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Niall Collins TD
- Fianna Fail TD for Limerick County
- Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
- Email me whenever Niall Collins speaks (no more than once per day)
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Staff Data, Health Services, Brexit Issues
(based on written questions asked by Niall Collins and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)
“I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue on planning enforcement proceedings in respect of the unauthorised development of log cabins. I would point out that, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, the Minister with responsibility for planning is specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in respect of any particular case with which a...”
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)
“Of course, and I fully understand the points the Deputy is making. I come across this issue in my own constituency regularly. The Deputy pointed out an instance in my constituency of which he was aware. I will make the Minister aware of the points that the Deputy has raised. The Minister cannot halt an enforcement. Under the law of the land, he cannot step in and write a statutory...”
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)
“I will pick up from where I concluded. The following stage of this proposal envisages that OPW staff and essential contractors access the site via Lime Avenue at predetermined times of the day. The OPW has made written commitments that the volume of traffic would be approximately 20 vehicles per day for OPW staff and essential contractors. People with a disability would also be facilitated...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 196 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
- People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 41 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Niall Collins speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 653 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
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