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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 11:In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“5. Section 98(1) of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (g):“(h) the search of the Garda Síochána Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) computer system for any purpose relevant to the investigation being conducted by the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 12:In page 4, line 18, to delete “and subject to the consent of the Minister,”. This relates to the issue of the Minister having consent or, as Deputy O'Brien correctly said earlier, a veto. The optics and intent of it are wrong. If GSOC is to be truly independent in carrying out its role and fulfilling its remit, providing for ministerial veto or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (28 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that senior members of An Garda Síochána continued to abuse the penalty points system despite a change in practice in this area in June 2014; the actions that will be taken against these members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4070/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (28 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the penalty points system is now beyond abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4071/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (28 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will now take to protect the integrity of the penalty points system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4072/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (27 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the unemployment figures in Tallaght, Dublin 24, for the latest month for which figures are available; if he will also provide a comparison for the same month for the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3281/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (27 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish a referendum commission in view of the referendum on marriage equality provisionally proposed by the Government for May 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3489/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (27 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide by year the number of handguns recovered by an Garda Síochána during the years 2004 to date in 2015 which had been used in the commission of a crime and which had previously been recorded on PULSE as a licensed firearm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3562/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (27 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a pension case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (22 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the potential of providing security services under the community employment scheme at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in view of the fact that the school has been the subject of a number of recent crimes and the success of a number of similar schemes in Jobstown and Killinarden, County Dublin; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (22 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a substantive reply to correspondence (details supplied); her views on the matter in view of the recent correspondence between her Department and the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (22 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the PULSE system of An Garda Síochána will be replaced; the amount this will cost; the tendering process that will be put in place for the replacement of PULSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3095/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in County Limerick by station in each of the past five years; the number of vehicles in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3131/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (22 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a number of break-ins costing thousands of euro at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; her views on the resulting costs threatening services to children and that the school has CCTV needs; if she will grant emergency funding to the school to cover the situation; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I have only one question. I welcome the contributors and thank them for their submissions. Bearing in mind that they represent people involved in an activity that is legal and licensed and that they rightly take exception to their being compared with people who engage in unlawful activity, could they describe the engagement they have had, individually or collectively, with the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: Let me tease out that point. The witnesses are challenging many of the statistics underlying many the statements of the working group. Have they had face-to-face engagement with anybody to challenge these figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I thank our witnesses. I apologise that I had to leave the meeting for a while. I had to make a comment on the marriage equality referendum, which is part of our brief as justice spokespersons. Will the witnesses comment on their experience of interfacing with the Department of Justice and Equality? Many of them would have made written or e-mailed submissions, but will they comment on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: Are there any takers on the experience of other jurisdictions? Do many other jurisdictions have a regime similar to ours where the police service more or less runs it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the persistent problems in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2404/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether waiting times for patients needing diagnostic scans are acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/15]