Results 341-360 of 2,118 for speaker:Michael Mullins

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join Senator Bacik and others in extending our sympathy and expressing our grave concern about the appalling loss of life in the Mediterranean over the weekend and recently. We all share the view that is shared throughout the European Union and with our southern partners that a joint solution must be found to such a large humanitarian crisis. The issue of human safety and the involvement...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join others in extending our heartfelt sympathy and support to the Buckley family from Mourneabbey in County Cork on the tragic death of their beautiful daughter, Karen. It is an awful time for the family and we must commend the police in Glasgow on the amazing speed with which they brought a conclusion to the case. I support all of Senator Paul Coghlan's comments about the terms and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I wish Mr. Finan well. He will become the 35th president of Macra na Feirme on 9 May and will hold office for two years. He will be the second Roscommon man to hold the office, as the 22nd president of Macra na Feirme, from 1991 to 1993, was Councillor Laurence Fallon.

Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House and compliment and congratulate him on the sure-footed manner in which he is handling his very wide brief. I share the views of Senator Barrett more than those of Senator Reilly in relation to the tendering for 10% of the bus routes. I would appeal to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to call off the strike and to continue engaging in meaningful...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I strongly support the case made by Senator Leyden which calls on the Egyptian Government to release Ibrahim Halawa who is in jail in Cairo and to call on the Egyptian ambassador to do everything possible to influence that decision. The Government and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade are doing everything possible behind the scenes to secure his release. I pay tribute to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission: Chairperson Designate (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join my colleagues in welcoming Dr. de Buitléir and wishing him well in his new and challenging role. It is obvious to me, having looked at his CV and his career to date, that he has been involved in many very interesting projects. I am sure he has had to address some very challenging issues. What does he consider to be the greatest challenge he faces in his new role as chair of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission: Chairperson Designate (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I also asked Dr. de Buitléir to speak about the main challenges faced by the commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Partnership Mobilisation Programme: ConnectIreland (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I welcome Ms Murphy and Mr. Dowling. It is a really exciting project and they have given us a lot of food for thought, which will, it is to be hoped, prompt some of us to make a few phone calls and connections with people we know in various parts of the world. There are 50,000 connectors. Where, geographically, is the group making the most progress? Is it in the UK, US, Australia or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Partnership Mobilisation Programme: ConnectIreland (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Partnership Mobilisation Programme: ConnectIreland (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I have a final question. During the recent St. Patrick's Day celebrations around the world, was the major opportunity taken at those events to push ConnectIreland?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join my colleagues from Tipperary on all sides of the House in welcoming the presidential pardon for Harry Gleeson, who was wrongly executed 74 years ago. It is appalling that an innocent man lost his life, and if anything justifies the elimination of the death penalty in this country, his case does so. It is unfortunate that in many parts of the world today, people are being executed...

Seanad: Department of Social Protection Payment Methods: Statements (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: Will Senators make their comments through the Chair?

Seanad: Department of Social Protection Payment Methods: Statements (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: Please allow the Minister of State to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Department of Social Protection Payment Methods: Statements (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Department of Social Protection Payment Methods: Statements (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: The Minister of State has responded.

Seanad: Department of Social Protection Payment Methods: Statements (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Mullins: I thank Senators and the Minister of State for their contributions.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Michael Mullins: I support my colleague, Senator Higgins in her call for the debate on the future of the community employment and Tús schemes. These schemes have operated very effectively in County Galway and in the west and we want to ensure they are safeguarded. It is important to hear what are the plans for them. I agree with everything Senator Darragh O'Brien said about the variable interest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Mar 2015)

Michael Mullins: I strongly support the sending of that letter and I believe there may be some opportunity to have this issue discussed at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. That would be appropriate. I am particularly concerned about the issues raised by the farming representatives.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Michael Mullins: I join Senator Terry Brennan in applauding the amazing work being done throughout the country by the national Tidy Towns organisation.I would certainly welcome a debate on the issue in the House and would like to broaden it in order that we start a national conversation on how we protect the beauty of the countryside in order that the people can enjoy it, with the millions of visitors who...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)

Michael Mullins: I support Senator Naughton's call for a debate on how we can further finance and leverage our successful enterprise centres. She cited the very successful one in Ballybane in Galway. In my own town of Ballinasloe, we have an enterprise centre that has 170 people working in it currently. It has great potential to develop further, provided that additional funding could be made available. I...