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 17 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
365. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32479/25]
Niall Collins Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Education
414. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of an allowance for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32127/25]
Niall Collins Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Education
467. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32812/25]
Niall Collins Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Education
468. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can report any progress regarding plans for a building programme at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32813/25]
Niall Collins Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
546. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if she can provide a number of updates on a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31568/25]
Niall Collins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Climate
211. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/25]
Niall Collins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Climate
256. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when national siting regulations for biogas facilities will be published; if they will be designed with reference to international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/25]
Niall Collins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
393. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend a scheme to allow for circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/25]
Niall Collins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1417. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being put in place to address the shortage of home support staff in the Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/25]
Niall Collins Written 28 May 2025 · to Finance
119. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/25]
Niall Collins Written 28 May 2025 · to Education
203. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28097/25]
Niall Collins Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
260. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter regarding the defective concrete blocks scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/25]
Niall Collins Written 27 May 2025 · to Transport
163. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will advise when licences will issue (details supplied) for a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/25]
Niall Collins Written 27 May 2025 · to Housing
383. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any proposed changes to the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant scheme which would allow for the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/25]
Niall Collins Written 22 May 2025 · to Foreign
121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/25]
Niall Collins Written 20 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
357. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to examine issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) and to assist in resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25381/25]
Niall Collins Written 14 May 2025 · to Children
169. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; her plans for Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24593/25]
Niall Collins Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
987. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is funding available for a local non-profit organisation to build a creche on local community owned land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/25]
Niall Collins Written 7 May 2025 · to Social
305. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/25]
Niall Collins Written 1 May 2025 · to Education
232. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if plans are being put in place for a school in cases in which a cleaner who is working can be paid during the holiday period instead of applying for Jobseeker’s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21864/25]
Niall Collins Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
3. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can assist in expediting a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21386/25]
Niall Collins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
234. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) to a family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/25]
Niall Collins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
359. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to further correspondence (details supplied) in response to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 1 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/25]
Niall Collins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
702. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of proposed redundancies in a company (details supplied); if he can make any intervention to seek to avoid this; to detail any other communication he has had with the company, and any assistance he can provide to both the company and the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/25]
Niall Collins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
759. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18640/25]