Niall Collins (born 30 March 1973) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Minister for State since July 2020.
In February 2023, political news website The Ditch published a story claiming that Collins had misled Limerick County Council about his place of residence in a 2001 planning application.
[5] In April 2023, a further investigation by The Ditch found publicly available information that showed that Collins's wife, Eimear O'Connor, a GP, requested to buy land from Limerick County Council in 2006.
[6] Following a motion by fellow Fianna Fáil councillor Leonard Enright, Niall Collins voted at a local area committee meeting in favour of selling the land.
[8] Under the Local Government Act, 2001, a county or city councillor is prohibited from voting when "where he or she has actual knowledge that he or she or a connected person has a pecuniary or other beneficial interest in, or which is material to, the matter".