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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 Correspondence, Health Services, Departmental Staff Data
(based on written questions asked by Niall Collins and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (3 Jul 2025)
“The programme for Government commits to creating a transport security force. While this is a priority, responsibility for its establishment lies with the Department of Transport and the National Transport Authority. On 18 June, the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, met with the Minister for Transport to discuss the proposed transport security force. The Department of Transport is developing...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (3 Jul 2025)
“The Deputy is right that this is at the early stages and is in development. It is a priority, as I have outlined. The new transport force will have to interact with An Garda Síochána and that will be an operational issue for both organisations. It is primarily a matter for the parties involved to work out how they will operate the new system once the new transport security force...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (3 Jul 2025)
“We discussed at length earlier the whole issue of Garda recruitment. As the Deputy knows, it is a significant priority in the programme for Government to increase Garda recruitment by about 5,000 over the lifetime of this Government. We have made a very good and resounding start. Last month, in June, another 170 trainees entered Templemore, following on from 201 in March, the largest...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 142 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
- People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above 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.
- 46 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Niall Collins speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 695 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register