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Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Sean Fleming is here now.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: One could also view this morning's news of AIB’s arrangement with the Irish Mortgage Holders' Association, an arrangement set outside of the parameters of the insolvency legislation, as pointing to a perceived failure of the legislation. The point is that the banks still have a veto in the whole process, while all the cards are stacked against those who find themselves in mortgage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: How many?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: I am sure the Minister will agree that with only 72 personal insolvency practitioners operating, the service is wholly inadequate. If one averages that out across the counties of Ireland, that amounts to only three personal insolvency practitioners per county. There are approximately 120,000 mortgages in arrears of more than 90 days and there is another large cohort of people who are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the anticipated number of cases to be completed by the personal insolvency regime by the end of 2013; the total number of personal insolvency practitioners appointed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46616/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: For the benefit of those watching, I will outline my question which relates to the work to date of the Insolvency Service of Ireland. My concern arises because we missed a number of deadlines in getting the service up and running. There is a question mark over the appointment of personal insolvency practitioners who numbered so few at the outset of the service.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: It merits consideration by the Minister and his Department to complete such an investigation in the first instance. Serious consideration should be given to a joint assignment by the said two ombudsmen, Ms Emily Logan and the Garda Ombudsman. The Garda Ombudsman has a lot of experience in dealing in detail with investigations into An Garda Síochána. I do not wish to attribute...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: We all agree it was difficult in this situation for An Garda Síochána to get the balance right. Obviously, protecting vulnerable children and children at risk is a priority for all of us, but we also have to recognise people's basic human rights. As I stated in my introduction, there were two cases, in Athlone and Tallaght. It must be pointed out that there are also data...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the completion and publication of the investigation into the removal of two children from members of an ethnic minority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46615/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: The question is based on the recent taking into care by the Garda Síochána of children in Athlone and Tallaght.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of the local property tax and the different payment dates for payment by credit/debit card, and the single debit authority option in March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payment of the student contribution charge of €2,500 for the academic year 2013-14 for third level colleges, which may be paid in two instalments, can also be paid by monthly instalments. [46361/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court of Appeal Establishment (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 728. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Court of Appeal will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46617/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Niall Collins: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his dealings in respect of St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to families and the wider community regarding its future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46199/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas Exploration (24 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in developing a new fiscal and regulatory framework for the oil and gas exploration industry in Ireland; the persons he has consulted in developing this new framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44956/13]

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: What about the Minister, Deputy Reilly, speaking from the back of a truck outside Roscommon hospital. Is that airbrushed as well?

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: What did he say in Monaghan and Roscommon?

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: I am not uncomfortable at all.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Buttimer is the hypocrite.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Niall Collins: Will Deputy Buttimer clarify what the Minister, Deputy Reilly, said in Roscommon?