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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: The Minister of State is letting down my neighbouring farmers.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: They cannot afford the fertiliser.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I am quite willing do so but there are real farmers out there who work their farms day and night-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: -----and they cannot afford it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: We heard nothing.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: A Ceann Comhairle, it is a disaster.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister of State. She says her Department is closely monitoring the fertiliser crisis. In the name of God, it has been going on for the last seven or eight months and there has been nothing from the Department. Mr. Santini of the EU agriculture committee said that this country can intervene on this matter but the Government has failed to do that. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Farm Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: Farmers are on the cusp of losing farms, due to the financially crippling fertiliser costs, which are burying local farmers in debt, mainly due to crazy, green policies. The average price of fertiliser a year ago was a costly high of €300 per tonne. Today’s prices have skyrocketed, with CAN fertiliser costing Irish farmers more than €600 per tonne and urea costing more...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: As soon as I started, the Minister went out the door. It is very disrespectful.

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: Last week's announcement by the Government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party showed that it is alarmingly out of touch with people in this country. It is astonishing to think the Government could go ahead with so-called cuts to help people and still be so blind to the real crisis whereby we see working families in such a mess. People cannot pay their rent and are struggling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if the good work that staff in settings caring for children have undertaken throughout the pandemic will be acknowledged (details supplied); and if they will be included in the €1,000 recognition payment. [5718/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the collection of small amounts of VAT by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7733/22]

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

Michael Collins: At a meeting of Cork County Council's west Cork municipal district last Monday, the people of the Beara Peninsula were dealt a severe blow with the announcement by the council that the very popular Dursey Island cable car will be suspended from use for seven months from 1 April this year until November 2022. The council has carried out a structural review of the cable. It is deemed that the...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: Yes, I am too. The Government forgot about the home helps in all this. We keep pushing and pushing. The bottom line is that the €100 subsidy is by no means enough. I urge the Minister to take on board many of the amendments put before him. Certainly, I will support those amendments. Again, it is time for a mini-budget immediately in order to keep in touch with what is going on...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I am glad to get a chance to speak on this amendment, but it looks like it will not be accepted by the Minister. No amendments will be accepted, similar to what happened with the climate action Bill. It looks like it is going to be "my way or the highway" when it comes to the amendments. The discussion should be on the €100 subsidy. It goes nowhere near where it should have gone....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: The purpose of the directive is to empower the competition authorities of member states to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. I have heard of a few problems from my constituents. One is a very serious problem that affects all industrial import and export businesses. As of July last year, all goods entering the EU from Britain and all...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: A rise in the minimum wage is a great idea in a perfect world but in a situation where many employers are caught tight, it is not such an ideal thought. Many employers are telling me they cannot afford it and this is something that needs to be factored in here. What will happen is that the employer will pass on the minimum wage increase to the hard-pressed public. The Government, instead,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I thank the Chair. I was in the Dáil. I heard the Chair was keeping a good eye on me. I will not repeat many of the questions that have already been raised. This is an interesting subject. In rural Ireland many farmers are very protective of the hedgerows and have been over the years. The problem is there are hedgerows in the farm but there are also hedgerows on the side of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Collins: I welcome the witnesses and I apologise on behalf of all of us, but the votes take precedence when they happen and we have to attend. I grew up with wildlife such as birds, bees and butterflies. It was all part of nature and our bringing up and the love for wildlife was number one in my home. However, that was always done with co-operation and people used to ask to come on the land. They...