Results 7,301-7,320 of 11,785 for speaker:Niall Collins

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (26 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Irish Greyhound Board will publish its annual reports for 2013, and 2014; the reason the Board have not produced those reports, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: I thank Ms McGinley, Ms Lowry and Mr. Montenegro for their input. I and my party support the concept of a scheme for the undocumented. Will the witnesses expand on the figure of 26,000 in terms of the geographical spread, if they have any detail on that? I presume the vast majority of those are urban and Dublin based. If they have any detail on the spread across the regions also-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: Yes, if that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: What is the experience of the most recent scheme to regularise the undocumented? Is it a European or international scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: The scheme will give a stamp 4 at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (25 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: Ms McGinley mentioned the crossover between the undocumented and people in direct provision. My understanding is that people in direct provision are not undocumented because they are already in a process.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in favour of the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 on behalf of my party. Ireland has changed immeasurably in the past three decades. How we communicate, work and live are now unrecognisable compared to only a number of years ago. Our State has had to update its laws to reflect these changes and ensure that legislation reflects a modern...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will assign additional resources to the Tallaght Garda station to allow for effective action to be taken, in respect of crime in Kilnamanagh Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24, and to particularly support the efforts of Kilnamanagh Neighbourhood Watch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her responsibilities in the area of addressing the misuse of drugs here; the number of staff that are assigned in her Department for tackling the illegal use of drugs; the actions she has taken since becoming Minister to address the drugs problem here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she last held a meeting with the Garda Commissioner to discuss actions to tackle the misuse of drugs here; when she last met with the Department of Health to review same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget her Department has, to tackle the illegal use of drugs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7872/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date extra powers in the area of public order will be granted to attested members of the Garda Síochána Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7873/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new school to cater for the current and future needs of the Ballycullen, Firhouse and Oldcourt areas in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7835/15]

Assaults on Elderly Persons Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to revise the law relating to the main non-fatal offences against the person and to provide for connected matters.

Assaults on Elderly Persons Bill 2015: First Stage (19 Feb 2015)

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

Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: There is very little business on the Order Paper for today. The Minister has noted that some of the business scheduled for today was completed yesterday, but it is prudent to have other work for Parliament to do on a sitting day. The House was originally scheduled to sit tomorrow, but the sitting was cancelled owing to the late publication of the Child and Family Relationships Bill 2015. I...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: My party offered legislation which would protect front-line workers; the Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill of 2012, which was introduced by my colleague, Deputy Dara Calleary.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: That Bill sought to place a minimum mandatory extra tariff on anybody who committed an assault on a nurse, garda, prison officer or fire fighter. These are people who work day in, day out, to protect people, communities and property. The Minister has spoken about a concern for the welfare of our front-line workers but his actions have not followed through in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: The Government's track record proves it. It is a fact that its actions have not lived up to its concerns about the welfare as expressed here today. I ask the Government to follow through on its concerns by providing what the Prison Officer's Association has been asking for, namely, proper stab vests, pepper spray, batons and other equipment which front-line prison staff need to protect...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Niall Collins: I was referring to the actions of his Government.