Michael Collins

561. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the individual capital cost (inclusive of VAT) of the procurement of the current service training helicopter, the Eurocopter EC-135, there being two in service since around 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24826/26]

562. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the total capital cost, inclusive of VAT, of the procurement of the four Airbus H145 helicopters scheduled for delivery in 2027/2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24827/26]

563. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the hourly running cost for an EC-135 helicopter as was most recently calculated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24828/26]

564. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the projected hourly running cost of the H145 helicopter scheduled for delivery in 2027/2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24829/26]

608. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the current NCT expiry rules whereby vehicles tested after their due date automatically revert to the original anniversary date, resulting in a shortened certificate even where a vehicle has been genuinely off the road, untaxed and unused for a prolonged period; if he will consider introducing a statutory off road declaration system similar to the UK's SORN so that vehicle owners are not penalised for keeping a vehicle off the road; if he will examine the modernisation of compliance and enforcement systems by replacing paper tax, insurance and NCT discs with a fully digital, real time verification system; and if he will undertake a review of NCT validity rules to ensure that NCT certificates reflect the actual date of test rather than an arbitrary anniversary date, in order that responsible motorists and purchasers of second-hand vehicles are not unfairly disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23604/26]

1168. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 will be introduced; when is it proposed to be taken at second stage in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26091/26]

1329. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason examination fees for Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate students are being reintroduced in 2026; when this cohort of students sitting the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate were the last group of students who had to pay up to €1,000 for their post-primary schoolbooks, before the introduction of free schoolbooks (details supplied). [24788/26]

1549. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons for the continued delay in approving the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund grant for the Sallins Amenity Lands project in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/26]

1550. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the current status of the Sallins Amenity Lands project application under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/26]

1551. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason approval has not yet been granted under Gateway 1 preliminary business case stage despite the preliminary business plan having been submitted in July of 2025 and further clarifications and additional information having been provided on multiple occasions since then, including a further detailed submission at the end of February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24264/26]

1552. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the specific issues or concerns that are causing delay in progressing the project to Gateway 2 Tender Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/26]

1553. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the expected timeline for a decision on Gateway 1 approval and to indicate when the project will be in a position to proceed to tender and subsequent submission of the Final Business Case under Gateway 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/26]

1554. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether consideration is being given to simplifying or streamlining the approval and drawdown process for grants of this scale in order to avoid prolonged delays in the delivery of important community amenity infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/26]

1555. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that once Gateway approvals are completed the grant of €3 million will be formally approved to allow the local authority to appoint a contractor and commence works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/26]

1996. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost incurred by the State in opening, closing, reopening and now again closing an accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24254/26]

1997. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs involved in closing a facility on two previous occasions, including any contractual penalties, demobilisation costs or reinstatement works required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24255/26]

1998. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs associated with opening and reopening a facility (details supplied) on two previous occasions and any further expenditure now arising from the decision to close the centre again in view of the significant decline in new arrivals from Ukraine seeking State accommodation since the beginning of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24256/26]

1999. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cumulative cost to the Exchequer arising from decisions to close a centre (details supplied); the measures being taken to ensure greater certainty, planning and cost control in the provision of temporary accommodation centres going forward If the minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24257/26]

2027. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to repurposing an accommodation centre (details supplied), previously used for Ukrainian temporary protection accommodation, for alternative urgent housing needs, specifically for the provision of temporary accommodation for persons experiencing homelessness and for essential key workers such as hospital staff, members of An Garda Síochána and teachers who are working in the area on a temporary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/26]

2068. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out in full the total financial value of the State's acquisition and use of the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre (details supplied); the basis on which it was determined that the transaction fell below the €200 million threshold; if this assessment included all interdependent and related expenditure; to detail any legal, financial or procurement advice obtained in relation to the structuring of the transaction, including any consideration of the risk of artificial disaggregation; if a full business case, appraisal, and sanction process was completed; the documents held by this Department in this regard; the planning, fire safety and regulatory compliance checks were in place at the time of acquisition and subsequent use of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25270/26]

889. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the reimbursement negotiations for skyclarys, given it is the only available treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia and the unmet clinical need recognised in the national rare disease strategy 2025–2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21668/26]

890. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health her views on whether current delays in providing skyclarys are compatible with the commitment to “equitable access” outlined in the new National Rare Disease Strategy, particularly when patients across Europe already have access to this therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21669/26]

201. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Taoiseach when the Government will publish Ireland’s first National Security Strategy (details supplied). [14986/26]

370. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assess the clear regional disparity created by the use of open-market valuations in determining eligibility for the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied). [14349/26]

371. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for using a theoretical sale price as the determining valuation for a self-build in areas such as the Mizen Peninsula (details supplied); and if alternative valuation methodologies have been considered. [14350/26]