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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if she can provide a number of updates on a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31568/25]

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: We have 42 amendments in nine groupings. Is that correct?

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very interesting and important Private Members' Bill. I acknowledge the intentions of Senators Flynn, Black, Higgins and Ruane in bringing this forward in the first place in 2022 and in keeping the subject alive since then. It is a feature of language that our understanding of words and phrases develops over time. This is particularly relevant in...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senators who spoke. I do not seek to oppose these amendments. However, there are some issues that were raised on Second Stage and these still remain. I am advised that it is not normal practice to amend the Long and Short Titles of statutes. However, I understand that no legal or constitutional reason has so far been identified as to why these amendments would not be possible....

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I have nothing to add.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senator and welcome the amendment to the language this Private Members’ Bill will insert into existing legislation. We are not opposing it. The legal advice received by our Department when this issue was first considered indicated using the phrase “child sexual exploitation material” could have unwelcome consequences for legislation that already uses similar...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I welcome the Senator's proposal for a transitional provision to address concerns that the amendments could give rise to unwelcome effects on the Sex Offenders Act 2001, which is the legislation that provides, among other things, for the sex offenders register. It is essential that the legislation not be adversely impacted by any changes that we might wish to introduce. While I am advised...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I have nothing to add. I spoke on this group of amendments earlier.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: We do not intend to oppose the amendment. I am advised that the provision for what is termed "Legal continuity" would need further consideration in drafting in order to ensure it has the full effect and broad reach that appears to be intended, but any issues are not insurmountable.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: We are not opposing this amendment, but we have reservations about it. I am advised that this provision, which relates to evidence and procedure, is fraught with legal risk and would require careful consideration of its potential for undesirable impacts upon criminal investigations and court procedures. Given the strong likelihood of legal challenges to the judicial processes and procedures...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: We are not opposing it.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: We are not opposing this amendment. I am advised that its provisions, which relate to international obligations, would need further consideration in drafting to ensure they have the intended effect. It is, in essence, a drafting matter and is not insurmountable.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: I am advised that the postponement of the coming into effect of the Bill is, broadly speaking, a policy matter. Therefore, I do not oppose the amendment. I am further advised that there is no legal or practical need to set out the reasons the legislation is or is not coming into effect immediately on its passing by the Oireachtas. It appears the only legal effect of the amendment as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (10 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when national siting regulations for biogas facilities will be published; if they will be designed with reference to international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: 393. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend a scheme to allow for circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Niall Collins: 1417. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being put in place to address the shortage of home support staff in the Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Correspondence (28 May 2025)

Niall Collins: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (28 May 2025)

Niall Collins: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28097/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 May 2025)

Niall Collins: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a matter regarding the defective concrete blocks scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/25]