Results 1-20 of 1,436 for speaker:Michael Collins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (4 May 2016)

Michael Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will oppose the proposed deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc to allow thousands of tons of cheap South American beef into the European Union; his views on the effectiveness of the regulations governing traceability and inspections regarding health and safety over the past 30 years; on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 May 2016)

Michael Collins: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to release the Indecon report which was commissioned by his Department over a year ago (details supplied). [12006/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (25 May 2016)

Michael Collins: 329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that an application under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme will be approved within the next month as farmers need to commence works during the summer period (details supplied). [12128/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Collins: 339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately review provisions of community employment scheme workers. [15009/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Collins: 340. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on the necessity to ensure that funding for the arts is distributed equally across the regions and whether specific areas (details supplied) are not receiving an adequate or equal supply of such funding. [17163/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Collins: 498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on an issue (details supplied) regarding fishing. [17160/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Collins: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if those receiving a pension from the United Kingdom and living here will still be entitled to a non-means tested medical card despite the United Kingdom no longer being part of the European Union, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (16 Sep 2016)

Michael Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school bags. [24524/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Michael Collins: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to replace retiring technical officers in the National University of Ireland, Galway (details supplied). [25863/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Michael Collins: 984. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the public funds originally allocated to each local action group, LAG, for the Leader 2007-2013 programme; the subsequent revisions to these amounts for each LAG in the period; the specific reasons for any such adjustments; the final spend achieved by each LAG, net of disallowances, penalties or ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has established the standard to enable other bovine tag suppliers to compete in the market for the benefit of farmers; and his views on same. [28088/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether having only one supplier of bovine tags is not in keeping with the EU ethos of competition and free market. [28089/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Prices (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a suggestion to all co-ops nationwide to pass on the recent increase in global dairy prices to dairy farmers and to ensure that this is reflected immediately in the prices paid for milk by co-ops; and his views in this regard. [28282/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farmers Indebtedness (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request all co-ops to have more forbearance with farmers - dairy, suckler, beef and tillage - in their current plight caused by poor prices, bad weather and other circumstances outside their control; if he will request the co-ops to allow for more flexibility in their billing system in line with farmers income...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to increase participation in the rural social scheme, RSS, to 4,000 participants given that when the rural social scheme was set up in 2004 it was designed for 4,000 participants but participation was capped at 2,600 participants, with 130 supervisors and under the programme for Government it states there will be an increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: White Paper on Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the White Paper on renewable energy. [29420/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government will encourage all the electricity providers to pay domestic producers of electricity either by solar or wind, as opposed to only one company (details supplied). [29421/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the current system and prices of microgeneration can be improved to encourage more persons to invest in renewables and the existing producers to recoup some of their investment. [29422/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government and the various Departments can come together to draw up new plans to update the renewables industry (details supplied). [29423/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Collins: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million. [30027/16]