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Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: Some of the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes's colleagues asked the question, why now. They should have asked, why is Fianna Fáil raising this matter again. My colleague, Deputy Dara Calleary, alluded to the passage of the personal insolvency legislation through both Houses of the Oireachtas. We sought, by way of amendment on Committee and Report Stages, to establish an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: I appreciate that it is a European wide regulation. Does the Minister have statistics on the number of persons who have availed of the bankruptcy tourism option and have moved their centre of interest to the United Kingdom and, if so, how many of those have been successfully challenged from, say, this jurisdiction into the United Kingdom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: My question relates to the same basic issue. We are all aware of the flight of some people, predominantly to the neighbouring jurisdiction, to avail of bankruptcy proceedings there. How will the current practice change under the proposal, assuming we opt into it? We agree with the comments on companies and entrepreneurs and the provision of a second chance. That is the right thing to do...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: We do not take fake notes either.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: The Taoiseach is trusting them.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: Those are phantom jobs.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: These are leaderless questions.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (27 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will support initiatives that aim to improve air access to west coast USA and other locations of high strategic importance for tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/13]

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: Like at Lisdoonvarna, the Taoiseach gave an introduction.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the redistributive payment proposal from the French Government and a similar proposal included in the Council of Minister proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14647/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with shippers, operating out of Dublin and Dún Laoghaire to ports in Wales and England, in relation to the possibility of their allowing lorries carrying livestock to be carried on these ships, so that Irish farmers would have direct access to factories in Britain for their livestock, in view of the higher...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an estate (details supplied) in County Limerick is exempt from the property tax as it is an unfinished development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the refurbishment and extension of the courthouses in County Cork, Mullingar County Westmeath and County Waterford on an individual basis as announced under the national stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15193/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the new courthouse buildings for Drogheda, Letterkenny, Limerick and Wexford on an individual basis as announced under the national stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathologists (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the State Pathology Laboratory announced under the national stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15191/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the new Garda divisional headquarters announced under the national stimulus plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Hospital Services (26 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional resources to Tallaght Hospital to deal effectively with the recently reported difficulties with patient x-rays; if he has had contact with the board of Tallaght Hospital on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14799/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (21 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on when the ESM will be in a position to consider making direct investment in European banks; the discussions he has had with Irish banks to prepare for this eventuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/13]

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: Failure.

Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (20 Mar 2013)

Niall Collins: For God's sake.