Results 241-260 of 2,118 for speaker:Michael Mullins
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Senator Mooney, without interruption.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: The Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey to the House and call Senator Cullinane.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: We must leave it at that.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Is it planned that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and this committee would meet jointly to discuss this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: It is an ongoing issue.
- Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: In the absence of my colleague, Senator Jim D’Arcy who is on Council of Europe business today, I welcome the Minister and the Bill before us. As has been said, the Bill caters for two main overarching aims, namely, underpinning the central role of the Teaching Council in the forthcoming statutory vetting arrangements for registered teachers and amending and strengthening...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Derelict Sites (18 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, to the House.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (18 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Simon Harris.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I very much welcome the figures on tourism and travel published last week by the CSO which show that spending in the first quarter of 2015 by overseas visitors rose by 10.5% in comparison with the same period last year. The data also show that the number of trips to Ireland by holidaymakers rose by 13.3%, while spending by holidaymakers was up by 12.9% in quarter one when compared to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the interim report by Bobby Kerr on the future of the post offices. I heard Mr. Kerr give a very positive interview on RTE radio yesterday about how the post offices can grow and develop new services. A disproportionate amount of business is being done by relatively few of the country's 1,100 post offices. Two thirds of all transactions are being...
- Seanad: Tackling Obesity in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister and thank him for spending so much time here this afternoon to discuss this very important issue. It has been described as a crisis and one of the major health issues of our time which consumes a lot of the resources available to the health services. The figures which have been referred to are startling. I recently spoke to a primary school teacher who teaches fourth...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to the House.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: The acceptance of amendment No. 5 involves the deletion of section 37.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: As amendments Nos. 6, 10, 11, 19 and 20 are related, they may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed?
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 12 to 14, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)
Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 23. Amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 23 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.