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Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I checked it out with Irish Water and was told that was very premature and that in fact there is a tendering process for the supply of an outsource service of the billing and call centre.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: There is considerable confusion about the possibility of that entity coming to Limerick. I implore the Minister of State-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----to ensure that service comes to Limerick-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----so that those jobs come to Limerick-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----as the Government has announced unofficially.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I will be sharing my time with Deputy Barry Cowen. I understand we are adjourning at 7.30 p.m.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his opening contribution on this legislation. Fianna Fáil cannot support this Bill until the Government comes clean on the full cost and implications of its plan for water services. The Government has failed to learn from the household charge fiasco and is determined to ignore genuine concerns about its plan for water charges. These include the lack...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: Can I just make one final concluding remark?

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: It was announced by the media in Limerick that the Irish Water billing and call centre is to be located in the former Dell facility in Raheen in Limerick and may create up to 400 jobs, which is most welcome news. That was widely reported on foot of an informed piece of information given to the media by a Minister. I welcome that because we are long overdue a major employer in the greater...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: I want to make a quick point.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister is giving the impression they are sitting behind their desks doing nothing-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: -----and that is not the case. They are providing a community service.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: The Minister might address the following point in his supplementary reply. It has been widely reported, predominantly in the national print media, that the Garda Síochána budget for this year is not sufficient to meet the cost of paying the entire force, and that in this regard, the introduction of a three-year career break mechanism is being considered, which may result in a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: This is not only an attack on rural Ireland, it is an attack on urban and rural Ireland. I have repeatedly made these points in relation to station closures across Dublin as well. The Minister fails to recognise that his policies are resulting in a disconnection between gardaí and communities and access to garda services on a satellite basis. The Minister and I differ in terms of our...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: There are not sitting around; they are interacting with the community.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Strength (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will specify his plans for the total strength of An Garda Síochána by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6088/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has held with the Garda Commissioner and the Northern Ireland Justice Minister with regard to tackling cross border crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6087/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: The involvement of a cross-Border criminal gang in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, as reported, illustrates the grave challenges posed by criminality in the Border area, where gangs criss-cross from this jurisdiction into the North of Ireland. We must focus on that in the light of last week's horrific events. It is worth bearing in mind that Retail Ireland has calculated the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the total number of Garda stations here by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6018/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 Feb 2013)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will specify his plans for the total number of Garda stations by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015 [6089/13]