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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The Chairman is aware how this problem is being viewed by people in our constituency and the answers given have been very unsatisfactory. There is a problem with the system and if that is not going to be addressed, motorists will be lame ducks and the people whose vehicles have been damaged will be lame ducks again. Something needs to be done. The idea that we will get a lot of convictions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: As regards the particular filling station or trader who is now the subject of a prosecution, when Revenue established there was contaminated fuel there did they shut down that petrol station immediately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: What about the people whose vehicles are damaged by this? Surely action should be taken as soon as a problem is identified with contaminated petrol. Mr. Moran is concerned with the Revenue side but we must also be concerned for people whose vehicles are being destroyed in this process. There should not be a time lag.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Would my suggestion of having a mobile laboratory not make sense? If somebody could go onto the forecourts to check petrol, one would have an immediate indication as to whether there is a contaminant in the petrol. One could then proceed accordingly to protect Revenue, the State and the individual citizen in that regard. Would that not be a sensible way to go? Mr. Moran would not then be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I am talking about the public interest in this regard. Where Mr. Moran has identified that it is contaminated fuel, I believe in due process as well. However, no more than with other licences - such a liquor licences - where people operate outside the parameters of their business, things can be done quickly to shut down a pub or nightclub that is not operating correctly. I dare say that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: What would be fair to the people whose vehicles have been damaged in the interim when a person is trading, from the point when Revenue identifies a contaminated sample to the point of getting a prosecution? They have no recourse and will probably still run into a problem with the chain of evidence. They are being left high and dry, is that not the truth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: However, Revenue is the lead operator in this aspect of fuel, as far as I am concerned. Revenue is the body we look to in order to understand about fuel, what we might expect from it and what the components should be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In effect, we are saying that the system needs to be proactive, not reactive after damage is done. It is not teed up that way at the moment. I wish to raise one other point of interest as both gentlemen are present. The cost of a barrel of crude oil is down by one third, yet we have only seen a drop of a few cent per litre at filling stations. Can Mr. Moran enlighten us why that is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: One question was not answered about which I was curious. Much play was made of the point that this sort of stuff can go on along borders both here and in other countries. Does Mr. Moran have an idea as to how much contaminated fuel or laundered fuel is sent from South to North and vice versa? Based on Mr. Moran's own experience, would it be fair to state that for the most part, the fuel is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a single farm payment for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (4 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address the delays in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46622/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite a stage payment of a Leader grant approved by his Department through Mayo North East Leader Partnership to a company (details supplied) in county Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46568/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: My question is on energy prices and the cost of fuel. We know the cost of a barrel of oil has come down significantly, by up to 40%. Unfortunately, we do not see this reflected in any way at the forecourts of the filling stations. Why is this the case? Is there not a compelling reason to try to push down the cost of fuel for both heating and transport? This would tackle a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Does Professor McHale believe, therefore, that the few cent by which it has come down reflects a 40% reduction in the price of a barrel of crude oil? It sounds extraordinary.

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: We are all-----

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: As we have seen today, politics is characterised by posturing, manoeuvring, scheming and grand oratory, all of which-----

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: -----makes for mesmerising drama for onlookers and political pundits.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: We know in our hearts that something more down to earth is needed to achieve tangible results, namely, hard work, conviction and application. Fine Gael and the Labour Party were given a massive mandate to put the country back on track. Having been on the brink of disaster only a few short years ago, the country has clawed its way back to economic growth, financial stability, investment, job...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I was interrupted.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (9 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received a tax refund of €7,000 in 2003; the basis on which they are now being asked to pay that amount back the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46911/14]