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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Chairman, may I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: It is a very interesting debate, but my observation of land down my way is that farmers farm the land and then might have fields that they might not think as being as good as the other land. This does not mean the farmer has stopped farming. Is this a phenomenon that is happening in Leitrim and not in Mayo? To what extent are people completely getting out of any other type of farming and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: From the land.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: The forestry is displacing what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Even for other reasons-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: One cannot stop that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Today sees the commencement of the global forum on human resources for health. This is a four-day conference that will begin in the RDS. No doubt the World Health Organization, which is one of the co-sponsors, will be pointing out to us that the problem of a shortfall in health care workers is worldwide. There are some other issues. The WHO will also tell us, by reference to reports in...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: This week is alcohol awareness week on an EU-wide basis. We spent many hours last week discussing the issue of binge drinking and alcohol abuse, and the terrible consequences of this for society. Last Sunday, an advertisement was placed in the Sunday Independentby one of Ireland's multiple retailers advertising the sale of 24, 500 ml cans, of Bulmers cider for €25. The cost to a...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I call on Senator McFadden. She has eight minutes.

Seanad: Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I call on Senator Diarmuid Wilson. He has eight minutes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (23 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Fáilte. I welcome the Minister of State. My request is simple in many ways. I ask that the local property tax, LPT, exemption that exists in Leinster in respect of homes affected by pyrite be extended to cover homes in Mayo that are similarly affected and those in Donegal affected by problems with mica. An expert report on concrete blockwork in homes in Mayo and Donegal was published...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (23 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State. I know that he has answered as best he can. The reality is that I have been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of two distinct occurrences of pyrite, one in the foundation and another in the blockwork. I have been told that the exemption as described in the legislation does not cover blockwork. The reply the Minister of State has given to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He is a regular here. It is always good to see him. I welcome many of the provisions in the Finance Bill. They have been outlined very eloquently by many in the House, including our own spokesperson. I am disappointed, however, that an exemption from the local property tax is not being extended to people in Mayo with pyrite in their homes and...

Seanad: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome this annual statement. When it comes to climate change, the fallout and the cost if we do not act, we can never have enough conversations to get to the reality of the consequences and the measures we need to take. We have to be bold in that regard. However, we also have to come from a point that is reality so that we can bring people with us. I have heard of them on television...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I will conclude.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I am just concluding. We are to the fore of the top countries in Europe in terms of having the most carbon efficient way of producing beef and dairy, but that is not praised. I have one question for the Minister. Is he satisfied that none of the experts in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine who present to us on the agriculture committee and tell us the challenges and the...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am interested in the delivery of public transport to rural areas, particularly train services into the west. The NTA published a report last year suggesting that train services to the west of Ireland could be shut down because of the lack of money at Iarnród Éireann. I do not know if this is just scare tactics or is something that is really...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: The people carrying the can for that are those with older vehicles from 2008 or prior to that. Many people who have older vehicles probably do not travel very much and sometimes they pay more tax on their vehicles than the car is worth. There is an inherent unfairness in that somebody can buy a top of the range BMW or Mercedes and he or she will pay less tax than somebody who has a...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017,copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 13th November, 2017.