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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I understand, but I am sure Mr. O'Shea has a view on it. The technology is being changed, and there are certain limitations on the DC technology, but EirGrid tried to pursue certain policies on Grid West and other projects, including the North-South interconnector, and where are we? We have nothing. We still have deficiencies in the transmission and in our single electricity market.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the opportunity to engage with the Minister in advance of the budget. I want to ask for increased support in the budget for the development of the sports horse industry. It has great potential to generate business in rural areas where we are looking for ideas to retain communities. There is already significant interest in sports horses. I believe some plans have been presented to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I wrote to the Minister about it but the letter may not have reached his desk yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I apologise for having to go next door for a quorum. On average, how long is it taking for applications to be processed? The Minister may have answered this question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I will give the Minister the details of a case I have encountered. No information seems to be coming back. The application seems to be in a black hole.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Earlier this week I met a number of young consultants who were working in our public hospital in Castlebar.They outlined an issue that gives me great cause for concern because of the ramifications for our health system. It is basically a matter of pay equality. After 2012, all new consultants were on 30% less than their counterparts registered before 2012. This means younger consultants...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I also warmly welcome budget 2019. The reality is that if we are to be prudent financially in the face of Brexit and the extensive debt we carry in this country, we do not want to face into more borrowing. We had a package of €1.5 billion to divide between tax cuts and spending increases or spending measures, as appropriate....

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Tomorrow, at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I am mindful, as we discuss climate action, that in the past few days there have been terrible winds and rain, a tropical-type storm in counties Mayo, Sligo and Donegal, with bad flooding and road closures and people being discommoded. Crossmolina is under threat of flooding and facing into another weather warning. It underlines the importance of adaptation works, the work the OPW is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Ms Neary mentioned works done in different local authority areas. The test on the heating system or whatever system is being made in the local authority is for the cost-optimal technology, meaning whatever is more cost efficient. In a county such as my own, Mayo, when the councils went and did an energy retrofit, which is very good, they also changed the heating system. They changed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Major renovations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: A situation in the country has been identified. The witnesses might confirm the number of units that are empty, vacant or derelict around the country. I know there are many in my own county which could be used for housing. Many Government plans intend to bring those into our system and for people to be housed. What is the cost, going forward, of a major renovation of those second-hand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: As the witness stated, there have been many planning refusals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: Does Mr McCarthy have the numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: We are still going to miss our target, by the looks of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I am asking about our renewable electricity targets as opposed to our emissions. I understand they are intertwined but, in fairness, I am asking about the commitments we gave in 2009 which we are not going to achieve, notwithstanding the resourcing. It is a balancing act but we must address the issues around electricity, transport and heat. I am asking about electricity because,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I am interested in the planning issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I appreciate and acknowledge that Mr. McCarthy is not dealing with energy and climate action now other than as part of the interdepartmental group, but he did so for several years, including the period I referred to. We are here to reflect on and decide how we will go forward. I am interested to know the key reasons we are not hitting our targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: That relates to housing, which is relevant, but I am asking the average cost or price range that allows houses to be retrofitted to the nearly zero energy building, NZEB, standard through major renovation. It was suggested to the committee, perhaps by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, that this could be anything from €40,000 to €70,000 per house. What is the opinion...