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Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I will be as quick as possible.

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Thank you. I very much welcome the provisions for the farming and agrifood sectors and rural Ireland generally. One of the biggest challenges facing us is the fact that people are leaving rural Ireland, leaving the land and moving to cities. This is not just a problem for Ireland but also for Europe and the rest of the world. People are leaving rural areas which is resulting in the...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: When we speak of reform of the Seanad we are in essence talking about how it can work best within the framework of our parliamentary democracy. We have to respect that it is a different animal from the Dáil with a different but nonetheless important function. There are two aspects, first, electoral reform and how we elect Senators; and, second, how it operates and functions. We need...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: That is not true at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am just telling Senator Norris it is inaccurate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I will leave the Leader to answer that question but I will just say that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: -----cases coming before the county-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: When cases come before the country registrar, it means everyone involved has consented to that happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: If there is opposition to it, the matter will go before a judge. I want to highlight the issue of the looming deadline for spreading slurry. Farmers have until midnight on Saturday, 15 October, to spread slurry.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: It is not really a funny matter for people who are trying to contend with the wet weather that has made it impossible to spread slurry in an environmentally-friendly fashion. The situation is that the deadline will not be extended. A decision has been made that there will be no blanket derogation sought from the EU. At this juncture, there are farmers in parts of the country who will not...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I refer to the new repair and lease scheme announced as part of the Government's housing package. The scheme has great potential to increase the social housing stock by bringing back into use empty and substandard privately-owned houses. Since we last had the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government before the House, further details of the scheme have been placed in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am delighted the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is in the Chamber to deal with this matter. I ask him to immediately, not some time in the future, end the discrimination and injustice that pupils of Inver national school are experiencing by being denied the benefits offered by the DEIS scheme. The school is in a rural area with dispersed national schools. Every other school in the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State. In a nutshell, these children meet all the criteria and through the fault of the principal, which is a very pointed thing to say-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Perhaps it is time the truth was told. These children have been waiting 11 years and they cannot wait another year. Does the Minister of State think it is acceptable that children should have to wait another year and that a generation has lost out while successive Ministers stood over this? Will action be taken now even on an interim basis? I raised this issue in the Dáil and in...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I have a message for the House from the Oireachtas broadcasting unit. This debate will be repeated with sign language interpretation after Dáil proceedings finish on Thursday, 20 October on the Oireachtas TV channel. The next speaker is Senator Maria Byrne, who has eight minutes.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Are Senators Leyden, Murnane O'Connor and Ó Domhnaill sharing time?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: At this stage we have 20 minutes before I call the Minister of State. Quite a number of speakers are indicating. If everybody sticks to eight minutes, we will fit in fewer speakers, so I encourage speakers to stick to five or six minutes at a maximum. That way we will try to fit in as many as possible.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The final speaker will be Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. Unfortunately, Senator Rónán Mullen will not be able to contribute as only a short period remains.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The Order of Business was agreed to by the House. I was to call the Minister of State at 3.55 p.m. I have accommodated everybody so far and speakers have been accommodating each other. We are eating into the time allocated in having this discussion. I ask Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill to continue.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank all Members for their co-operation. I now call on the Minister of State, who has 20 minutes.