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Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: Tommy Morris will circulate it for him.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: The Deputy can circulate it with the Lucan Gazette.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (12 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree of transparency sought and detail given to him and his Department following enquiries and request for information regarding exceptional costs, if any, regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (11 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he will take to help lower the costs of electricity for small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the delay in announcing a decision in respect of the future accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he appreciated that the school community has campaigned for 28 years for the permanent accommodation; if he accepts the urgent need for such a decision in view of the continued development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Niall Collins: 413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26883/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Legislation (30 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to amend the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will outline these plans to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26127/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the existing legislation or guidelines that permits a general practitioner to levy a charge of €20 for the provision of a prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26298/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: -----but the defence of reasonable excuse only applies in respect of a failure to comply with a requirement under section 4(b)(ii), which is in regard to moving a vehicle in the vicinity of a checkpoint. A person who refuses or fails to comply with a requirement to provide a breath test cannot avail of the reasonable excuse defence. The Minister saw fit here last night to avail of the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I have not mentioned his intervention in the Oireachtas inquiries referendum. I could go on. There is plenty I could mention. We do not-----

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: -----have confidence in the Minister and we are reflecting the communities that do not have confidence in him. I defend anybody's right to raise legitimate questions in this House by way of any motion, and it ill-behoves the Members opposite to come in here to question the legitimacy of any party or any Member to raise matters of concern in the fashion we did.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to wrap up this debate tonight. At the outset, I note any decision to table a motion of no confidence is not taken lightly. In recent days I have stated repeatedly, in response to the Minister and others, that Members have reached a tipping point with the Minister in question. Fianna Fáil Members have been asked the reason they lodged this motion and...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: Moreover, it is centralising and warehousing all these services into the larger towns and cities. As Minister for Justice and Equality, the Minister has a primary function to protect the public but it does not feel protected by him. The public has lost confidence in the Minister and Fianna Fáil is taking the opportunity in this motion to articulate that loss of confidence on behalf of...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: They were bespoke, they were present, they were drafted, the work had been done on them.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister simply picked them and ran with them.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is trying to claim credit but I put it on record that he is trying to claim credit for the work of previous Ministers. He is no more reforming then any previous Minister for Justice and Equality.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is no more reforming than anyone else. He is like the proverbial footballer - I note Ireland is playing England at present - who, when some other player brings the ball up the field and beats all the defenders, then gets the tap in. However, the Minister wishes to take all the credit for all the tap ins. That is the way he wishes to do it.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister's speech last night also incredibly referred to himself as Deputy Shatter, the bridge builder. The Minister now is a relationship builder. While Members rightly have been criticising him for all the relationships he is destroying, he couches matters in the European context. He claims that he is out there in Europe, building the bridges the previous Administration burned...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I will explain the reason to the Members opposite. Moreover, this is not a point being made by Fianna Fáil, because the Government has a problem in accepting independent reports. The Minister's criticism of the previous Government, to the effect that its members never attended European Union meetings and did not carry out their ministerial duties is a lie, which has been put paid to by...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Niall Collins: The analysis showed that for the ten years between 2000 and 2010, Ireland was the fifth highest tender at European Union Ministers' meetings. As for the reason the attendance fell during the last few months, it was because the then Opposition, now in government, in a cynical political exercise withdrew the ministerial pairs. That was the type of responsible politics in which the Government...