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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he is withholding funding from a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to offer a voluntary redundancy programme to Health Service Executive non-administration staff, that is, kitchen staff, cleaners, porters and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19764/11]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will disclose the full details of the severance payments made to the former CEO of Dundalk Port Company Limited who departed his post on 30 May 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19765/11]

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: It was a great day for Gay Mitchell.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: The Minister of State should open up Roscommon accident and emergency department while he is at it.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: The Government recently reduced the rate of VAT in the tourism and hospitality sector. This morning there was a one hour discussion on my local radio station, Limerick's Live 95 FM-----

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: It was quite an informative discussion, a Cheann Comhairle. I will be brief in developing the point. I ask you to allow me to finish on this occasion. All the contributors to the discussion are service providers in the hospitality sector. All of them, bar one, openly admitted to not passing on the reduction in VAT to consumers. My question to the Taoiseach is whether he has proposals,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Under the provisions of Standing Order 32 I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann to discuss an issue of major public importance requiring consideration, namely, the parliamentary and democratic process of holding an election for the office of President of Ireland given that this process was ignored by Fine Gael last weekend for party political advantage and that the process as set down-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: -----in the Presidential Elections Act 1993 clearly states that the Minister accountable to Dáil Éireann, not the Fine Gael director of elections, shall by order nominate the day and place for receipt of nominations, the date for the poll, appoint a returning officer-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: -----and the said order shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: This has been ignored and further the process has been abused for unfair political advantage. Dáil Éireann should agree to-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: -----allow the order to be made by the Minister to avoid further-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: -----bringing the process into-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: I am entitled to elaborate on what I have to say.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: I am entitled to elaborate.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: It is a presidential election. The process is set out and it was circumvented.

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (6 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of a recent report into the published accounts of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus conducted by a company (details supplied) which showed that CIÉ Tours International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIÉ, is incorporated in the USA and separate financial accounts are not published for it, he will commit to supplying...

Public Transport (6 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport in view of a recent report in the published accounts of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus conducted by a company (details supplied), if he will instruct CIÉ to repay loans of €76.6 million received from Dublin Bus rather than introduce cuts that will further restrict the company's services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Niall Collins: At a committee meeting yesterday, the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, informed us that Dundalk Port Company has failed to meet its obligations to maintain its pension fund properly and to register with the Pensions Board and has reneged on a number of other responsibilities. He said he sought to refer the matter to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement but he received legal advice...