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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: Last Friday Bridie Roycroft, postmistress of the ever-popular Ballydehob post office, posted a statement on social media stating that the sorting of post by postmen and postwomen in Ballydehob, Schull and Goleen post offices was now being moved to Skibbereen after decades of being done locally. This is another loss of income for postmasters in rural communities, who will lose a big chunk of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. We saw last week that the military exercise by the Russians off the south-west coast of Ireland was moved outside the exclusive economic zone, EEZ, only after the intervention of our fishermen with the Russians. We need a full debate on this issue in the Dáil on how, as with Brexit, our Government stood idly by while these fishermen's lives and livelihoods...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently-appointed Chair to lead the three-year review of abortion legislation was one of the small number of candidates he identified as suitable and invited to apply for the role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently-appointed Chair of the three-year review of the 2018 abortion legislation successfully applied for this role given that the tender was not publicly made available through the e-tenders website and public procurement policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5091/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: The whole point is that, first, it does not look like the Minister of State has engaged properly with them. I respect that since he has plenty of time to do that in the days and hours ahead. The bottom line is we need to support the existing wireless operators. It was the same with previous Ministers. Nobody seems to care about this. The existing wireless operator can offer broadband...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on broadband, a subject that has been spoken about in this House for many years. It is something that I became interested in from a community and voluntary perspective before I entered politics. We brought wireless-operated broadband to Goleen in Mizen Head, the last parish in Ireland, 15 or 16 years ago. We know some little thing about it; I am...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: Last week, it was announced that front-line healthcare workers were to get a €1,000 bonus. Workers in nursing homes and hospitals are rightly in line for this bonus. It is glaringly obvious that one team of workers, home help workers and carers, have been omitted from this payment. Thousands of home help workers carried out Trojan work during the pandemic. They visited and cared...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the e-tender for the selection of an independent chair to lead the three-year review was not posted on www.etenders.gov.ie despite his assurances to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on 8 December 2021 that it would be published in the coming days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria by which he identified candidates with suitable experience for the position of independent chair of the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 and subsequently invited them to apply for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3994/22]

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: This Government states that this legislation is aimed at keeping so-called cowboy builders out of the industry so that everybody should be confident in the knowledge that their homes will be built to the highest standards and that any professional service they use is also of a certain standard. I sincerely hope that this Government’s aim to guard against a recurrence of housing...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: Mental health must become a national priority as Ireland moves to a space where the pandemic has subsided. In its pre-budget submission, the Rural Independent Group sought an increase in funding of at least €85 million for mental health services this year to deal with the emerging mental health crisis in Ireland. Historical underinvestment has left us with mental health services that...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: With the little time that I have, there are a number of issues that I need to raise. The urgent one, of course, at this point is off the south-west coast and the Russian military exercise and the damage this will do to Irish fishermen as they fish in these areas, as well as the damage to so much marine life. There is no doubt that this Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: There has been more inflation and price volatility in the past 11 months than there has been in the previous 12 years combined. Fuel and electricity account for approximately half of current inflationary pressures. Green policies are the main cause of this. Inflation forecasts are unusually uncertain due to ongoing changes in the global circumstances. Covid-19 has disrupted global supply...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: It is undeniable that the 2022 leaving certificate exam cohort have faced multiple years of disrupted education. This includes lost tuition time, adverse classroom environments and a burden on their mental health that cannot be accurately measured. The combination of these factors has undoubtedly affected the education and well-being of these students in ways we cannot fathom. Therefore,...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: Much has been said in the past week of the manner of the death of Ashling Murphy, a lovely young woman whose life was cut cruelly short in a gruesome manner. This death has shocked the country and rightly so. Her family, or any family, should never have to go through this horrendous pain. I heard many strong words from outside this House and within, much of which I fully support as they...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: There are many provisions in this Bill but there are also parts of it that need to be amended. The legislation provides a right of access to birth certificates and to birth and early life information to all persons who were adopted or boarded out, the subject of an illegal birth registration or who otherwise have questions about their origins. It also includes provisions for care and...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: My condolences to the parents, family and friends of the late Ashling Murphy. The horrendous murder of Ashling has hit every man, woman and child in Ireland. As a father of two daughters, they should, as should my son, walk the streets and lovely country walks in the safety that should exist in this country for all. As a country, we need to do better. We need to put a better system in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Collins: I welcome our guests. Much of what I wanted to ask has been asked already. If it has, perhaps Mr. Santini can let me know. I was in and out at other appointments. I come from a constituency where there is quite a lot of agricultural activity. Farmers have been feeling the pinch in recent times. The very produce that dairy, suckler or other farmers need, namely, the manure to continue...