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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I also ask that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, which is the energy regulator, make a statement on the application by Mayo Renewable Limited for a 45 MW high-efficiency combined heat and power biomass plant. At the beginning of April the regulator was summoned, at my request, before the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment to answer questions on...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State for the update he has given us in the Chamber today. I have a number of questions about different topics. The budget last year saw the announcement of a fund for the establishment of a pyrite and mica remediation scheme. Unfortunately that scheme has not yet opened for applications. A lot of householders who urgently need remediation works to be carried out...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I know.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: A Carlow woman. The Acting Chairman's colleague agrees with me.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: The company did a fine job and has captured the imagination. Many people do not have money to build their own houses, and this gives them another option.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I highlight the plight of 12 graduate nurses working in Mayo University Hospital who have been let down by the HSE. They were promised permanent contracts in their place of work, but they have not been delivered. This is notwithstanding the fact that in March 2017 the INMO and SIPTU agreed with the HSE that from then on graduate nurses and midwives would be offered permanent contracts. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I compliment the Tipperary Energy Agency on its work and on highlighting certain issues. The biggest challenge we have with renewables is community participation and community acceptance. One feeds into the other. What is the cost to the taxpayer in terms of the public service obligation levy per megawatt coming from microgeneration compared with more commercial wind farms or other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I am really looking to the future because it is proposed to increase microgeneration and to increase the take-up. How do they compare in terms of price and carbon emissions per megawatt because this will be an investment by the taxpayer? Which is cheaper?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: For everything that does not go onto the grid, the Government does not get the public service obligation, PSO, levy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: If everyone goes into microgeneration and becomes more self-sufficient, the money we need to keep the grid going will diminish or expand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Where communities may not have the wherewithal to participate in wind farms but levies are placed through the planning code on a wind farm, the Department does not seem to have fine-tuned the guidelines on the community benefit. There should be a category for individual gain for those located closest to a wind farm or some other renewable energy project, such as scholarships or free or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I am not talking about the planning but about the desirability. The CRU is mandated to get more renewables on the grid. If it cannot do that because people do not accept it and community benefit is not operating as it should, does Dr. McGowan not have a view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Both Dr. McGowan and Mr. Melvin appeared before this committee at the beginning of April to speak on the Mayo renewable energy plant that was seeking a high-efficiency certificate from the commission in order to operate. It ran into difficulty and on that occasion its representatives highlighted many difficulties in dealing with the commission. I, along with the rest of the committee, hoped...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Why has it taken so long?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Are the parties speaking each other's language at this juncture? Is there some understanding about the issues at play?

Seanad: Beef Sector: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It can safely be said that as we face into Storm Lorenzo, our beef industry has faced a turbulent and stormy time throughout the summer. Thankfully, we are at the other side of what has been a very acrimonious process that has exposed a serious lack of trust on the part of primary producers in meat processors and the industry as a whole. They believe...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: We hope never to have to spend a substantial portion of the money allocated in this budget. That money has been provided assist people in coping with a no-deal Brexit. I welcome that the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, identified areas in which support will be provided. Agriculture, enterprise and tourism are at the top of the list. Unfortunately, in the west and north west, where I am based,...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: That is right. There was also the Minister of State, Deputy Canney. There were a number of Ministers of State. I acknowledge and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Moran. If we lock horns and get something out of this, that will be a good thing. On the health side, I very much welcome the confirmation by the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, that he will make funding available so the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: As the Chairman, Senator Richmond, is not available today, he has asked me to be the temporary Chair. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have received apologies from the Chairman, Senator Neale Richmond, and Senators Niall Ó Donnghaile and Ian Marshall. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important because it causes serious problems for broadcasting,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Before I proceed to members, I have a couple of questions. Mr. Purser mentioned a memorandum of understanding regarding the common travel area and student and staff mobility. It does not currently have a basis in law in this country. Considering the current uncertainty, is this enough reassurance for members of the Irish Universities Association or do we need specific legislation to...