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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (10 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money granted or donated in foreign aid and to which organisation and or country presented in tabular form for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33598/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Numbers (10 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail in tabular form the names of each one teacher school, two teacher school, three teacher school, four teacher school and all other national schools in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/13]

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil is broadly supportive of the Bill but has a number of concerns it would like to see addressed. Openness and transparency are important aspects of an effective judicial process which enjoys public trust. They foster better judicial decisions in the public interest. It is important that the Bill achieves the correct balance between privacy and transparency in reporting...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she proposes to improve the quality and qualifications of the workforce in child care facilities with specific emphasis where services are being provided in the age groups zero to six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Numbers (4 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific information regarding medical cards (details supplied) in respect of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32656/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 14:In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Power of Court to determine the rejection of a proposal for a Personal Insolvency Arrangement as unreasonable 3.(1) Where in an application by a mortgagee for repossession of a property to which section 2(1) applies, a proposal for a Personal Insolvency Arrangement made pursuant...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: I thought the Acting Chairman might have called me to speak to the amendment before calling the Minister.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: No problem. We tabled this amendment on Committee Stage also and we discussed it in some detail but I want to reiterate our position on it for the record. I note the Minister is not accepting the amendment. That does not come as a surprise. We discussed this on many occasions in regard to the personal insolvency legislation. The thrust of legislation is all the time recalibrating the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Birth Certificates (3 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures to be followed in order for a person aged 89 years, with no living family members, to register their birth as it has not been registered to date. [32325/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that some banks require customers to sign confidentiality agreements prior to concluding an arrangement on restructuring their debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31903/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Union (2 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there has been enough progress on strengthening banking regulation during the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: 406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the method by which a public servant who is not a member of a Trade Union can cast a ballot on the Haddington Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/13]

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports the Bill which builds on the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 that we introduced. The scourge of human trafficking must be directly challenged by a well resourced Garda Síochána on an internationally co-ordinated basis. The Bill implements relevant European Union directives and hardens penalties for public officers engaged in trafficking. It...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports plans to build a new prison in Cork in order to address the current poor quality conditions there. It is vital that the State has the capacity to adequately rehabilitate prisoners in a safe environment and cater for the prison population. The current practice of slopping out, as well as the conditions of overcrowding and insufficient visitor access, are...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I am speaking to the motion. I am making a comparison between the respectful debate we have had on the Bill and what was said in this House earlier in the week. It was not good enough for the Taoiseach to behave like that. Paul Williams has confirmed that the tapes do not include any recordings of politicians, yet the Taoiseach chose to besmirch Members of this House instead of seeking...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: The Taoiseach cannot come in here and talk about an axis of collusion.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I am returning to the motion. There is nothing in the tapes to support the slur against the body politic by the Taoiseach this week. There is nothing to support what he said regarding the absence of files in his Department and the Department of Finance. That is all on the public record. Why is he going about the place digging a hole? He should do the decent thing and withdraw his remarks...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I am speaking to the motion. My point relates to respect for politics, something for which the Taoiseach showed no regard. He is acting like a political thug and boot boy. In behaving in such a party political fashion he is showing no respect for his office.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: My comments are relevant. We must take stock of debates in this House. It simply is not good enough to have the Taoiseach and members of his Government acting as they did this week. They want to let the bankers off the hook and dump the whole issue onto a political kangaroo court.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: I am making these points in the context of the respectful debate we have had on the Bill before us today. We did not, unfortunately, see the same respect for the body politic from the Taoiseach this week. His remarks should be withdrawn for the sake of the profession of politics. They were sickening to hear. I am entitled to make these points.