• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Staff Data, Health Services, Brexit Issues

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

“Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) provides a wide range of full and part time programmes throughout Cavan and Monaghan. Monaghan Institute offers a wide range of further education and training courses, including PLC courses at Levels 5 and 6, apprenticeships, traineeships as well as a range of part-time options and evening classes. The ETB’s adult education...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (23 May 2024)

“As the Deputy will be aware, SOLAS was authorised to revise the Guidelines on the Fund for Students with Disabilities to provide for a standard hourly rate of €21 plus 8% holiday pay for personal assistant employed directly by ETBs, with effect from 1st March 2024. My officials are finalising the terms of reference for a review of Personal Assistance services funded from the Fund for...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Code (23 May 2024)

“As the Deputy will appreciate any issues pertaining to taxation are a matter for the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. Section 195C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 contains a specific tax exemption for travel and subsistence payments paid by the State Examinations Commission to examiners in relation to the State examinations. My officials are engaging with the...”

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• Has spoken in 26 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 180 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 41 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Niall Collins speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 658 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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