Results 81-100 of 423 for long speaker:Niall Collins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (2 Oct 2018)

Niall Collins: ...retail representative bodies, Retail Excellence Ireland and Retail Ireland, asking them to agree to a six-year limit on all vouchers sold by their members. It said that Irish consumers have for too long been issued with credit notes and vouchers, paid for in hard cash, with expiry dates that in reality devalue their money in the unacceptable, retailer determined three, six or 12 month...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Niall Collins: ..., the figure will continue to rise. The opening of the embassy has been described by President Abbas as one of the worst decisions in this century. At this juncture, finding a sustainable and long-lasting solution to this complex conflict is as distant as it has ever been, but that does not mean that we should give up trying. Fianna Fáil condemns the violence perpetrated by both...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Niall Collins: The Minister mentioned the access road, which we are well aware of, but that is no longer an issue. The problem now is that it has been reported quite widely that the company which is lowest in the tender process and was about to be given the contract has been placed in examinership. It is being said that the next step will be to ask that company to remove itself from the process to allow...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Niall Collins: ..., staff, parents and the entire community in Croom in Limerick following the news that Sammon contracting group, which it has been reported submitted the lowest tender for the construction of the long-awaited new secondary school building, has been place into examinership. The decision of the High Court to appoint an examiner has thrown the process into a state of flux. The Minister...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Niall Collins: ...the country, namely, the Bruff Garda district. For years, we have been experiencing the appointment of a superintendent to oversee the Garda district and that person not staying in the role very long and moving on to a Garda district in another part of the country. What we have been experiencing is a revolving door scenario. The position has remained vacant for a long period of time and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Niall Collins: ...her Department and agencies? Are they whole-time permanent or are they contracted? Will the Minister give us an overview of the type of contracts these people are on? Are they short-term or long-term? What lifespan are we looking at for these extra hires?

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Collins: ...2013. White collar crime reforms have been a fig leaf under Fine Gael. In the 2011 programme for Government, many commitments were entered into in this area but were not delivered. The collapse of the longest running criminal trial in history, involving charges against Seán FitzPatrick, represented a damning indictment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (14 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of progress on the programme for Government commitment to implement the pathways to work five-year strategy which aims to help 50,000 long-term unemployed persons into jobs. [53661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: 706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the labour market activation measures and schemes by her Department that are being deployed to reduce long-term unemployment, in tabular form; the number of persons in each such scheme; the funding provided in 2016 and 2017; and the budget allocation for 2018. [54128/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Niall Collins: ...City and County Council has made some alarming comments. The city and county council is preparing an impact analysis on how the national planning framework, NPF, will have a hugely negative and long-term impact on the plans to develop Limerick, and the same applies to Galway. Yesterday, this matter was discussed at a meeting attended by Fianna Fáil's Front Bench and by a collection...

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: ...the Minister paid a visit to my constituency. He visited the Garda station in Newcastle West, which is in need of refurbishment works, as he knows. Had I known he was there, I would have come along. I would have pointed out to him that the relatively new Garda station down the road in Abbeyfeale is open for only a small number of hours per day. This station was opened in late 2006 by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (15 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long waiting times for orthodontic services in the mid west. [48210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (26 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the development of a longer term business development loan scheme which would assist firms in long term investing for a post-Brexit environment. [45592/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: ...money cited is quite significant, given that it is in excess of €1 billion. The under-resourcing of the technical service part of the customer service remit within revenue was mentioned. How long are revenue clients waiting for a determination if they submit a query on the tax treatment or tax status of a potential transaction or contract? It is obvious that if it is too long...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: ...is to come from other sources of funding. Where will it come from and what criteria will apply in terms of a maximum and a minimum? When and where can companies apply? Can they apply as of today? How long will it take this scheme to get up and running?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Collins: ...skill, sound temperament, common sense, impartiality, objectivity, fairness and equanimity. He rightly pointed out that not everybody would possess all of these skills, but what he outlined would go a long way towards dealing with the criteria. The point my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, and my party leader have made on a number of occasions represents the right position to take...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Collins: ...has campaigned over the years are very concerning to me and many right-minded people. This is a man who has authored a book on the Judiciary and judicial appointments and has run a campaign for so long, describing the Judiciary as untouchable elites, taking every opportunity to unfairly denigrate our Judiciary. I am not saying everything is hunky-dory with the Judiciary. There are...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: I am delivering our party's contribution on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Calleary, who cannot be here. Fianna Fáil has long called for the unwinding of the FEMPI legislation in a fiscally responsible manner. We want to see a fair deal for public sector workers, particularly for low and middle-income earners. It is imperative that we have strong and sustainable public services and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: ..., pretty much everyone has been on the same page, which is important. It is legislation which will impact on the most vulnerable people in the employment landscape. The fact we have been waiting so long impresses on us all the urgency of the Bill. I would not like to see the opportunity being lost. We all know how precarious the current Dáil is. That is the result that was handed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Jun 2017)

Niall Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which University Hospital Limerick will be supported in reducing the number of outpatients enduring long waiting times in the hospital. [29095/17]