• Independent TD for Cork South West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Collins speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Abortion Services, Forestry Sector, Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

“The Rural Independent Group supports the motion, as we have done on each previous occasion on which it has been before us. On the whole, the Special Criminal Court has been an effective tool against subversive elements and, in recent years, organised criminal gangs, and for that reason it is worth retaining. The case for its retention, however, is far from unanswerable. We need to be clear...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

“On Monday last, at a meeting of Cork County Council meeting, the order of business was suspended to discuss another Irish fishing industry crisis in the term of this Government. Fishing boats in Castletownbere, Union Hall and other piers in County Cork are staying tied to the pier as fishermen cannot afford to fuel their trawlers and boats. One councillor stated that he was told by a...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

“That is where the Government has led them. It is ruining their future.”

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• Has spoken in 227 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 148 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 37 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Collins speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 688 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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