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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 Agriculture and Food Sectors: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I wanted to clarify the question.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: A number of weeks ago, we had the welcome announcement of the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. It provides important funding for rural dwellers in order that they can have proper and adequate water supplies to their houses. Funding was allocated to Mayo and other rural counties that will lead to great benefits for many people in areas that would otherwise be at a loss.However,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: In the context of the Derrybrien case, I ask that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, be invited to the House to provide some clarification. The decision of the Court of Justice to fine Ireland €5 million for failing to ensure that an environmental impact assessment, EIA, was carried out prior to the granting of planning permission is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Stations Upgrade (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. I know the salient and important case for a new fire station for Crossmolina will be made to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. We are waiting for the green light to allow the new fire station project for Crossmolina to go to tender. It is in the Government's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Stations Upgrade (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State. I sincerely hope that once the county council has reverted to the Department with an update on the design and cost plan, to which the Minister of State referred, the project will be given priority. The Minister of State indicated that the Department reassesses the status of projects annually. I can say sincerely and without fear of contradiction that it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: As we are smack bang in the middle of climate action week, I would like to address the issue of empowering our young people. We say education is power. Questions of how to relate to issues concerning our environment, how to take climate action without feeling paralysed by the mountain ahead of us with regard to changing from a fossil-fuel based lifestyle to one based on new technologies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank our guests. I have a few questions, the first of which is for Mr. Hughes. How does he see the interplay between the objectives of a just transition and balanced regional development, especially with regard to Project Ireland 2040? This is in the context of the regional enterprise strategies where we are trying to drive investment and growth into the regions and out of the bigger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask Mr. Hughes to get back to me on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: The site in question has planning permission.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (21 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank Senator Burke for allowing me to share time. I acknowledge the support of Senator O’Mahony on this critical issue in County Mayo, which is the provision of a drinkable water to all households throughout the county. The households in Letterbrick do not have a public or a group water scheme. People mainly depend on wells or streams or so on. It is not adequate. Sometimes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (21 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: In most of the houses and areas I have mentioned, they have spent a bomb drilling wells and it is not working. If it worked, they would not be going to the State and, quite frankly, if the State does not intervene, those people have no other place to go. I am disappointed that while there is provision for a supplemental grant where the schemes are costing extra money because of the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I highlight inherent inequity in the treatment of small-time landlords of residential properties, specifically the manner in which rental income is treated. A landlord pays local property tax but gets no credit for this when calculating income tax liability on the rental income. No matter what way we look at that, it amounts to double taxation. Not only are these landlords not given credit...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for selecting this critical item for debate today and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the Chamber. I know accident and emergency departments around the country are under pressure, not least the department at Mayo University Hospital. There is a planned extension for the accident and emergency department and a plan to install more medical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State. We all know that the planning process takes a while but we need to get down to the nuts and bolts of designing this extension. The Minister of State has pointed out the complexities of it but it has been well appraised. We need it; we needed it yesterday. I am mindful of the constraints on capital expenditure that existed in the past. I would like to make a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: There is no provision for that. The Minister of State has said that he is going to seek the information.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister of State has indicated that the Senator will get a response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Light Rail Projects (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: Tá áthas orm fíor-fháilte a chur roimh scoláirí as Gaelscoil Inse Chór. I welcome all the boys and girls and their múinteoirí. They are being hosted today by Senator Catherine Ardagh. We hope they find their tour and visit very informative. It is great to have them.

Seanad: Message from Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: I share the concerns raised about the farming protests that are taking place. We are in a terrible situation. Dublin city centre is in disarray with farmers protesting and people unable to go about their daily business and get to work in the city. Farmers feel desperate about prices and the terms and conditions they are being asked to operate under. We know that no problem will be solved...