Results 41-60 of 3,349 for speaker:Michael Collins

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has established the standard to enable other bovine tag suppliers to compete in the market for the benefit of farmers; and his views on same. [28088/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether having only one supplier of bovine tags is not in keeping with the EU ethos of competition and free market. [28089/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Prices (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a suggestion to all co-ops nationwide to pass on the recent increase in global dairy prices to dairy farmers and to ensure that this is reflected immediately in the prices paid for milk by co-ops; and his views in this regard. [28282/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farmers Indebtedness (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request all co-ops to have more forbearance with farmers - dairy, suckler, beef and tillage - in their current plight caused by poor prices, bad weather and other circumstances outside their control; if he will request the co-ops to allow for more flexibility in their billing system in line with farmers income...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: According to the Healthy Ireland Survey 2015, some 9% of the Irish population over the age of 15 has a probable mental health problem, PMHP, at any one time. This equates to approximately 325,000 people, based on Census 2011 population data. Ireland also has very high rates of suicide. It has the fourth highest rate of suicide among young males and females aged 15-to-19 years across 31...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the effectiveness of the re-entry provisions for the community employment schemes in rural areas and if he will consider implementing separate rural and urban work schemes; when the additional places in the rural social scheme promised in the programme for Government will be allocated; and if the future of the Tús schemes is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: My questions are on work schemes and their effectiveness in rural communities which are areas where I see serious issues. Will the Minister comment on the effectiveness of the re-entry provisions for the community employment scheme in rural areas? Will he consider a rural and urban CE scheme? 2 o’clock When will additional places in the rural social scheme, promised in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: Community and voluntary organisations throughout the country, in particular in the Cork South-West constituency, value the work carried out by CE workers. In many cases, such as with meals on wheels and looking after local graveyards, they are doing work that used to be previously funded by Departments, whether through county councils or other agencies, but which has been affected by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: I appreciate the Minister’s reply and the fact he has seen the good works the rural social scheme and its workers have carried out down through the years. These are 2,600 diligent people who do not want to earn soft money at home. Instead, they want to work for what they earn. They have to be commended on the work. Visiting a community which has benefited from this gives the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to increase participation in the rural social scheme, RSS, to 4,000 participants given that when the rural social scheme was set up in 2004 it was designed for 4,000 participants but participation was capped at 2,600 participants, with 130 supervisors and under the programme for Government it states there will be an increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: White Paper on Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the White Paper on renewable energy. [29420/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government will encourage all the electricity providers to pay domestic producers of electricity either by solar or wind, as opposed to only one company (details supplied). [29421/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the current system and prices of microgeneration can be improved to encourage more persons to invest in renewables and the existing producers to recoup some of their investment. [29422/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government and the various Departments can come together to draw up new plans to update the renewables industry (details supplied). [29423/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: I thank the groups for coming and their presentations. Everyone knows that the Leader groups have delivered greatly for people in their areas during the years. There is no doubt about this. As the gentleman from County Kerry was saying, there will be an extra 500 rural social scheme workers following yesterday's announcement in the budget, which is good news. It might only mean a small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: A decision was made by the Department two weeks ago but we were never informed about it. According to The Irish Timesand The Southern Star, the European Commission is conducting an investigation into this. Who made the decision in the Department? Who is carrying out all these hugely important decisions, which are frustrating the powers that be in Europe? If they are frustrated, goddamnit,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: I agree but the Leader groups should also be present to put their case. These committees give people ample opportunity to put their case. I presume The Irish Timesand The Southern Starare writing factual reports. If they are investigating this, we need to get to the bottom of it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million. [30027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planned all-Ireland national indoor cycling velodrome construction will commence at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown, Dublin. [30154/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (18 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Products Regulatory Authority has banned the sale of apricot kernels here with no evidence that this product can be dangerous (details supplied); and his views on the matter [30224/16]