Results 801-820 of 3,639 for speaker:Michael Collins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Did the Minister or the Minister of State give any indication to the CEO or board of Coillte after they were told about this deal on 16 December that they had an issue with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Why did the Minister not instruct Coillte when he became aware of the deal to at least pause it pending an independent review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: I only have two questions left. Why did the Minister not instruct the CEO of Coillte to pause the deal when they met last week pending a full review incorporating socioeconomic and cost-benefit analyses on behalf of the taxpayer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: We accept that Coillte is not selling off the taxpayer's woodlands, but if a semi-State company has to team up with a UK-based private investment group to plant new forest, it raises legitimate questions about what Coillte is doing and why we should have a State forestry agency at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Under the Forestry Act 1988, the Minister has powers and the company "shall comply with every direction given to it under [section 38]." Unfortunately, the Minister has not used this power. This section needs to be read clearly by the Minister and Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Appointments (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the appointment of a State solicitor to west Cork to replace a person (details supplied) who retired as State solicitor in December 2022, after 36 years of service.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3512/23]

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Hear, hear.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Ireland has experienced a major crisis in its forestry licensing system in recent years. The crisis has been caused by a number of factors but is mainly driven by a lack of support at Government level, including a lack of funding for the regulatory agency responsible for managing the country's forests. A shortage of skilled staff and a backlog of applications for forestry licences has led...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: We all know and recognise that organ and tissue donation is a service that saves lives. It improves lives and has better health benefits, as well as cost benefits. Ireland has the highest rate of donation in the world, at 20.3 donors per million of the population, but there is no doubt but that there has to be an opt-out system. A family must consent to any organ donation. In my view,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an NCT for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data compiled by the HSE of recorded protests against abortion including the date, time, number present and any other recorded information from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3154/23]

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The main purpose of the Bill is to establish a new independent statutory authority to be known as the agrifood regulator - the office for fairness and transparency in the agrifood supply chain. The objective of the new office will be to promote the principles of fairness and transparency in the agriculture and marine food supply chain. According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: The Cope Foundation runs a residential centre in Carrigbeg, Bandon, that accommodates 13 special needs adults four nights a week but these adults have to return home every Friday evening until Monday evening. In some cases, they are returning home to elderly parents who are finding it very challenging to care for them every weekend. In a growing number of cases, these people have no family...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: West Cork has a crisis in SouthDoc. We have an ambulance crisis and a mental health crisis, and no one is responsible. The responsibility of the continued crisis is Cork University Hospital, CUH, lies with the Minister of Health, the previous Ministers and the HSE. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have continuously downgraded services at Bantry General Hospital and got away with it. They...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: Given the Minister, Deputy Ryan’s speech earlier, he now accepts there will be a drop in numbers in the national herd, something the then Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, and others promised would never happen. It is another betrayal by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael of the farmers of this country. He said also that farmers must be compensated for this drop in cattle numbers....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the evaluation process leading to the decision on the solidarity fund announced by the Government regarding the implementation of Council Regulation No. 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices (details supplied); if he will specifically set out all of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will set out the solidarity tax contribution rates set by all other member states within the European Union to date on the implementation of Council Regulation No. 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 to address high energy prices (details supplied); if losses are deductible against those rates; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Government's review of energy security; if he will outline any plans and processes in place for the matter to be considered by the Government, Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, industry or members of the public following the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of submissions received on the Government's review on energy security; when his Department intends to publish the submissions made to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: 440. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the other grants or schemes that are available for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63862/22]