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Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Senator Mac Conghail has five minutes.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: The Senator without interruption.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Senator Burke is sharing time with Senator Healy Eames, with two and a half minutes each.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: There are three minutes left if Senator Harte and Senator Cullinane are prepared to share time. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Senator Cullinane has a minute and a half.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Senator Cullinane's time is up. He has now had two minutes and 30 seconds.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I ask Senator Cullinane to resume his seat.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: The Senator should resume his seat.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: The Minister has ten minutes to reply to the debate.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I ask the Senator to resume his seat.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Please Senator.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: The Minister without interruption. Please allow him to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I welcome our special guest and congratulate him on his appointment. He certainly has a daunting task. The programme of work he has laid out is impressive. I am most impressed by his talk of being totally consistent in dealing with all violating countries. Like other speakers I am deeply concerned about the situation in Syria. It is absolutely appalling that women and children are dying...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: We all agree there were some fantastic contributions in the House last night on the emergency legislation which had to be enacted. Everybody wants the best possible deal for the country and the word on the wire in the past couple of minutes is that a deal has been done. We all hope it is favourable for the country, that it will ensure resources which are badly required for job creation,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: Since we met last week, some significant things have happened in our country. There was a successful outcome to the promissory note negotiations, which will see the country not having to pay ¤3.4 billion at the end of March and save the State ¤20 billion over the coming ten years. We also saw the successful completion of the ninth review by the EU-IMF, which gave the Government a clean...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: The Consumers Association of Ireland recently highlighted that many of the gas heating systems fitted in thousands of homes throughout the country had been fitted by unregistered contractors. I ask the Leader to clarify with the Minister or the insurance industry if difficulties or fire as a result of faulty installation will be covered by household insurance. While one can appreciate that...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Phil Prendergast, MEP. (13 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I join in the welcome to Ms Prendergast. I have not had the pleasure of meeting her previously but I have heard a great deal about her and her contributions to the Seanad over the years. I wish her well in her important role in Europe and on when she next goes to the electorate in 2014. Much has been mentioned about the Single Market by Ms Prendergast. It is probably one of the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I welcome our visitors. I always admire how positive they are in most of their news releases. That is important, especially in these difficult times. This leads me to our global reputation. How does Chambers Ireland view it now? If the Government were to do three things to further enhance our global reputation, what would Chambers Ireland recommend? The delegation referred to trade...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: On the day that the team from the "Operation Transformation" television programme is before the Joint Committee on Health and Children, I ask the Leader to arrange an urgent debate on the recently published report by the Seanad consultation committee on lifestyle changes which could prevent one third of cancers. This short and snappy report highlights some interesting statistics, for...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: I agree with a great deal of what Senator Jim Walsh stated about benchmarking in the public service and the need to examine the salaries, rates of pay and allowances of everyone in the service, from politicians right down. The country is seriously broken and there is a massive deficit between income and expenditure. Unless we bite the bullet now, we will be obliged to grapple with this...