Results 61-80 of 204 for speaker:Tony Mulcahy

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: This country is one big country.

Seanad: Broadband, Post Office Network and Energy White Paper: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I agree with Senator O'Sullivan that there is too much on this agenda to cover in one day. I welcome the Minister to the House and will begin on the issue of energy. During my years as Seanad spokesperson on communications, energy and natural resources, I have on a number of occasions met with Department officials, the CER, NewEra and the previous Minister. What I have come to understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Mr. Hannigan stated that there was no relationship between ownership of legally held sporting firearms and criminal activity. The Garda needs to make this connection for us if it exists and if there is evidence for it. The report states that the guns used to murder the Corbally brothers were stolen from a licensed dealer in Dublin. This may not be the case, and we need to clarify it,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Mr. Crofton asked the key question, which is how many firearms have been stolen since 2009 and what evidence, if any, exists. Licensing bodies-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I was not primed to ask that question by anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I know a number of people who shoot and their first concern is safety. On the issue of licensing bodies and the range of licensing methods of the chief superintendents throughout the country, is the preferred option to have one licensing body? How do we get to that point? The lack of engagement between the responsible organisations and the Garda Síochána is of grave concern to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Obviously the Garda Síochána would have to be involved in any licensing body, but the fact that there is little or no engagement between the Garda Síochána and the representative organisations is a cause for concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: That is the point I am making. The fact that there is no buy-in ---

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I spoke earlier when quite a few of those making presentations were present. With regard to the description, it is a cosmetic change to a firearm, even though its capacity has not changed, if I am using the right terminology. The cosmetics of it have changed. It is moving it from unrestricted to restricted. Mr. Tope made the point of having genuine consultation and debate with the Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Mr. Tope made that point and perhaps he would elaborate on it. We have said we need one authority but where does he see that going from here?

Seanad: Standards of Care in Residential Care Homes: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: The one question that concerns all of us as parents is what will happen to our children and how they will be looked after when we are dead. After seeing the programme last night, I have grave concerns about how our children are looked after. I heard the chairperson of the psychiatric nurses union speaking yesterday about clinical governance, and Senator Cullinane referred to training. It is...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I would like to turn this into a positive story, given it relates to my own town and airport, at which I worked in 1975 and 1976. I welcome the Minister, whom I trust. The pension scheme is an issue of concern to many of its members in my area as well but I trust him to deal with the issue when it arises. This process began in November 2011 to correct the mess that had been made in Shannon...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I support the motion proposed by Senators Whelan and Landy. I would like to include Shannon in this because in that area we have had experience of dealing with the EPA and Enva. In 2002, the seed bed for the waste water at the Schwarz Pharma plant in Shannon was not working. It took between a year and half and two years to convince the EPA that this was the problem. The company repeatedly...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I did not miss the point; I am quite happy to stand over what I said.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: Just look at the antics of Mr. Putin in so-called democratic Russia-----

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I knew it would be difficult to get everything done in six minutes.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: "Seanad Éireann – - acknowledges that Irish energy policy is designed to meet the overriding concerns of security of supply, sustainability and cost competitiveness; - acknowledges that Ireland has agreed as a binding target under EU law that at least 16% of all energy consumed...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: But they are being done now. I cannot accept the seventh statement. The Minister has appointed an independent panel of experts chaired by Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness. I have immense respect for this former Supreme Court judge. Her work will be transparent and the panel's terms of reference will be above reproach. With regard to the 35,000 submissions that, I assume, oppose the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: I support the comments made by Senator O'Keeffe. We should invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to take this afternoon out of his schedule and hold a debate on domestic physical assault and violence. He should be present. The draft Bill is before the committee but I would like to hear his opinion on where we should go this year and whether we will pass legislation before next year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Tony Mulcahy: The groups here today and the groups who were here last week could outline the different jurisdictions where they have seen this in operation. I would not support violence against anyone, but I believe we have a very specific problem in this country. I lay a pound to a penny that 1,000 more assaults have taken place since last week, so there is an urgency with regard to carving this one out...