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 23 Jun 2026 · to Children
601. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46946/26]
Niall Collins Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
917. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial assistance available to a person on a stamp 4 visa (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46968/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Climate
245. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to increase the domestic solar panel grant in budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45097/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
404. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has analysed the employment impact of private equity acquisitions of IDA-supported technology companies here; if a pattern of post-acquisition redundancies has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45854/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
405. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the conditions the IDA Ireland attaches to its client relationships regarding the protection of employment levels following a change of ownership, particularly in cases involving private equity acquisition; if these conditions are enforceable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
406. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department plans to engage proactively with a company (details supplied) given the documented pattern of post-acquisition employment restructuring at other Irish technology operations owned by the same firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45856/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
407. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the specific upskilling and employment support measures announced for workers affected by a company’s (details supplied) redundancies will be made available on an equal basis to all workers made redundant from the technology sector, regardless of their former employer's size or public profile; and if he will make a statement on the…
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
765. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project will proceed on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41626/26]
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
901. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 14 April 2026, to provide additional information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43035/26]
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1025. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41628/26]
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1110. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the price threshold from €425.00 in Limerick for the first homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43003/26]
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Social
1171. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to amend the conditions of a domiciliary care allowance payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41624/26]
Niall Collins Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2250. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to approve skyclarys (omaveloxolone) for Friedreich's ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43394/26]
Niall Collins Written 28 May 2026 · to Finance
279. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to address an issue (details supplied) with the RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/26]
Niall Collins Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
366. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on emergency works funding applications by a school (details supplied); if these have been approved; if not, the alternatives available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/26]
Niall Collins Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1176. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if advice will issue to a person (details supplied) in relation to a matter regarding HSE staff who continue to have health issues post-Covid infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38981/26]
Niall Collins Written 26 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1508. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on a matter (details supplied); if he can provide any further information on possible assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39126/26]
Niall Collins Written 20 May 2026 · to Education
160. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional resources that will be made available to primary schools listed following the recent Deis Plus announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38368/26]
Niall Collins Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
473. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36673/26]
Niall Collins Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1227. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if the bed capacity at Tallaght University Hospital has been impacted by the delay in the new National Children's Hospital being built; the annual cost to the hospital on these beds that have not yet been handed over from the paediatric side to the adult side; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37703/26]
Niall Collins Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1232. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide an intense pulsed light (IPL) laser and ocular surface scanner in University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37718/26]
Niall Collins Written 12 May 2026 · to Transport
422. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this matter can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35163/26]
Niall Collins Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
348. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/26]
Niall Collins Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
362. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional resources that will be made available to a school (details supplied) following the recent welcome announcements in respect of the DEIS programme; if she will detail the schedule being followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32261/26]
Niall Collins Written 15 Apr 2026 · to Education
243. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will advise regarding a NEPS assessment for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27446/26]