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Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Conditions of Work: Motion (8 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his comprehensive outline to the meeting of all the developments at the Foreign Affairs Council over the past number of months. I thank him in particular for the update on the Ibrahim Halawa case. The Minister is aware that everybody on this committee wants the same result. We want to see him back safely with his family and continuing his education...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: Like other colleagues in the House, I was honoured this afternoon to stand with members of the Bosnian community in Ireland in a very dignified ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. The killing of more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in July 1995 marked one of the darkest days in the troubled conflict that engulfed the former Yugoslavia. It was one of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: The decision very much reflects the fact that the economy is on the up and that good decisions were taken in the past four and a half years. I hope we will see continued investment in public services in the years ahead.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in expressing our deepest sympathy to the families who have lost loved ones in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, Baltimore in Cork. Senator O'Donovan explained matters very movingly. It is difficult to comprehend that something like this should happen; such a freak accident. It is a message we need to get out from here today to all our citizens that as the...

Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: I wish to add my few brief words. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I compliment Senator Higgins on the fine piece of work she has brought to the House which has been shaped very much by her experiences. She did not leave it at this, and interacted with many other people who have suffered serious bullying online. The amount of work and research which has gone into the Bill is...

Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: I agree with Senator Cullinane that the all-party document produced has some very good proposals and suggestions. Education on the dangers of social media and the Internet needs to be very high on the curriculum of all primary schools and secondary schools. Even if we do not agree on all aspects of the Bill Senator Higgins has brought forward, she has done the Seanad some service by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy. (1 Jul 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in expressing our deepest condolences to the relatives of all those people who lost their lives in this horrendous act of terrorism in Tunisia. We think in particular of the Irish people, Lorna Carty and Larry and Martina Hayes from Athlone who have family connections in my town of Ballinasloe, so it very much brings home to us the awful event that happened in what should...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in extending my deepest sympathy to all of those who lost their lives in the Tunisian terror attack at the weekend. We think, in particular, today of the family of Lorna Carty from County Meath and Larry and Martina Hayes from Athlone. The Hayes family has many connections in my home town.What we saw was an act of terrorism and racism of the worst kind, which obviously was...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I also support strongly Senator O'Donovan's remarks on what the Dillon family in Kilbeggan is going through. They lost 100 head of livestock over the weekend, and apparently a cross-Border rustling gang, which pays protection money to paramilitaries, is behind this particular activity. This is all part of the cross-Border activities such as fuel smuggling, diesel laundering, cigarette...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment in the Pub Sector: Discussion (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I welcome our visitors. We all want a vibrant pub trade in which families can continue to make a living. Mr. Mulholland mentioned the food side of the business. What percentage of UK pubs serve food? Are the health and safety regulations on the provision of food strict? Sometimes we get complaints that Ireland is possibly over-regulated in terms of food provision. What are individual UK...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I call on the Leader to organise a discussion with the Minister for Health on the recruitment processes of the HSE because either the processes are not fit for purpose or else those working in recruitment in the HSE are incompetent. I say this because Merlin Park hospital in Galway has cancelled hundreds of appointments for rheumatology patients over the next three months. People who are in...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I share Senator Hayden's concerns about the Central Bank report on the seven banks that are breaking the rules on how they treat people in arrears. It is disturbing to hear that banks are continuing with legal action to repossess homes even though they had agreed a revised deal with a struggling homeowner. Other banks are taking away Central Bank protection from mortgage customers because...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, to the House for this discussion on the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015. The Bill aims to ensure borrowers whose loans are sold by a regulated entity to a currently unregulated entity maintain the same regulatory protections as they had before the sale, including under various Central Bank codes and the...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: Next Tuesday, 27 June.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Ann Phelan to the House.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: I thank the Senator for his passionate contribution. I call on Senator Feargal Quinn to second the motion.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: The Senator is over time.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Mullins: Allow Senator Bacik to speak without interruption. Senator Norris will have an opportunity to make concluding remarks.