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Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)

Niall Collins: That is not what Deputy Shatter said.

Other Questions: NAMA Loans Sale (21 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has changed its strategy to give greater preference to loan sales rather than direct asset disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (21 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 527. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a comprehensive reply and response to correspondence (details supplied) regarding taxing masters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23974/13]

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Niall Collins: As the Tánaiste knows, the Irish greyhound industry is a major employer and contributor to the Irish economy. It has a number of ongoing issues which I have sought to raise with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, but on each occasion he has told me he is waiting for a Minister of State to be appointed who will have responsibility for that area. Can...

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Niall Collins: We thought he was better than that.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (16 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address inadequate international response to commitments humanitarian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23181/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (16 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date following discussions regarding the need to progress the Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (15 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions, if any, he has taken to advance the IRFU’s bid for the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22968/13]

Other Questions: Disability Support Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Niall Collins: Deputy Alex White is the Minister of State.

Other Questions: Disability Support Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Niall Collins: Ten years ago, my party had a Minister for health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (14 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the working conditions of non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22589/13]

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I recall after the general election when the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, attended the Chamber, he always had a big support group around him on the backbenches.

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: Alas, when he comes in here these days, he is alone. At least the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has one Member beside him which means he is doing marginally better.

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate tonight because it is of immense importance to all of us who represent rural constituencies. The farming and agrifood sector contributes almost €24 billion to the economy, supporting up to 300,000 jobs but in my constituency there are 5,991 farms averaging 34.5 ha. Of them 4,945 are cattle farms and of those 3,847 earn...

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: I grant that he has attended several high profile climate change conferences around the world which were publicised. We need a strategy to address climate change because it is for real. My second suggestion concerns the EU solidarity fund. The Minister was quoted on RTE last week as having broached the subject with Commission officials and I think he said that they were rather...

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: He will get an opportunity to reply to the point in some forum, maybe not tonight. My final suggestion relates to contingency planning for 2014. We do not know how this summer will pan out. Deputy Michael McNamara said that the worst is over for this year but we do not know that. Will farmers have two silage cuts this year? We simply do not know. A long-term contingency plan must be put...

Order of Business (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: Will we see the legal services regulation Bill before the summer recess?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Slaughter Statistics (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered each month in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the redistributive payment proposal from the French Government and a similar proposal included in the Council of Ministers' proposals are till on the table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 May 2013)

Niall Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction funding approval in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork to enable construction to commence without further delay. [21155/13]