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Seanad: Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: That is not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: A lot of issues that are of interest have been covered. I wish to address the issue of genetically modified foods. Obviously, such foods are available for purchase by consumers in developed countries. If I understood her correctly, Professor Doohan mentioned a grey area in the context of whether these foods are safe. What is her view? I understand that such foods are genetically modified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: We need to take it case by case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I have a brief question following on from what Professor Doohan said. She spoke about the green revolution. From her research and studies, how far back can she go in accessing data on crops? How many centuries can she go back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: It does. I was wondering if Professor Doohan could go back a few thousand years, but that is not possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: When Professor Doohan talks about evolution, from her observations, she is not talking about observing a change in species of sorts, or anything like that.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I would like to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives during Storm Ophelia. I welcome the initial responses to the public consultation conducted by the agricultural markets task force established by EU Commissioner Hogan. This task force seeks to introduce fairness into the European food supply chain, particularly in respect of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I join with the call made here today for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to be invited to this House to debate the whole issue of women deserving fair State pensions. As has been said, the Minister for Finance has acknowledged that the existing regime has thrown up bonkers results. The people who pay the price are a cohort that is comprised predominantly of women....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I would like to think that we can look after them at this juncture. A debate on the matter should be a matter of priority. I have spoken to many women who have been affected and also to the Taoiseach in his previous role as Minister for Social Protection. I know that a review is due. We should open the debate here in order to find ways to address the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I also want to be associated with the condolences expressed to the partner and family of the late Neill O'Neill, managing editor of the Mayo News, and indeed, to all his work colleagues and those further afield who worked and had dealings with Neill. It is truly shocking. I am sure the family are completely shocked to think somebody 36 years old in the throes of his work is gone now. I...

Seanad: Eighth Report of Convention on the Constitution: Motion (11 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: We were in a recession.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask that the Leader invites the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, who has responsibility for the Office for Public Works, OPW, to debate the whole issue of what progress has been made on the delivery of flood defences under the Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021. In September 2015, €430 million was put into a pot for investment in various schemes around the country. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: -----and for money that the Government has set aside and the plans it has to provide long-term flood defences are being delivered in a timely fashion. We also have catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, an analysis of over 300 areas that are at risk of flooding. There are numerous flood risk management plans. In regard to Ballina where I live, I would like to know how the...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in his portfolio working alongside the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. Looking at the budget and listening to the broad brush strokes that were set out by the Minister in the Dáil today, it brings to mind the vastness of the competing interests for the budget and how passionately and with great integrity people can argue their...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Did I say 1,800? My apologies. I am getting carried away. There will also be 500 civilian workers. We now have a debate on child care and an investment in child care that is unprecedented. Do we have a distance to go? Yes, we do. However, to my mind we are coming from pretty much the dark ages and a lot of that is related to the position which women occupied for a long time in this...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: My Commencement matter arises out of the difficulty that oncology patients in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Donegal have in accessing the designated centre of excellence at University Hospital Galway. I acknowledge the great work and dedication of the health care professionals in this centre of excellence, as well as those who work in the various other hospitals under the oncology...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister of State. I understand full well the range of services and treatments which are supported in the other hospitals which work in conjunction with the centre of excellence. I am speaking about people who need to get into University Hospital Galway. I have given the Minister of State an example of such a case - a man who was waiting two weeks and who was told that he...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I have sent them to the Minister for Health and to the chief executive of Saolta.