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Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: Unfortunately, Senator Barrett, only Senator Quinn can speak a second time.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: There are two other speakers to contribute before the Minister of State replies.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: While I will not support Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business, following the recent "Prime Time" programme on the ambulance service, it would be appropriate for us to have a discussion on the ambulance service at some date. Some elements of the programme may have been inaccurate or exaggerated. To put people's minds at ease and for us all to become aware of what is...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House.

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I ask Senator MacSharry to proceed.

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: Before calling Senator Jillian van Turnhout, I welcome former Deputy Áine Brady and our other distinguished visitors in the Gallery.

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I can allow the Minister of State to contribute if she wishes and the debate will continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Former UN Co-ordinator in Ukraine (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome Mr. O'Donnell. I apologise for missing the earlier part of his presentation. I would like to tease out one or two of the priorities he listed. He said the international community has to ensure the costs to the Russian Federation are such that President Putin has no alternative but to realise he miscalculated his Crimean gambit. Is this a reference to increased sanctions? Will...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in wishing Jody well. I discovered early on following my election to Seanad Éireann three years ago that we had mutual friends. I will always appreciate the sound and solid advice provided by Jody to me when Acting Chairman and the help, support and courtesy she extends to all Members. I wish her a long, happy and healthy retirement to do all the things she has not...

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, to the House for the debate.

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: Senator Mooney has four minutes to conclude.

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I must put the question.

Seanad: Statute of Limitations (Amendment) (Home Remediation-Pyrite) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join with Senator Darragh O'Brien in sympathising with the family who lost a loved one this morning in very violent circumstances. I support the call for a debate on gun crime. The number of violent deaths in Dublin is increasingly worrying, as is the number of firearms being used in robberies down the country. Gangs, many of whom originate in Dublin, come down the country and terrorise...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join in the welcome to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Oisín Quinn, as well as to Senator Mary White's visitors whom she introduced. In her contribution she mentioned the cuts that had to be made in the past three budgets, but she forgot to remind the House of the reasons all of those cuts were necessary and the appalling mess left behind for the Government to tidy up. I welcome...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Irish Compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Michael Mullins: As Senator Ó Clochartaigh noted, this is an important meeting. I am concerned that recognising the Traveller community as an ethnic minority would be a backward step given the integration that has taken place over the years. I worked previously in the personnel department of a business where I hired members of the Travelling community who integrated very well into the workforce. They...