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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has been in contact with the Department of Transport in regard to school bus transport; and if so, if a decision has been made to put on additional capacity to ensure that all children who require a seat on a bus will get one. [46556/22]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: I am absolutely appalled. It is obvious the Deputy did not have much time on the local authority to be able to understand the hard work councillors do and the time and effort they put into county development plans. If the Deputy’s amendment is accepted, although it looks like the Minister and the Government will not accept it, it would take a lot of powers away from the local...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: Yes. That is what I am saying, that this amendment will be withdrawn and I am pleased that is the case. The Minister said-----

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: We hope that is the case. If not, we will certainly vote against it. We cannot support a situation where a local authority spends months or perhaps even years putting together a county development plan that would not come into effect if it did not tick the box of a Deputy here or that we would bring forward legislation to make sure it could be overridden by appeals to An Bord Pleanála,...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: -----with people basically going broke in their homes. As I said, the amendment slightly erodes democracy when it is looking to override county development plans, override the local authorities and override what councillors and staff have put time and effort into making sure it is right. This is something I will not be supporting in any way, shape or form.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: Yes, because it is said that that is the way forward. Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for your clarity on the matter. The fuelling turns out to be electricity, if the Government has its way, and the points for plugging in the vehicles are not in rural communities. I live on Mizen Head and I know how long it takes to travel to the Dáil daily, or maybe once or twice a week sometimes, and...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: I would like to speak to this amendment. Of course, the discussion is mainly built around electric cars. We have 50,000 electric cars in 2022 and the target, to the best of knowledge, is 850,000 by 2030. Everybody else in the world knows that is not achievable. Most likely, by 2030 anyway, they will be in the dump heap and most people will be told to go back to some other forms of...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: I will not be able to keep going for that amount of time. There are two other speakers coming like a train behind me. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 has the potential to create a level of accountability that is sorely needed. According to the Children's Rights Alliance, however, critical measures are needed to ensure the legislation lives up to its name. The Bill...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: I wish Deputy Calleary the very best in his new role as Minister of State. I do no doubt his capabilities and he was an excellent choice. The purpose of this Bill is "to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be reviewed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment". IDA Ireland reported that...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: God almighty.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: Wake up, woman, wake up.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: You know this very well of course and you driving your diesel-guzzling van outside. You drive your diesel-guzzling van every day of the week. You forget that.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: You should be ashamed of yourself.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: You could not respond to her.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: Go out to the van and drive it home full of diesel.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State should be ashamed of himself. He needs to go back to his roots.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — as a direct consequence of haywire Government-induced energy policies, Ireland is the worst-prepared country in Europe for an energy crisis, and the possibility of rolling blackouts this winter would not only be catastrophic but is a very real prospect; — the lack of a coherent Government energy policy to provide...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: This simply is not working. The Minister of State will probably say that he was going to stand up and say that anyway. However, I know that it is not working on the ground. The people of my constituency are telling me that retrofitting and the warmer homes scheme are not working. The funny thing is, if we go back 15, 16 or 17 years to when the Government rolled out the scheme initially...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: The question here is whether An Bord Pleanála is fit for purpose. Is it just another quango of politically-appointed cronies on excessive salaries acting unlawfully and costing the taxpayer millions in legal costs? Why would the Minister allow An Bord Pleanála to carry out an internal review, which in other words means it is investigating itself? How much did the senior counsel...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: Last week's recommendation from the Mental Health Commission to drastically reduce beds in Bantry General Hospital's mental health unit from 18 to 11 is a huge retrograde step for mental health services in west Cork. The hospital covers a population of 180,000 from Castletownbere to Kinsale, as well as parts of Kerry. Following its inspection in 2019, the Mental Health Commission found the...