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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the time period for which the fuel allowance is granted; and if the allowance will be extended by a minimum of one month given the ongoing fuel crisis in Ireland. [15080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14030/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: Approval was granted for the proposed building of a new fire station for Clonakilty town, which was announced by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in 2020. This fire station was supposed to coincide with the building of Kanturk and Macroom fire stations, which are at this stage nearly finished. The town of Clonakilty had to wait for years for approval of this fire station. It serves...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I have never seen such anger as is among the general public in our country at this time. The simple truth that families, businesses and ordinary people are telling me is that this Government is grinding the country to a halt and we must get it out. The Rural Independent Group raised the crisis with the cost of fuel in the Dáil well before the Ukrainian war and with a broad smile on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for his reply but it alarms me on so many fronts. His Department is anti-rural as it refuses to give this 20% to rural bus operators to pass on to their customers. I also have worries on other fronts. In addition to the plight of our fishermen and farmers and the state of our health sector, I have consistently raised the issue of the security of our national energy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I am not talking to the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, but to the Minister. I am well able to talk to him and I do not need any lecture from the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I am talking to the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: Talk through the Chair.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I can make my point without any interference from the Deputy. I did not interfere with her.

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I have never felt so ashamed for the public as when I heard today about this announcement of a paltry decrease of just 15 cent and 20 cent for fuel, something that was swallowed up overnight in most of the filling stations, and just 2 cent for tractor diesel. My telephone is blocked with voice messages and text messages from men and women who cannot take any more. To take many over the...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: Scandalous.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: A disgrace.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: I welcome any help for businesses through the EWSS and the CRSS. Businesses suffered hugely through the Covid crisis, not knowing from one moment to the next what restrictions were being put in place or when they would be enacted. The Government kept us all hanging in this regard, although it leaked any announcements to the press days before they were made. We have gone from Brexit to...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: There has been a sharp rise in hate speech and hate crime across Europe and Ireland is no different in this regard. It has become a particularly worrying and serious phenomenon both online and offline. Hate crimes are existing crimes motivated by hatred against people because of their actual or perceived membership of a particular group. They are message crimes intended to frighten,...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: Remote and flexible working can offer renewed vigour to Ireland's rural development plan. It is crucial to attract workers to rural Ireland after the pandemic with new job opportunities, remote working hubs and supports for those working from home. Without remote working, rural decline will continue beyond its current trajectory. The Government's five-year strategy, Our Rural Future,...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: No parent child expects their child to have a disability. In many cases, it is the parents who first notice that their baby may not be reaching its developmental milestones. The parents may notice that their baby appears different in some way to its peers. When this undefined worry becomes a reality, it is reasonable for any parent to expect that he or she will be able to access services...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: Today we celebrate International Women's Day. No disrespect to the Minister of State but throughout the debate there has been a gentleman on the Government side instead of a lady. It would have been more appropriate that a female Minister was here, no disrespect to the Minister of State. International Women's Day gives us all a chance to recognise the extraordinary contribution of women...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on planned major renovation and rebuilding works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (8 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the way that interested applicants could be expected to have the opportunity to apply for the position of chair of the three-year review of the 2018 abortion legislation given the tender was not publicly issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12423/22]