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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (2 Feb 2023)

Niall Collins: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. I thank Deputy Troy for raising this important issue. Kaftrio has been a life-changing drug for cystic fibrosis sufferers. Access to drugs like this was what we expected when the HSE signed its agreement with the manufacturer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, in 2017. The deal stipulated our patients would have access to Vertex's...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Niall Collins: I will take about five minutes and then I will pass over to my colleague, Deputy Troy, if that is in order. I echo the point that the business sector is very worried and the July stimulus will have to have a real and meaningful impact to allow the business sector to plan with confidence. We have to ensure that is enshrined in the July stimulus. Businesses have opened in recent...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Niall Collins: Like Deputy Troy who spoke earlier, I acknowledge the Minister of State's approach to dealing with this complex and sensitive issue, which is a major challenge to all of us and to the State. To his credit, the Minister of State has been very measured and compassionate any time I have heard him speak in public. I want to be associated with the remarks about Deputy Martin Kenny. I said it...

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Niall Collins: I will speak in favour of the motion that has been tabled by my colleague, Deputy Troy, as our transport spokesperson, outlining the glaring gaps in the infrastructure in our capital and the rest of our country. Naturally, I am concerned about my region, the mid-west and Limerick in particular. There is no doubt our transport infrastructure system is creaking at the seams and is not fit for...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I will be sharing time with Deputies Robert Troy and Mary Butler. Every week, probably even today, repossession courts are sitting across Ireland to hear cases brought by banks and organisations such as vulture funds who have bought loan books. As a result, people are being thrown out of their houses. I have attended such hearings, as have many other Members in their role as...

Other Questions: Film Industry (9 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: ...available. With regard to a different but linked enterprise, will the Minister revert to me with information on the level of support the Department or its agencies have given to the development of Troy Studios in Limerick, which is also in the film business?

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Niall Collins: ...of the nature of their particular crimes, cannot be accommodated with other prisoners. The unit catered for both children and adult prisoners. The Fianna Fáil spokesperson on children, Deputy Robert Troy, has said that the severity and graphic nature of the report into St. Patrick's Institution must be treated with the utmost seriousness. He commented that:The detention of...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Niall Collins: ...law that is contrary to the spirit of the Bill. Journalists should not be unduly discouraged from reporting proceedings of family law cases by draconian penalties. The Fianna Fáil spokesperson on children, Deputy Troy, recently published a Bill, entitled In Camera Rule in Childcare and Family Law Proceedings Bill 2013, which seeks to throw open the windows on family law proceedings,...