Niall Collins
Limerick County · Fianna Fáil · Ireland
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“On behalf of the Minister for Transport, I thank the Deputies for raising these important issues. On 1 April, the Road Traffic Control of Certain Vehicles Regulations 2026, known as Grace's law in memory of Grace Lynch, were signed into law.”
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“The strategy, A Career for EU, aims to improve Irish participation and success rates in EU recruitment processes for institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament and over 50 EU agencies.”
“They already benefit from significant Exchequer-funded rent supports through the housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme and, critically, must comply fully with the housing standards for rental houses regulations.”
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“The Minister, Deputy Naughton, is committed to addressing educational disadvantage in all schools to ensure all children can reach their potential. To this end, a new ten-year DEIS strategy to 2035 will be published in the coming weeks. The new strategy will introduce innovative solutions to address educational disadvantage and continue to address the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools. Over its lifetime, the new DEIS strategy will focus on improving the opportunities and achievement levels of children and young people at risk of educational disadvantage, developing more innovative approaches to tackling educational disadvantage, and working towards a more flexible system of supports to ensure that a school can receive the right support at the right time.”
“Budget 2026 allocated an additional €16.5 million in 2026, rising to €48 million in 2027, to support the implementation of a new DEIS strategy and introduce the DEIS plus scheme, which will commence this year. Schools which were included in the expansion of the programme in 2022 were those with the highest levels of concentration of children and young people at risk of educational disadvantage, as identified through the refined DEIS identification model. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme. The model was applied fairly and equally to all schools, including those in the DEIS programme already, to ensure they were in the band which best addressed their level of disadvantage.”
“I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising this important issue. Addressing educational disadvantage is a key priority for the Government, for me and, obviously, for the Minister for Education and Youth. The DEIS programme is a key policy initiative for addressing concentrated educational disadvantage at school level. DEIS supplements universal supports by targeting additional resources to schools where disadvantage is most concentrated, helping to promote equity and meet the needs of children and young people. Currently, the DEIS programme supports almost 1,200 primary and post-primary schools and reaches approximately 260,000 students with an annual investment of more than €180 million.”
“Under the national development plan, another 12 school projects in Kildare will go to tender or construction in 2026 and 2027. This summer, five schools are approved to undergo works as part of the summer works climate action scheme. In addition, since 2020 a total of 74 special classes have opened in Kildare, 11 of which were sanctioned for September 2026.”
“I reiterate that the Minister for education and the officials in her Department are fully aware of the issues raised and will continue to proactively work with the school, pending the delivery of its permanent accommodation solution. The new building project is currently at stage 2A of the architectural design process and the Department of Education and Youth currently awaits the submission of the stage 2A report. In general, some €397 million was invested in capital funding for Kildare schools between 2020 and 2025 and over that period, a total of 47 Kildare schools were upgraded, through the provision of a new school building, a large-scale extension or modular accommodation. There are also nine school projects in Kildare under construction at present.”
“Following a request from the Minister, the Department of Education and Youth, the NDFA and the Land Development Agency recently met to discuss progress on this important project. The Minister has requested that the school be kept fully informed of that progress.”
“The sequencing of works is set out to maximise the mid-term break and Easter break. The Department will continue to work with the school in this regard. In relation to capital works, a new school building for St Patrick's Primary School is part of a campus project that has been devolved for delivery under the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, as part of a bundled school building programme. The brief for the school includes the provision of 24 mainstream classrooms and four special educational needs classrooms. The project is currently at detailed design stage of the architectural process, which involves developing the designs, fully costed planning, the campus project and preparing the necessary documentation to facilitate the application for statutory approval to the local authority.”
“On this basis, the school was advised to submit a revised scope of works with an accompanying itemised cost breakdown. In January, the Department engaged project engineers and contractors to address the immediate issues. This facilitated the completion of initial remedial works by 5 February, which allowed for classrooms that were closed to reopen. There has been significant engagement with St. Patrick's in relation to the sequencing of works to address the outstanding issues. A written programme update was issued to the school on 9 February. A further update was provided to the school on 24 February. This programme outlined a number of actions which are planned, utilising two modular units which were provided to the school. This will facilitate the temporary decanting of students to allow classrooms works to take place.”
“In the case of a school, the situation must be of sufficient gravity whereby, if not corrected, it would prevent the school or part of it from opening. Following an invitation from Deputy Neville, the Minister visited the school in January. She was given a tour of the building before meeting local school leaders and the board of management. During this visit, she was advised by the school that a number of classrooms had been closed and that the building had structural defects. St. Patrick's Primary School has submitted a number of applications for funding under the emergency works scheme for life safety equipment, fabric defects and roof works. The emergency works scheme operates on the basis of a minimal scope of works required to remedy an emergency situation.”
“I thank Deputies Neville and Farrelly for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Education and Youth. I welcome the opportunity to provide details of the interaction the Department of Education and Youth has had with St. Patrick's Primary School Celbridge in relation to the emergency works scheme and to provide an update on its capital project. As the Deputies will be aware, the purpose of the emergency works scheme is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for pupils with special needs. An emergency is deemed to be a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment, and a situation which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action.”
“Notwithstanding the speed with which the measures can be progressed, they also provide in-built flexibility in terms of being able to quickly adjust to any issues of concern that may arise. It is therefore the Government’s intention that this work continues with the input of the relevant stakeholders and representatives from the various bodies. I assure the Independent Group that it is also intended that this area is kept under review. If the implementation of codes of practice does not result in the efficiencies expected, the legislative route will be revisited in the future.”
“It is expected that this approach, coupled with other measures implemented by the group, will result in greater efficiency and overall improvement in the conveyancing process. I again thank Senator McCarthy and the Independent Group for bringing forward the motion. While the Government cannot support it, it has provided me with an opportunity to outline the work undertaken by the interdepartmental implementation group on conveyancing and probate, which is progressing many of the main issues of concern, including the principles contained in the seller's legal pack Bill. It is clear that good progress has been made in respect of this work. There are many advantages to this approach of establishing codes of practice and progressing many matters on a non-statutory footing.”
“The intention is that codes of practice would be binding on both solicitors and property services professionals, but the enforcement measures and the implications differ slightly in their respective governing legislation. These codes of practice will deal with key topics, such as making it obligatory for the client to be formally advised of the necessary information to be collected at an early stage, that failure to collect this information is likely to result in significant delays in the conveyancing process, and that the estate agent advises the vendor to engage a solicitor as early as possible in the process. I understand that the development of these codes is currently ongoing with intensive engagement between the PSRA, LSRA and the Law Society.”
“The implementation group has identified nine specific categories of pre-sale information that, if not collected early in a conveyancing process, are more likely to cause delays beyond the target of an eight-week conveyancing process. Several options, with varying degrees of enforceability, were considered with a view to delivering better information at the earliest stage in the conveyancing process. These included legislation, regulation and best practice codes. Arising from these discussions, it was agreed that the two relevant regulatory bodies, those being, the Property Services Regulatory Authority and the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, would embark on developing regulatory codes of practice, within the measures already provided for in their respective governing legislation, for their regulated practitioners.”
“Suffice to say, having carefully considered the options available, the expert group on conveyancing and probate concluded that a number of measures should be tried first before going down the legislative route. Furthermore, the implementation group has given further consideration to these issues and concluded that: efforts should be aimed at mechanisms to ensure that a key essential baseline of information on properties for sale is collected at the pre-sale stage; that there should be a means of preventing a property from going to market or going to sale agreed or contract stage unless this information has been collected; and that the three parties likely to have most control in ensuring that the necessary information is collected are the vendors, the estate agents and the vendors’ solicitors.”
“The expert group was also made aware of the experience in England and Wales when a statutory regime, similar to that proposed by the Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021, was repealed, in part due to a perception that it was causing unduly high upfront costs for sellers and that properties were being held back from the market. At the same time, the group was also aware of a more positive outcome of legislation with similar effects in Scotland. As acknowledged by the Independent Senators' motion itself, the Department of justice and the expert group regard the seller's legal pack Bill as having some difficulties. These were discussed during the detailed scrutiny undertaken by the justice committee.”
“The group acknowledged that the Bill was proposed to help deal with a serious issue that could cause significant delays in conveyancing processes relating to failures to pull necessary information and documentation sufficiently early in a conveyancing process. The group agreed that action needed to be taken to ensure that much more was done regarding the collection of information, necessary certifications, title deeds and so on early in a sale process and that this was at the earliest point of engagement with the estate agent and vendor’s solicitor. This work is core to both groups' objectives and achievements to date.”
“I very much welcome the progress made by the implementation group as it works towards achieving an eight-week conveyancing target. This is important work, which will mean fewer costs and delays for home buyers, and more homes being made available efficiently on the market. I assure the Senators that both the expert group and the implementation group have fully considered the various issues that can either collapse or significantly delay the conveyancing process. The expert group received a briefing regarding the Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021 and considered the matter fully.”
“Sixth, legislation will be prepared later in the year to support the increased use of statements of truth to replace certain hard copy affidavits or statutory declarations in the conveyancing process. Seventh, greater efficiencies in response times have been achieved for information requests from the various stakeholders. Eighth, the development of a proposal for a national e-conveyancing system. Ninth, and finally, the Courts Service is rolling out a reform programme to the probate process, which has already seen significant reduction in processing times, including the implementation of eProbate on a pilot basis. All these measures reflect how the group is looking at every aspect of the conveyancing process to find efficiencies and address bottlenecks wherever possible.”
“It sets out key principles of best practice for estate agents and solicitors relating to conveyancing, covering three key areas, namely, advice to seller clients, expediency, efficiency and avoidance of unnecessary delays, and accountability. Third, an initial baseline survey was run by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, to gauge the experience of consumers in the conveyancing process. Fourth, a revised consumer protection code has been published by the Central Bank, requiring banks, retail credit firms and credit servicing firms to provide title deeds within ten working days of a request. Fifth, options have been brought forward to get more titles registered in the Land Registry more quickly and to expedite the registration of properties and the transfer of deeds.”
“Composed of a range of key stakeholders, including professionals, industry bodies such as the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, and Government agencies and Departments, the group has already made significant progress on many measures. These include, first, the development of a public information pack to improve knowledge of the process, minimise delays and equip home buyers with the information required to engage efficiently with professional conveyancing services. This is now available on the gov.ie website to ensure maximum accessibility. Second, a best practice charter has been created, setting out principles of best practice for the main professions involved in the delivery of conveyancing services.”
“I assure Senators that the Government remains fully committed to this goal. The report of the expert group on conveyancing and probate was approved by the Government in July 2024. Importantly, the Government also approved the establishment of a conveyancing and probate implementation group tasked with beginning the implementation of short-term recommendations, as well as developing a detailed programme, including assigning ownership and committed timelines to implement the full set of recommendations from the expert group. This is particularly important because, since its establishment, the independently chaired implementation group has progressed a number of very important workstreams.”
“As many of the Senators will be aware, in pursuit of delivering the Housing for All action plan published in November 2023, an expert group on conveyancing and probate was convened by the then Taoiseach in December 2023. This expert group was established to review conveyancing and probate processes in Ireland from a user perspective and recommend changes implementable quickly and easily to reduce costs and delays for home purchasers. The group of eight members, with a mix of expertise and perspectives, met with a range of stakeholders and representative organisations. A major objective underpinning the group’s work was to maximise the available housing stock by avoiding having homes lying empty because they are caught in lengthy and inefficient conveyancing or probate transactions.”
“A well-functioning and efficient property market that benefits both buyers and sellers is required and to achieve this it is important that we reduce delays and remove unnecessary red tape from the conveyancing process. This is acknowledged in the programme for Government setting an eight-week conveyancing target for the legal profession. The Government has proposed an amendment today as it is important to recognise that this is a multifaceted challenge, which this Government has long been committed to addressing. This debate provides me with a welcome opportunity to report to Seanad Éireann on the significant work that is being undertaken to streamline property conveyancing in line with the national target of an eight-week turnaround, particularly since the original Bill was referred to the select committee in late 2024.”
“I am pleased to have the opportunity this evening to participate in the debate on this important issue on behalf of the Government and to thank my colleague, Senator Anne Rabbitte, for moving the Government's amendment to that of the Independent group of Senators. Notwithstanding this, I want to acknowledge the work undertaken by Senator McCarthy and the Independent group of Senators in tabling a motion on this matter, as we know that many aspects of the conveyancing process in Ireland are inefficient and improvements are required in the interests of all participants. At the outset, I believe that it is important to emphasise our commitment to improving efficiency and reducing costs in the process of buying and selling property.”
“The remaining stages are completed while they undergo training in Templemore and prior to their attestation as members of An Garda Síochána. No one is attested as a member of An Garda Síochána unless and until they have been fully vetted.”
“Vetting is carried out by An Garda Síochána in accordance with the national vetting bureau Acts 2012 to 2016. I beg the Chair’s indulgence to reply to Deputy Carthy on trainees, which he raised. In general, all trainees are vetted in advance of entering Templemore. No candidate is allowed to enter the Garda College without a level of vetting that allows the Commissioner to be confident they are of good character. However, in recognition of the fact that the completion of the full vetting process before admission to training was delaying member recruitment inordinately, An Garda Síochána has introduced a resequencing of vetting. As Deputies are aware, this resequencing means that before a candidate can enter the college, they will have fully completed stage 1 and sometimes stage 2 of the three-stage process.”
“In general terms and taking on board what Deputy Daly said about the multiplicity of factors, I want to speak about turnaround times. I am advised by the Garda National Vetting Bureau that the target turnaround time for organisations using the eVetting system is five to ten working days for over 85% of vetting applications received. I am informed that 85% of vetting applications are processed within nine working days, which is within the target turnaround time. There are a number of factors outside An Garda Síochána's control that can impact on the timeline for individual applications. These include, for example, where a person has lived overseas. In such cases, An Garda Síochána must contact law enforcement partners in the relevant countries to obtain information, and this takes additional time.”
“Drawing on the work of the vetting review group, we are committed to ensuring the vetting process is administratively proportionate while remaining robust and fully focused on the core purpose of protecting children and vulnerable adults.”
“There are changes that will be made to resolve the Deputy’s concerns and ours. We have listened to the views that have been carefully expressed, we have met directly with the Sports Federation of Ireland on the matter, and our Department has also received correspondence from a range of voluntary organisations informing us of their views. We are aware that concerns have been raised as to the reliability of a portability approach and in this regard we note that where a teacher is vetted, the Teaching Council permits him or her to move from one school to another without revetting. All that is required is that a teacher is registered to revet every three years on a scheduled basis. Consequently, if this system of portability is safe for engagement with our schoolchildren, we believe it will also be safe for broader application.”
“The Government is working closely with An Garda Síochána to improve the vetting process, and we look forward to updating the House in due course on progress in this matter. Our aim is to ensure Garda vetting systems continue to be fit for purpose, robust and future-proofed while continuing to protect children and vulnerable adults. We are committed to proceeding with these changes to make the process more efficient for volunteers and organisations without compromising essential safeguards that protect those in our care.”
“Further to the work carried out by the Garda vetting review group, steps are being taken to implement a number of key changes to the vetting process that will ensure it remains robust and effective, while improving service to customers. In practice, and subject to general requirement that vetting be renewed every three years, this will mean that when a person is vetted for the work they do, will be doing or are likely to be involved in as part of their employment or volunteering within identified risk categories, further vetting will not be required if the person moves to another role within the same risk category. These changes will require amending legislation and updating technical systems to support the revised approach.”
“The primary purpose of vetting carried out by the National Vetting Bureau is to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. This requires a robust Garda vetting process that reassures the public, and in particular parents, that appropriate checks are conducted on people who are seeking or taking positions of trust. The Government is aware that concerns have been raised regarding certain aspects of the vetting process, and we have listened carefully to the views of the sporting and voluntary sectors. In this regard, I am aware that aspects of the current voting system result in a highly segmented process. Furthermore, we believe that the vetting system should be updated to ensure vetting is portable.”
“The Deputy can see there is a lot of positive outcomes happening in policing in Limerick. I thank him for raising all those issues and giving us the opportunity to put it on the record.”
“There is also Operation Coronation, which is ongoing in the Limerick division and focuses on the investigation and prosecution of money laundering offences. We have Operation Gealbhan which is on the south side of Limerick city and provides an increased Garda presence through covert and overt patrolling to prevent and detect incidents of serious criminality. We have Operation Silverside, which commenced in January 2023 and focuses on the activities of persons based in the west Limerick area involved in organised criminality on the Continent of Europe and beyond. Finally, we have Operation Thor which is aimed at targeting organised crime gangs and repeat offenders in the Limerick division through co-ordinated crime prevention and enforcement activity. The 2025 figures indicate a 38% reduction in burglaries in Limerick.”
“As the Minister has just said, he has been to and is no stranger to Limerick. I outline to the Deputy the huge increase in numbers of personnel to Limerick. There will be further allocations around the country next week. There will be a significant allocation of new probationer gardaí which I think the Deputy will welcome, when we have that officially next week. I want to detail to the Deputy and the people of Limerick - the Deputy's constituents and mine - the number of Garda operations ongoing in Limerick at present, because it is important. First, Operation TARA is a dedicated local drugs unit which continues to detect and investigate drug trafficking offences. Provisional figures for 2025 indicate a 13% increase in detections for possession of controlled drugs for sale.”
“Additionally, we have 71 Garda civilian staff assigned to the Limerick division, which is freeing up a huge amount of time and resources of sworn gardaí to be devoted to front-line policing.”
“It is important to put on the record and inform the Deputy's constituents and my own in Limerick that, as of 30 November 2025, the most recent information available is there are 607 gardaí assigned to the Limerick division, which is a net increase of 25 since the beginning of last year and an increase of 53, which is about 10%, since 2015. As the Deputy knows, the Garda Commissioner assigned 30 probationer gardaí to Limerick during 2025, which is the highest annual allocation since 2020. There are 35 gardaí assigned to the Garda roads policing unit, an increase of five since the start of last year, and there are 32 designated community gardaí, an increase of two since the start of last year.”
“The delay in rolling out the Limerick one is with the local authority. I also want to mention that, in Limerick, which Deputy Quinlivan is well aware of, there is the work by the CAST team, which is led by Superintendent Andrew Lacey, which is doing fantastic work with vulnerable people and people with mental health challenges. That brings together both the HSE and other agencies to deal with those cases.”
“We are also taking a range of other measures to tackle organised crime more broadly, including increasing to life in prison the maximum sentence for conspiracy to murder to tackle those who direct gangland and drug-related crime. We are enacting new laws that will criminalise the grooming of children into a life of crime. We have new laws to provide for the use of facial recognition technology in the investigation of certain drug offences, and legislation to reduce the time that assets must be confiscated by the Criminal Assets Bureau before disposal. It is also important to acknowledge that community safety is not just a matter for An Garda Síochána. As the Deputy knows, we are rolling out the community safety partnerships, which are the successor to the joint policing committees.”
“Garda activities in Limerick include separate ongoing operations targeting money laundering activities by organised criminals involved in the drug trade, burglary, disrupting drug dealing networks and providing a daily proactive policing presence in areas affected by serious criminality in Limerick. The Garda Commissioner assigned 30 new probationer gardaí to the Limerick division in 2025, the highest annual allocation since 2020. Limerick has also been one of three pilot sites for the deployment of body-worn cameras, which enable gardaí to record incidents and have been found to support deterrence of criminal activity.”
“Targeting the work of organised crime groups who inflict intimidation and violence on families and communities across Limerick and Ireland is a top priority for our Department and the Government. Since my appointment, I have met with the gardaí in Limerick and I know they, along with their colleagues in Garda national units, are committed to targeting organised criminal groups and individuals involved in the sale and supply of illegal drugs. They are pursuing charges against people suspected of involvement in organised crime and have successfully secured convictions in the courts against organised criminals. The Gardaí has advised the Government it is carrying out a range of both high-visibility and covert operations on an ongoing basis to support public safety in Limerick.”
“The Department has been informed by the Garda authorities that works are planned for Sligo Garda station in the immediate term. These works will support a scene of crime task force relocation. The project is at the tender evaluation stage. In accordance with the requirements of the infrastructure guidelines, a preliminary business case for a new Garda divisional headquarters in Sligo is also being undertaken by An Garda Síochána. Once complete, the preliminary business case will be issued by An Garda Síochána to the Department for review and approval. Following approval of that preliminary business case, An Garda Síochána will then advise the Office of Public Works regarding the prioritisation of the programme. We will convey the Deputy's invitation to visit the region to the Garda Commissioner, and the Deputy will be duly informed.”
“The retail crime strategy will build on existing initiatives to tackle this criminality, integrating the latest national and international evidence-informed approaches for enforcement and prevention strategies, in addition to supports for retail workers. In September, at the National Ploughing Championships, the Department published the rural safety plan for the period from 2025 to 2027. The plan’s vision is to ensure people and communities in rural Ireland feel safe and are safe in their homes, places of work and local communities.”
“It was encouraging to see that the CSO crime statistics, released last week, show that detection rates for crime incidents reported in 2024 were equal to or above those in 2023 for nine of the 14 crime offence groups. The Department is currently progressing work to develop a retail crime strategy to tackle the complex and evolving nature of retail crime, which the Deputy mentioned. We are all too conscious that this is not just about organised retail crime, and that there is a large amount of lower level, everyday shoplifting, which has just as serious an impact on smaller retailers and their staff.”
“With regard to theft, the Government takes this issue extremely seriously. Thanks to the effective work of An Garda Síochána, almost all property crime types have seen decreases at a nationwide level. In the Sligo-Leitrim division, there has been a 50% reduction in reported burglaries in the year to date. In addition, thefts and related offences, thefts from shops and vehicle thefts are also down by 26%, 29% and 39%, respectively, in the first half of this year when compared to the same period last year.”
“I am pleased to confirm, however, that recruitment to An Garda Síochána is gathering real momentum, and we now have a steady pipeline of new recruits entering the Garda College. Some 194 new gardaí attested from Templemore in mid-November, taking the total this year to 619, the largest number of new gardaí in a single year since 2018. A total of 794 new recruits entered the college this year. We can look forward to seeing those probationer gardaí assigned throughout the country in 2026 as they pass out of Templemore. It must also be noted that the allocation of newly attested gardaí allows for currently serving gardaí to move on transfer to other divisions across the country and into specialist units. In this regard, I understand that a number of gardaí have been transferred into the Sligo-Leitrim division during the course of 2025.”
“I can assure the Deputy that An Garda Síochána is fully committed to tackling all forms of crime and theft everywhere in the country. The Government's first priority is to increase Garda numbers and Garda visibility so all of our communities, rural and urban, can feel safe and be safe. This is reflected in the record allocation of €2.59 billion in the Garda Vote for 2026, which will support investment in equipment and technology and, importantly, the continued recruitment of Garda personnel. I must be clear, though, that it is the Garda Commissioner who decides where to deploy Garda personnel. Neither the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, nor I, nor, indeed, any official from the Department, can direct the Commissioner on where gardaí are to be stationed.”
“I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Justice programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/693, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 29th September, 2025.”
“I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 14th August, 2025.”