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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 18, after line 40, to insert the following: "(17) A successful appeal under subsection (14), in the case of a master who is an Irish citizen, shall mean points are not assigned and a notification shall not be made under section 15I(3)". We are back to the balance of probability again, which has been a massive issue for the fishing industry. As I said...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The transmission of communications is mainly what this amendment is about. Any improvements in communication should be welcomed, as long as it is not communication to provide more difficulties for fishermen. A number of months ago, there was an attempted ramming of an Irish fishing vessel by a Spanish trawler near Castletownbere and there was no communication whatsoever available for the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Amendment No. 29 provides that: “(4) This Act shall come into operation not less than 90 days after the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine publishes a detailed socio-economic analysis on the impact of this legislation and the Brexit inflicted quota cuts on the entire Irish fishing sector. (5) The analysis to be carried out under subsection (4), shall encompass...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for being before us with his officials. I was looking at different savings through the organic scheme, TAMS, forestry and fisheries. The Minister explained where the savings have been made. We are talking about sheep welfare and going from €10 to €12 per ewe. That will not happen this year for farmers who are getting payments. The €1.5 million...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister. I have to leave to speak in the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: There has been a massive rise in fuel costs in the past 12 months alone, with petrol going from €1.20 to €1.70 a litre for various reasons. This is having a severe financial impact on families who have a child, or adult child, with disabilities as these parents drive their family members twice daily to and from day care centres and CoAction centres five days a week. For many...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The Bill removes deadlines for the registration of easement, or, as most people call it, right of way. Under current legislation, certain rights of way had to be registered before 30 November 2021 to avail of a registration scheme. The Bill will remove current statutory deadlines for the registration of rights of way, in particular. The Rural Independent Group welcomes this Bill and will...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I will vote against this Bill. According to it, there is increasing awareness of the need to make informed consumer choices based on the environmental impact of goods in light of their carbon footprint. While we all want to be aware of our own carbon footprint, carbon footprint labelling is not easy or feasible for many businesses. There are a range of issues attached to carbon labelling,...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: To reply to Deputy Lowry, he must realise that Deputy Mattie McGrath is ill at present. He has reason to be critical of the Taoiseach and certain hospital closures in Tipperary previously. The Deputy must have forgotten that. I start by thanking every worker in the ambulance service, in west Cork and throughout the country, who has had to work under immense pressure in a failed...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I would like to join others in wishing the Minister well on the birth of her child. I wish her and her family the very best. I should say that I have a conflict of interest here because I have two brothers working in the pub industry, one in Bandon and one in Bantry. That helps me when I am speaking here on behalf of businesses because they and others have gone through quite a great...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Several concerned residents of Kinsale, Riverstick, Belgooly and surrounding areas have contacted me and staff in my office over the past 48 hours after it emerged that Coillte is planning to sell Ballymartle Woods. In an era when we are told we need to protect our environment and green spaces, why is Coillte, a State agency, proposing to sell these local woodlands? Many local residents use...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if products (details supplied) are being included in an arrangement; if not, the reason; his plans to work towards this in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55631/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: Farmers are under immense pressure at the moment. The prospect of having to reduce their herd could well mean the end for them. Many farmers in west Cork have come to me in recent months and I will give one farmer's example. This farmer farms with his wife and two young sons. They milk 75 cows on a fragmented and average-quality farm to the best of their ability. They have invested...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the cost of €35 for a person who applies for a disability parking permit; his plans to eliminate this charge; if there is some way a person can be exempt from this charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents of autistic children in sixth class in County Cork who require autism special class places for their secondary schooling have been told by their children's disability network teams that they will not get educational placement recommendations until February 2022 at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned major renovation and rebuilding works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a provision in place in relation to a scenario related to the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55356/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: I remind the Taoiseach that he signed the statutory instrument that imposed penalty points on the great fishermen and women of this country in his short time as acting Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2020. At the same time, he was negotiating a disastrous Brexit deal for the same fishermen and women. The statutory instrument he signed has made each and every one of our...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: That would just sell them out more.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: The situation is catastrophic anyway. The Taoiseach is not answering the question on how much an appeal should cost.