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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Renewals (5 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [5325/13]

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: Sinn Féin has its own way of reducing the number of gardaí.

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: How would you have removed him?

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: It was not for that comment.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (31 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on adopting the Moroccan model (details supplied) for State involvement in offshore exploration and extraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/13]

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: Our motion was tabled on Friday morning to deal with the closure of Garda stations and the reduction of Garda resources. The Minister engaged in a spinning exercise and even ended up tangling himself up in his own spin. Many other commentators have also said, as I have said for the past several months, that the Minister is going in the wrong direction with the closure of rural Garda...

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: He voted against it so the Minister cannot rely on it for political cover.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister talks about politicising a debate. This was a genuine debate addressing genuine concerns of people which the Minister does not recognise.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: If the Minister wanted the motion withdrawn, he should have been a man about it and contacted me directly but he could not even do that.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is responsible for An Garda Síochána but he is taking the force in the wrong direction. He only has to listen to his own party members on radio and television who are telling him to reverse his decision on the closure of Garda stations.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: Yesterday in this Chamber we saw two gross acts of hypocrisy. We rightly had expressions of sympathy for the late Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and during those it was despicable that Deputy Gerry Adams came in here and engaged in a brazen act of hypocrisy in trying to cleanse his political pedigree by apologising for the killing of Jerry McCabe 17 years ago. The killing of Jerry McCabe...

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: Fine Gael closed the Garda stations.

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: By whom?

An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister's speech politicised it. He knew exactly what he was doing. He is a hypocrite.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (30 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a housing estate (details supplied) in County Limerick has been de-activated from its status of unfinished housing estate; if he will reactivate this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4616/13]

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister favours none.

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: They are taking place throughout the country in opposition to the direction in which the Minister is bringing the Garda Síochána. The Minister should listen to his own people on the ground and resile from this decision.

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: I move:That Dáil Éireann:- acknowledges the central role that An Garda Síochána has played in providing security to the State and people of Ireland since its foundation; - recognises the vital need for a well-resourced, strong Garda force in tackling the evolving threat of criminality in Ireland; - accepts the views of the Garda Commissioner that he would not like to see...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: It now wants to remove the presence of An Garda Síochána. The Minister is saying to communities, the elderly and the vulnerable that they should contact the Garda on Facebook and Twitter, and that clinics will be held. There is no policing or financial argument to back up what the Minister is doing in removing the deterrent that a Garda station represents in every community. ...

Death of Garda Adrian Donohoe: Expressions of Sympathy (29 Jan 2013)

Niall Collins: I, too, express my deepest sympathy to the family of deceased Garda Adrian Donohoe, including his wife, Caroline, and his children, Niall and Amy. As previous speakers have said, we were all absolutely repulsed and disgusted when we learned late on Friday evening of the act that took place in Lordship. In the intervening days, we have all read and heard about the extreme dedication of the...