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Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: Agriculture is a bit like fisheries in that it has been thrown to the dogs by previous governments and by this Government in particular. I spent several hours canvassing in Macroom mart last Saturday. I met many farmers who are furious about how the Government has acted. They are absolutely livid. When Deputy Tóibín spoke about a Dublin-oriented Government, they were nodding in...

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

Michael Collins: .... Is the Tánaiste aware of the many crises hitting farmers recently? I will start this week with knackeries, where a strike is ongoing, leaving dead animals on the grounds of farms for days, open to dogs and vermin attack. There is also the mental health stress of farmers and their families having to endure the smell and sight for days. The renderers have had massive increases...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Collins: .... I welcome this motion. It is high time people who object go to see the industry for themselves in Church Cross, for example. I rang up one day and turned up in the yard within five minutes to see how dogs are treated with the most humane, loving and caring treatment on a farm in Church Cross. People should wake up, go down to see that and stop criticising and pointing fingers. It...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...have decided to call it a fancy name. They will not call it a cut but it will mean that one cannot grow further. Progressive farmers are going to be in dire trouble. This is obviously the green tail wagging the dog. The only winners in all this will be the Brazilians. We will have plenty of Brazilian beef on shelves in Ireland but we will not be able to produce our own product. The...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Collins: ...in horse and greyhound racing and breeding. We hear a lot of people objecting, and sometimes one feels it is the same people all of the time, but I would strongly suggest they go to see where dogs are being kept, farmed and trained. The dogs are loved and cared for. I went to see one at Church Cross, Skibbereen, last year. I just rang and asked if I could call over and have a look in...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Collins: ...be landed. The Minister badly needs to close his mouth and listen to those who understand the suffering people are going through. The Green Party tail is wagging the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael dog. The Minister has not a notion of what real life is like for people. He stood here last week and tried to assassinate our characters. In fact, he made a complete fool of himself as he...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...I can see at first hand the disaster this Government has allowed to happen, which has led to many incidents in west Cork. I even raised these incidents with the Taoiseach. To be honest, Shep the dog would have done something about what I raised. The Taoiseach promised to look into it but, of course, it was west Cork so nothing happened. There are a small number of ambulances in west...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...the farmers who have been afflicted by so many difficulties and are facing what will be a cull in cattle, according to all the experts in the quangos that the Green Party in government is setting up? It is a case of the tail wagging the dog in this new Government. We have the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, and the Taoiseach out abroad saying things like the comments yesterday that we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Michael Collins: ..., going forward, so that vets might have something like a doctor's system whereby one vet would be on duty in an area? Unfortunately, when many younger vets are training, they are thinking about dogs and cats when there are an awful lot of cows that need calving and sick animals on farms that need treatment. The vets that we have had to date have served the community well but my worry...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (16 Sep 2021)

Michael Collins: ...perhaps knows west Cork better than most Ministers. I can show him some of the roads that are in appalling condition. I took the former Minister, Shane Ross, down there. I should have taken Shep the dog down to west Cork because Shep the dog would have barked whereas Shane Ross did nothing for us. I do not want to be saying the same thing about the Minister in a couple of years. I do...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Collins: ...Government did not do that. We are left in a situation where 2 million people have been vaccinated and 3 million have not. As Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said last week, people will be left outside the door like dogs. Long ago, dogs were left outside the door but now the dogs will be inside and people will be outside. Our motion is very clear. There is no mincing of words. We will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: I welcome our witnesses. In my own part of Cork South West, many people will appreciate this discussion today on the care and safety of dogs. Dog theft has become such a huge issue. What is the reason for the delay? Why has the Department taken no dog theft case to date? Is it to do with proof? What is slowing up this process because it is vital that a clear message is sent to those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: ...all canine and equine animals dead or alive. This system puts a person and a location with every animal. I ask the witnesses explain how this can happen. I come from an area where a lot of dogs have attacked sheep. The opening statement also notes, "The farming community has seen first, hand the shocking attacks on sheep and the worrying of other farm animals by out of control dogs"...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: The farming community has seen, at first hand, the shocking attacks on sheep and the worrying of other farm animals by dogs that are not controlled. Mr. Collins stated that in discussions in respect of these problems, the concept of an online passport emerged. Perhaps Mr. Collins can explain that further and how its introduction might eradicate the attacks on sheep by dogs.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

Michael Collins: ...will be given out this week. That is a staggering 17,000 fewer than planned. The number under the original plan was 46,000. Surely a better plan should be put in place. It is obvious to the dog on the street that the Government does not have any type of grasp on the roll-out. Much has been said in recent days about the vaccine roll-out to the over 70s. This cohort of 480,000 people...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Michael Collins: ...and Goleen. We fought and we won the battle to reopen Ballinspittle Garda station but issues like that need to be tackled. I fully support the amendments tabled by Deputies Naughten and Tóibín. We look at the theft of dogs and the fines and proceedings that follow. People adore their animals. I have had so many phone calls about this over the past number of months from...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: ...make up my own mind based on what the people of Cork South-West tell me. The people of Cork South-West have spoken to me, including people that own and love greyhounds. They love walking their dogs, minding and caring for them but they are being treated like outcasts who have done something wrong. Do Social Democrat Deputies realise that 10% of the funding will be spent on greyhound...

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: ...the river in Ballylickey cleared out. It completely destroyed the homes there. The people living along that line are terrified. That was in 2014. We are now in 2020. I have been listening to promises since 2014 that the river in Ballylickey will be cleaned out. Apparently, it is on the verge of getting some funding. As things stand, when major bad weather forecasts are coming, I get...

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Collins: ...roads, public transport and broadband. I have continuously pleaded with the Government since I was elected a Deputy for investment in our roads in west Cork. It is a fine thing I talked to Shep, the dog at home, because no one here listens. The report seems to contradict itself in chapter 3, calling Ireland's physical transport infrastructure sub-par. The report also states: access to...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Collins: ...depend on €300 or €400 to put an advertisement at the side of their pitch. According to this proposal, there will be no advertisements at playing pitches, swimming pools, athletics tracks, dog or horse racing tracks, or motor racing tracks. A man flying around in a car would stop for a while, look at the advert and head to the pub. That is the assumption here and the...