TDs / Niall Collins

Official portrait of Niall Collins

Niall Collins

Fianna Fáil Limerick County TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Official Oireachtas profile

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223
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
63,958
words spoken in the chamber
63,945 as a minister, 13 as a TD
351
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
87
topics asked about
Across 17 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 223 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 201 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 14 0
February 2025 13 7
March 2025 10 7
April 2025 16 2
May 2025 11 7
June 2025 12 3
July 2025 13 40
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 10 13
October 2025 11 27
November 2025 14 8
December 2025 9 4
January 2026 6 8
February 2026 15 5
March 2026 16 7
April 2026 4 8
May 2026 11 20
June 2026 16 0
July 2026 8 21
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 10 1
October 2026 4 13

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 146 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Limerick County 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
  3. office Minister of State at the Department of Justice 29 January 2025 to 4 June 2025
  4. office Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 5 June 2025 to 28 May 2026
  5. office Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 28 May 2026 to now
Niall Collins Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
517. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advise regarding a school project (details supplied). [73973/26]
Niall Collins Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1029. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if there is an intense pulsed light laser and ocular surface scanner in Nenagh General Hospital, Nenagh, County Tipperary. [74492/26]
Niall Collins Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Education
323. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied). [71801/26]
Niall Collins Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
462. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on correspondence (details supplied). [72121/26]
Niall Collins Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
296. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport when the appeals process will open for the road transport operators scheme. [68793/26]
Niall Collins Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Transport
164. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a payment due to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67194/26]
Niall Collins Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Housing
347. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66503/26]
Niall Collins Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Education
201. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on applications by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66090/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
544. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied) and advise on the steps to take on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64865/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
821. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a service provider will receive payment due (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64351/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Children
1073. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to reply to the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65466/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1480. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health to review the correspondence (details supplied); the steps this person should next take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65744/26]
Niall Collins Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
338. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the roll out of BusConnects in Limerick; his views on the benefits of this to people living in the Limerick city west area including the areas of Patrickswell, Ballybrown-Clarina, Mungret, Raheen and Dooradoyle, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61138/26]
Niall Collins Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
712. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60055/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
201. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54335/26]
Niall Collins Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Transport
131. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53913/26]
Niall Collins Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
337. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a project can be prioritised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53558/26]
Niall Collins Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
124. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union will be proposing Irish civil servants to participate in the Autumn 2026 and Spring 2027 sessions of the Erasmus for Public Administrations programme; if so, to outline the application procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51862/26]
Niall Collins Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
399. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school's building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51731/26]
Niall Collins Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
400. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51732/26]
Niall Collins Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
469. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can, through its National Environmental Health Service, make health-based submissions to An Coimisiún Pleanála on wind farm applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50488/26]
Niall Collins Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Rural
564. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the grants available for community centres/halls; the grants that may be availed of later in the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50506/26]
Niall Collins Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
148. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49246/26]
Niall Collins Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
262. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50079/26]
Niall Collins Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
319. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the plans to establish an ambulance base in Kilmallock, County Limerick; her plans to enhance the base in Newcastle West Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48339/26]