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Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I am delighted to get the chance today to talk about insurance reform. To be honest, we have been talking about insurance reform since I was elected to Dáil Éireann in 2016. While there have been some reductions in motor insurance, it looks to me as though the insurance companies are sucking up all of the reductions and are coming through with massive profits. The people...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I welcome this motion from the Independent Group. It gives us the opportunity to debate what is a very important issue for many people who have ill loved ones in their homes. I do not believe the Government or the HSE puts any value on respite services. Respite helps families to keep ill loved ones in their homes for many years, if their loved ones can get a couple of weeks of respite...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an online renewal passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32901/22]

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: My colleagues in the Rural Independent Group and I demand that the Government retain accident and emergency services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan fully. We also demand that the Minister for Health immediately remove any reference to the closure of these services from the small hospitals framework. I know exactly how the people of Navan feel. Just last year, I had to drag the Government...

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: The proposal is a good compromise and addresses cyber-violence against women as never before in a binding legal instrument. As is the case in respect of every legislative procedure, it could have been better but it could also have been much less ambitious. The advancement of technology has enabled us to connect and share important information, to speak up and raise awareness of human rights...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Over the past few days the French authorities have notified Irish authorities that the French navy is going ahead with a military exercise, some of which was going to be inside the Irish economic zone off the south coast. This is the second country, Russia being the first, that has notified Irish authorities that it is to carry out a military exercise within Irish zoned waters in recent...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Will that be this week?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the refund from electrical suppliers to micro-generating customers will start; the amounts that will be refunded; and the reason for the delay. [32684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited as it is due on 24 June 2022 and the travel date is 21 June 2022. [32685/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: As the Tánaiste has already heard in the House many times this morning, household energy bills have gone through the roof. Electricity and fuel costs have been hyped up with massive Government taxes, which take people's household bills beyond reach. Farm contractors, hauliers and ordinary mothers and fathers are not able to keep up with the cost of fuel. An even bigger concern is the...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: In regard to burials, the rules and regulations need to be looked at in a deeper manner. I contacted the Department not so long ago about a constituent in west Cork who wanted to be buried in their own home grounds. Nobody could give me the information. The local authority and two different Departments could not give me the information. The people were very upset at a very delicate time...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I tried and failed.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: Hear, hear.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the current geopolitical situation emphasises the imperative need to establish robust policies to develop our own energy supplies, including renewable energy sources; - Ireland, like all other member states, is bound by European Union (EU) directives on energy regulation, meaning an obligation exists to plan and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Health further to a reply received by a person (details supplied) from the HSE on 20 May 2022 in which it was claimed that a majority of abortion providers within primary care agree that a blended approach of telemedicine is optimal, if he will identify the polling data upon which said claim is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (15 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if external organisations have been contracted by the HSE to provide manual vacuum aspiration training for hospital staff involved in abortion provision; the organisations that were contracted; the details of the contracts including timeframes and sums payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: 653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport applications for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29545/22]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: The original Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was signed into law on 30 December 2015. The Act applies to everyone and is relevant to all health and social care services. It relates to supporting decision-making and maximising a person’s capacity to make decisions. However, it will not be commenced until June 2022, almost seven years after it was signed into law, because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Collins: On 23 December 1996, one of Ireland’s most horrific murders took place at Kealfadda, which is near Goleen, when the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found near her holiday home in my parish a couple of miles west of my home. At the time, the murder was the cause of real horror among local people. When the identity of the person who died became public, however, it sent shock...