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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State and the others present with them today. The role of the Government is to encourage the arts and create an environment where artists can thrive. If one connects the arts with the 1916 commemorations, which are about our strike for freedom, one can see that the arts are a very important and significant way to give value to that freedom. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In terms of the functioning of the State as a nation, to my mind, the ideology that was being pursued is that any citizen - regardless of background-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: -----would be free to self-fulfil, not that we would have a nanny state, which seems to be what has been promoted, and that there are some citizens who, whether because of what they have achieved or because they have money, or whatever else, are lesser citizens. We need a proper, responsible debate, not just about the rights of citizens, but their responsibilities also. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The focus is on Dublin as the core, and it is our capital city, but there is so much history to be celebrated and to be commemorated-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: -----around the country. We have many local historians in my town and in many towns and areas. I would like to see some sort of initiative supported by the Department whereby local history pertinent to the time could be brought into schools-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: -----and people would have an understanding of the living history and the social and political history of the time. Could the Minister look into an initiative like that, so that we can bring it out into the areas and the commemoration could be shared outside the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister might consider the schools also so that whatever might be prepared could be introduced.

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I want to pick up on the issue of petrol stretching. This saga has been going on for months and we know the Revenue Commissioners and the Garda have been investigating it. Rather than repeat the points that have been made, I would like to have clarity on whether Customs and Excise has got a handle on the chain of supply, namely, from where this fuel came. In particular, the Minister of...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: On the issue of compensation, during the Second Stage debate on this Bill I raised the possibility of seized assets being used to fund compensation. For example, in regard to the diesel laundering plant in Monaghan that was shut down a few weeks ago perhaps its profits or machinery such as tankers could be sold to fund compensation to people who are out of pocket because of the contamination...

Human Rights Budgeting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for bringing this matter before the House. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it. It is always important to take stock of the impact on citizens of decisions we make. Everything we do should be grounded in such thinking and we must consider all aspects. When one considers the social impact and social set-up of many people, one realises hard-pressed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (27 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in the DEIS scheme so that the pupils there will have parity with the pupils in neighbouring schools and they will not suffer disadvantage due to their exclusion from DEIS through no fault of their own. [45094/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (27 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the only reason the person is now out of the system is because of the two-year waiting list for assessment and has now attained the age of majority because of the wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45651/14]

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the public health risk from exposure to high levels of radon gas in homes in certain parts of the country, his views on introducing a grant scheme to assist with the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy to provide financial assistance firstly to encourage householders to have a radon test...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The serious public health risk posed by exposure to high levels of radon gas in some houses around the country is well known. Radon gas is linked with 250 cases of lung cancer per year in Ireland, and the message of the national radon control strategy is to build awareness and get people to address the issue. In order to assist with the objectives and implementation of the national radon...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister. I am concerned that although radon has been spoken of for some years, having talked to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and others involved in radiological protection, I have concluded there has been little effect on the general public. This is evidenced by the number of radon tests on houses. The map attached to the national radon control strategy shows...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I would welcome an assessment of the information campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency. Last week an information campaign was run in County Mayo and several public meetings were held. By no means were the numbers who turned out overwhelming, notwithstanding the radio campaign and so on. People are concerned that this will open a can of worms. They are concerned that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Petrol Stretching (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 2 October 2014, the number of new complaints of petrol stretching in County Mayo that the Customs and Excise Service has been investigating in each month since June 2014 to date in 2014; the position regarding current investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance since the commencement of the nursing home support scheme, the percentage of nursing home loans that have become repayable have been recouped by the Revenue Commissioners; the total amount recouped; the total amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46090/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 115 of 2 October 2014, the number of complaints of petrol stretching the Gardaí in Mayo Divisions have received for each month from June 2014 to date in 2014; the position regarding these complaints; the number that have been investigated resulting in a person being charged or a file being forwarded to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 420. To ask the Minister for Health where the principal residence of a person on the nursing home support scheme is let before the three-year cap ends, if both the letting income and the value of the house will be included in the financial assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/14]