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Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: Does she have confidence in the Minister?

Other Questions: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: I am sure the Minister of State will agree, as we all would, that some of the recent high profile aggravated burglaries in rural Ireland have been particularly shocking. They were perpetrated against elderly citizens, old people living alone in their twilight years. There was one in Wicklow recently and a particularly vicious one in Pallasgreen in County Limerick, where elderly people were...

Other Questions: Traveller Community Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: Like Deputy Mac Lochlainn I was not aware a consultation process on the issue of Traveller ethnicity was ongoing. It is an issue that merits deep consideration and debate. We are all concerned for genuine Travellers who find themselves in difficult situations. Unfortunately, however, there is an abuse of the term "Traveller" and all that goes with it. This is happening in my constituency...

Other Questions: Drug Seizures (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: We are all agreed that the scourge of the illegal drugs trade needs to be met head-on. The issue of the resourcing of the drugs squad is one for ongoing debate. It also feeds into the issue of the resourcing of An Garda Síochána, be it in respect of a rural or urban Garda stations or replacement of decommissioned vehicles. It must be reiterated, and the Minister of State alluded...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Courts Service Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the Courts' structure; the timeframe for such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39445/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Courts Service Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: The issue of the reconfiguration of the courts merits further probing and investigation in this Chamber. No one can disagree with the proposal to establish a civil court of appeal. There are 36 High Court jurisdictions nationwide and most of their decisions are being appealed. As the knock-on appeals are going to the single Supreme Court, the knock-on effect is that other issues of great...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Courts Service Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: The Minister should not get me wrong, as I do not state I am opposed to the proposal. I simply am trying to probe for the reason for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Courts Service Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: Many of the reasons being cited for its establishment that are being put into the public domain by the Minister of State or by the Minister, Deputy Shatter, essentially are logistical in nature. The Minister of State referred to a judge not being obliged to hear a drink driving case in the morning before dealing with family law in the afternoon. While logistical or infrastructural factors...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that he will take on foot of the paramilitary funeral that took place in Dublin in early September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39444/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: Everyone in this House agrees the images that were broadcast here and further afield were truly shocking. It was disgraceful that such a blatant display of paramilitarism would take place right here in Dublin in broad daylight. These were scenes we thankfully have not witnessed for many years, but we must be frank about this: they were nothing more than blatant criminality that has nothing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: Must the Garda Commissioner submit that request to the Minister or can the Minister initiate that himself? It does not have to be a one-way process because this is an issue that is of huge concern to everyone both in terms of reputational damage and public order. We must consider this seriously because if this happens again, we will be back to square one.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: They are being closed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the creation of a service medal for members of the Garda Reserve similar to that currently awarded to members of the Army and Naval Reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the situation at St Brigid's Hospital, Crooks Lane, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to the community in respect of the future of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39541/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (19 Sep 2012)

Niall Collins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]