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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: It is very difficult to take what Senator O’Donovan said this morning seriously and to see the Fianna Fáil Party making such a major issue of one board appointment. This is the party that was hammered in the 2011 election and yet before it left office stuffed boards with its supporters and cronies that ran into seriously inflated numbers-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: At this stage the people want us to get back to discussing the real issues of the day, such as how we can accelerate the success of the Action Plan for Jobs. How can we get more people back to work? We all welcome the fact that the live register figures published yesterday show a further decrease in the numbers unemployed. Employment is now at its highest level since 2009. The numbers on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Register: Crosscare Migrant Project (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in welcoming our guests here today. I compliment them on the significant report they have provided to us. I agree with much of what my colleague, Deputy Eric Byrne, said in regard to the changing nature of emigration. A figure I plucked out of the report was that emigrants gave an average rating of 5.5 out of ten for their quality of life while at home but that figure...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: I support Senator Sheahan. I am not inclined to link rates to turnover because I believe there should be a link between rates and profitability. One could have a high turnover and tight margins. While the Bill deals with the issue of valuations, I hope that valuations reflect the changing situation in towns that have been decimated as a result of the recession or because major...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: I am inclined to agree with the Minister of State that we should be correcting errors at the lowest possible level and the earliest possible opportunity. There is nothing sinister in the amendment. If it must go through a process right up to the Commissioner of Valuation, it may disadvantage the occupier, particularly if there is an incorrect valuation on it and the local authority is...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: I ask the Senator to stick to the Bill.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: Now.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join Senator White in congratulating sincerely the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English on his recent appointment. I, too, had the pleasure of seeing him in action as Chairman of the Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. He acquitted himself well during the years. This is significant legislation, as the Minister of State has said. It is the culmination of many years of hard...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 140 and 141."

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendment No. 138."

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendment No. 66."

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 20, 122 and 123."

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendment No. 16."

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I move: "That in accordance with Standing Order 128(1) the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 5, 110, 111, 115, 116, 131, 132, 136, 137, 151 and 152."

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I support the call made by Senator O'Donovan for a debate with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on the persecution of Christians throughout the world. It has come to the fore very much in recent times and I would like to see such a debate in early course. I also seek a debate with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his return from the United States where he met...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join my colleagues who have congratulated the Garda, Naval Service and Customs and Excise on the success of the major intelligence operation that culminated in the seizure of the yacht off the Cork coast. The success reflects that of the Irish joint task force on drug interdiction in building strong and strategic partnerships at national and international levels. I ask the Leader to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome our witnesses. Today is a real wake-up call for all of us. Until we heard from people who have worked in the area I do not think the seriousness of the situation had hit home with many of us, and I would include myself in that category. Deputy Byrne asked a question I was going to ask, but I will ask it in another way. We all hope there will be a positive response to the call...

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Michael Mullins: The issue I wish to raise is one my colleague, Senator Colm Burke, has raised on many occasions, namely, the acute shortage of doctors in our hospital system and the dependency on agency doctors, at enormous cost. It was mentioned in the House yesterday that we have more medical colleges per head of population than any other country in the developed world and we are investing heavily in the...