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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: 659. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of calls logged to MyOptions annually from 2019 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42631/23]

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: In our deliberations on the Bill’s provisions, we must remain steadfast in our commitment to safeguarding Ireland’s energy security, a non-negotiable asset that cannot be jeopardised by political hesitation or short-term thinking. Ensuring the future energy needs of our nation is a collective duty that begins with unwavering support for vital initiatives like the Shannon LNG...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I will be agreeing with this motion because I have seen what the lifting of the eviction ban has done. It has added to more difficulties for people who are seeking a home. They are being evicted from their homes and have no rights. I attend an average of ten clinics a week and once a month I might do another 15 or 20 in small rural communities. Every Saturday, I hold a clinic at 9.30 a.m....

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I am delighted the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, is here before us today because this is a hugely serious issue. I recently received a heartfelt email from one of my constituents, a concerned mother whose child is a patient at Temple Street hospital. In her message, she expressed profound anxiety regarding her child's well-being. She conveyed her utmost appreciation for the surgeon who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: Out of touch.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: Today, thousands of early childcare providers have converged on our capital for a decent, peaceful protest outside the Dáil. For three days their services will be closed in a desperate effort to wake a sleeping Minister and a very much sound-asleep Government on this issue. Is the Taoiseach aware that 97 services have closed this year so far? Is he aware that many more are on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an address (details supplied) will have fibre broadband; the reason that they are being told the year 2027 is when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41657/23]

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: The Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023 is about putting limits on how much money electricity producers can make, as required by a European Union rule from October 2022. This limit will affect certain types of electricity production and will cover the period from December 2022 until June 2023. People are concerned because it took our Government...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I am sharing time with my colleagues. Imagine someone who has just stepped onto the property ladder, finally owning a place to call home. Now picture this newfound security suddenly shaken by something the person has never faced before, namely, rising mortgage interest rates. For many in Ireland, this is a reality check they have never seen coming. It is causing many sleepless nights and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the position of mayor of Limerick city and county and I acknowledge my learned colleague Deputy O'Donoghue, whose area we are talking about. I have serious reservations as to the costing of the mayor for the county. From where will the money come? Will the Government put up its hands and say it will fully fund the mayor for the five years of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I echo what the Senator has said. I welcome all the witnesses. I admire each group and what they have done for this country and the opportunities they have given young people and people throughout Ireland. I will keep my questions brief because I am speaking in the Dáil. Will Ms Kavanagh outline Dressage Ireland’s experience of financial transparency and accountability in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: Does Dressage Ireland get any funding directly from Horse Sport Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: Does Ms Kavanagh think it should?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: ParaEquestrian Ireland has 47 members. I gather, and I may be corrected, that Dressage Ireland has 860 members. I am afraid I do not know the rest. I have not done the research. It looks like those here are funding much of what is going on and Horse Sport Ireland is standing back and not delivering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: I have one other question. Do the four groups here today have anyone on the board of Horse Sport Ireland? The witnesses are saying "No". That is an astonishing situation, to be quite honest. They are on the outside and they will be kept on the outside until that is rectified. Surely to God we can help so that each of the organisations here today can have at least one board member on the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Legal Services (20 Sep 2023)

Michael Collins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if the position of State Solicitor for west Cork has been advertised since a person (details supplied) retired in November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40614/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered outside her home in Kealfadda in Goleen - in the parish in which I live - on 23 December 1996. Twenty-seven years on, her death continues to enthrall the world but remains a blight on our island. Sophie's father is now 97 and her mother is 92. They and Sophie's son Pierre Louis want justice immediately in this case in Ireland. The French...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: It was reported at the weekend that the cost to the Irish taxpayer of taking unlimited numbers of Ukrainian refugees alone will be over €5.5 billion just to get us to the middle of 2024. To make matters worse the Government will pay €1.5 million of taxpayers money to the EU for its failure to accommodate asylum seekers with 350 international protection applicants without...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He does not seem to grasp the crisis I am talking about. He is always welcome to west Cork, one of the most stunning parts of our country. However, it is not Jurassic Park, where you drive in and drive out waving and smiling. We live there with the unfinished bypasses and those that have not been done at all. We live with no simple passing bays being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

Michael Collins: I have heard the Taoiseach has visited west Cork twice in the past two years. Last year he went as far west as my parish in Goleen, passing my own door on the way to Schull and the last weekend he went to Bandon and Courtmacsherry. In contrast to the recent visit by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, who is sitting next to the Taoiseach, my biggest regret is that the Taoiseach did not...