014; if so, when this occurred; in what form the lobbying took place; if it involved meetings between him and-or his officials and any of the company's executives, either directly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials met a person (details supplied) at any stage between the person's purchase of a company in December 2013 and the decision to defer deferral of excise payment on mineral oil tax; if he or any of his officials had any correspondence from the person in relation to the tax ahead of the decision; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the actions his Department is taking further to the findings of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (23 Jun 2015)

Niall Collins: 287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department has taken following the publication of the report of the Moriarty tribunal to prevent the malpractices outlined from occurring again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24503/15]