Results 11,401-11,420 of 11,894 for speaker:Niall Collins

Written Answers — Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (6 Jul 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount grant aided for the years 2004 to 2009 under the horse and greyhound fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29332/10]

Written Answers — National Solidarity Bonds: National Solidarity Bonds (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been invested with the recently introduced national solidarity bond scheme by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/10]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (24 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a scheme or grant assistance available for a project (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27295/10]

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (24 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the catchment areas served by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27303/10]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (22 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 471: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the policy, if any, that exists regarding the wearing of earrings by pupils attending national school; if this is a matter for her Department or the local board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26470/10]

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: I am glad to contribute to the debate tonight. It is livening up nicely. At the outset, I would like to congratulate my Limerick colleague, Deputy O'Donnell, on his elevation to the Fine Gael front bench. I hope he has a long and fruitful career. I do not know whether it was because he declared or switched sides today, but we will leave that to some other forum.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: It is refreshing again to hear the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance state that they will make themselves available to the commission of inquiry when it is constituted. All the factors need to be discussed and they also said they would make all the documents available. Much has been made of this famous September night of the bank guarantee.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: The Minister will appear before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service to detail the events of that night, and it is right and proper that he has committed to make himself available to attend. I welcome the two reports produced by our three independent learned friends. They are very good and I do not think anybody disputes their findings. The only quibble I would have with...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: The point is that these parties promised to do it, and they are now conveniently trying to forget about it. The public wants to see how we are going to get ourselves out of this. We are constantly articulating our policies on this side of the House.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: I will come to Labour Party policies in a minute, but I will start with my Fine Gael friends.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: I have stated to Deputy O'Donnell on many occasions that Fine Gael has a fanciful policy in respect of the NewERA document, promising 105,000 jobs but not mentioning Limerick city or county once. We can confirm that by Googling Limerick on the document.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: There is no mention of Limerick in that document. Our friends in the Labour Party voted against the criminal justice legislation. They are happy to have crime all over the streets of our small towns in Ireland.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: It had absolutely no position on the Croke Park talks. It has an ill thought out position on the strategic investment bank-----

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: What the people want to see is policy on crime, policy on jobs and policy on banking. The Labour Party is defunct in all those areas because there is an absence of policy. It might be riding high in the opinion polls, but as we get nearer to election time, the people will focus on its absence of policies and I wish its members the best of luck then.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for grant under the environmental scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25200/10]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: I am glad to contribute to this debate on an important issue. I listened with interest to the previous contributions. I would like there to be a reduction in local government charges for members of the public but we must be honest with each other. We cannot have it both ways. If we want to have public services, we must fund and pay for them. There is no simple way out of that. While the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: -----have reduced their commercial rates? The exception of Fingal County Council was mentioned. To give that local authority credit, it is very innovative. I believe it has a link with the credit union movement by which it provides loans to small businesses. If a party is in charge of 28 of 34 local authorities, as I know Fine Gael is in my area, Limerick County Council and also in...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: -----to help local business significantly but it is not doing so.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Fine Gael cannot have it both ways. It wants it one way in this House but when it is in control of local government on the ground in county and city local authorities it does not act. Mention was made of the privatisation of public services. Perhaps we should look seriously at that. Some parts of the public service should be privatised, for example, the Passport Office which has offices...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (1 Jun 2010)

Niall Collins: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if an allowance in the rating criteria will be built in for companies who are based here and tendering for such projects based on the imbalance stated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23233/10]