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Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Michael Collins: .... The humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where more than 30,000 people have been killed or injured, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and where vital infrastructure has been destroyed, requires an immediate cessation of hostilities and for the international community to uphold its responsibility under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Collins: ...a second car - who wants to build a house has not been allowed to do so. On a wet day there might be nobody on that roadway. It is insane that genuine people's dreams, livelihoods and hopes are being destroyed by planners who have built it into county development plans that are now anti-county development plans. There is no development in a lot of county development plans. We have to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Michael Collins: ...by up to 44%, costing these mainly suckler farmers tens of thousands of euro by undervaluing their bulls. Farmers who were doing everything by the ICBF book for ten years were met with an overnight change that destroyed their farm practices and their income. Also in the past two weeks, many farmers have been told that their farm payments under ACRES will not be paid to them, as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: ...for an exact breakdown of all expenditure from the Department to funding recipients. The Minister has ducked and weaved and has not given this exact breakdown. However, every effort has been made to destroy the private early childcare providers, putting them out of business in west Cork and elsewhere. The Department is demanding a validated financial return which must be submitted by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: Flooding in the past few days has left many parts of County Cork devastated. People's homes and businesses and roads have been destroyed. Areas such as Glandore, Rosscarbery, Clonakilty and Castletownbere have been badly hit once again. Areas such as Midleton, I was told this morning, are like a disaster zone, with a shortage of professional help from anyone, leaving locals having to do...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: ...providers are outside the Dáil here, every Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Deputy is running around patting their backs. What delivery has the Government given them? It has given them nothing and has destroyed their livelihoods. They are hanging on the edge and they have told us this. They are not making up this story. They do not want to be on strike for three days. They want to...

Culling the National Herd: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Collins: ...and Fine Gael councillor who will be knocking on the door of every rural farmer and every urban dweller as well - the doors of those people who depend on having top-quality Irish milk and meat, which Ireland has delivered up to now - we say that if the Government will not clearly support this motion, then let no farmer out there be in any doubt that these politicians or their parties have...

Annual Emission Allocation Units Purchase Agreement: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...Irish Farmers Association and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association during the week. Irish agriculture and dairy farmers are being ruined by this Government with its nitrates directive. It destroys ordinary farmers and the ordinary hard-working dairy farmer with its carry on. It better row back or Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will face this on the doorsteps because the Green...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...into the back of an ambulance there where they will be waiting for half the day when they could have been looked after down below in Bantry in the first instance. It is sad that the Government destroyed the overnight service at Bantry. Even in the daytime, however, the hospital is trying to avoid taking people in, which is terrible. I have an opportunity to speak about a number of...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...and the crisis situation it faces. I met with the family that owns the hotel. It is a brilliantly run hotel that, along with other brilliantly run businesses throughout west Cork, has been absolutely destroyed by the bank, initially, and then everyday finances. The Government should stand up and support these businesses. I plead with the Minister of State, and I will plead further with...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...can make it impossible for a citizen to retrieve their money; — in many ways, cash offers a level of monetary security that a cashless system cannot; — a cashless society would enable more sophisticated criminality, as law enforcement can seize or destroy stores of cash, devastating criminal organisations, however, in a cashless society this advantage is lost, with the lack...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...until the trade had hit rock bottom. I have a couple more questions, which I will pull together because I want to give others a chance. Kevin Cumiskey said the process agreed was so great that they were effectively destroying their own supply. The further price pressure in recent days is not acceptable. As we approach the key religious festivals in March and April, demand for lamb...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Michael Collins: ...real solution in sight. It is a crisis that is being ignored by politicians and policymakers in government, who have failed to provide any meaningful action to tackle it. It is a crisis that is destroying the lives of thousands of people across the country. I notice it every weekend in my clinics. The rising trend is homelessness and the scary part is some of these cases could be a...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...come from the quotas given to other countries around the world of Irish fish out of Irish waters. I very often blame the Green Party for much of the difficulty rural Ireland finds itself in, but when it comes to fisheries it is Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that have destroyed the fishing industry in this country, as year after year, decade after decade, they turned a blind eye to every...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...sequestration. Once this land is gone, it is gone forever. It is wrong to sell off large tracts of land to international corporates and vulture funds which are only interested in making fast profits from destroying nature and our beautiful countryside. Ireland needs more native woodlands and sustainable forestry, not more mass plantations. Rural Ireland needs balanced afforestation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...Government and gave us and Councillor O'Reilly a clear mandate. I will go back two and a half years. The first for the chop under the Taoiseach's guidance was the fishing industry. It is almost destroyed with his acceptance of a shocking Brexit deal, plus sea fisheries penalty points that he signed into law, as well as an inability to fight for any extra quota, not even bluefin tuna,...

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...of rural communities and be a further drain on the mental health services. All banks are acting in a manner that is not acceptable in piling stress and misery on embattled farmers. They are destroying viable farms and undermining the recovery in rural areas. Another serious issue emerging is the refusal of banks to release sites to the sons or daughters of farmers who are paying off...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: ...even more. How is the regular person supposed to pay these massive energy costs? The Government needs to step up and cap energy costs. It needs to consider the LNG storage proposal. It is a serious proposal that was given to the Minister and which he is leaving unheeded. He needs to give the licence for Barryroe. He talks about helping the people of Ireland but he and his Government...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Michael Collins: ...people are in. They are spending thousands and thousands of euro to get planning permission. They are putting in applications and then somebody can appeal that application, as Deputy O'Donoghue was saying, for just €20. That could destroy a young person's whole future. Then you have got to deal with An Bord Pleanála, which is a law unto itself. It has been aided and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: ...x20ac;1.21. Malta is in Europe. The price of a litre of diesel in Ireland, also in Europe, is heading to €2.30, with the Government taking almost 50% in tax. It is the Government's green buddies who have destroyed this country, aided and abetted by dreaming Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Deputies. Will the Tánaiste commit to eliminating the excise duty, carbon tax and VAT...