Results 661-680 of 2,118 for speaker:Michael Mullins

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Like Senator Hayden, I welcome the Tánaiste's meeting with American politicians in the US today. I hope it will help the undocumented Irish. This is a long-running saga, with many people living in the US unable to return to Ireland for important family events. It is time the issue were resolved and I wish the Tánaiste well. I also support the call for a debate with the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Tomorrow, Wednesday 18 June.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (17 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Cabinet's decision this morning to make €13 million available to the HSE so that it might reverse its decisions in 2011 on discretionary medical cards. Some weeks ago, I was critical of the fact that people with lifelong medical conditions, acute illnesses and disabilities had had their discretionary medical cards withdrawn. I welcome the fact that approximately 15,000...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join others in complimenting the Minister on bringing this legislation successfully through the House. Throughout his career he has demonstrated a great ability to bring about reform, and certainly this is a significant reform which will strengthen and enhance policy-making within the Department. I encourage the Minister to redouble efforts to keep the jobs programme at the top of the...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: The House will sit again at 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday, 17 June 2014.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Yes, it has.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Before we commence, I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Also, on Report Stage each amendment must be seconded. Amendment No. 1, in the names of Senators Barrett, Crown and Quinn, arises out of Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are being discussed together. Does Senator Barrett also wish to speak to amendment No. 2?

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Amendment No. 3, in the names of Senators Darragh O'Brien, Byrne and the Fianna Fáil Senators, arises out of Committee proceedings. There is nobody here to move the amendment.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Amendment No. 4 in the names of Senators Barrett, Crown and Quinn. Amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the decision of the chair of the west-north west hospitals group to resign. I hope the report commissioned with the company with which the chairman was associated will not feed into the review of maternity services. While we all accept the need to review maternity services nationally in light of some of the tragedies that occurred in recent years, in light of the comments made by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the representatives from the three organisations and I compliment them on the amazing work they are doing in such difficult circumstances. How many staff do the organisations have on the ground in South Sudan? Our guests have given us a clear message to the effect that until some level of peace is restored, they will be fighting a losing battle. Are they confident that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join others Senators in welcoming the publication of the Cooke report. We are all greatly relieved there was no concrete evidence of surveillance of the GSOC offices or that the Garda was in any way involved in illegal activity. It is important that GSOC finalises its own investigation into how information was leaked to the Sunday Times, thereby starting this controversy in the first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Supports for SME Sector: European Commission (11 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: My questions were very similar to those of the previous two members. I join in the welcome to Mr. Calleja Crespo. He spoke a lot about promoting entrepreneurship and how only one in three people considered it as a way of making a living. How can one accelerate efforts to have young people consider the idea of being able to create a job for themselves and perhaps one or two others? Many of...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

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

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: I join colleagues in welcoming the prompt decision to establish a full statutory inquiry into mother and baby homes. I concur with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, that this is a time for showing great sensitivity, rather than sensationalism. The behaviour of some elements of the media in their reporting of the appalling tragedies that occurred was...