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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to raise the issue of delays that people experience when they appeal a refusal of a primary medical certificate. I understand that the waiting times are at least, if not up to, seven months. That means after somebody is refused a primary medical certificate, he or she must wait at least seven months. To me, that seems an inordinate length of time. We can assume that some of these...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: It was not a rant.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. As Senator Coffey said, this is a very important debate and there is no doubt we will have to revisit it. Some of the points I wish to make are supplementary to points raised by Senator Coffey. During the summer an expert panel report that identified the existence of pyrite and mica in houses in counties Mayo and Donegal was published. That is not...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Senator Kieran O'Donnell has about four minutes.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister has five minutes.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: That concludes the business of the day. I thank the Minister. The fact that the debate has gone over time is a reflection of the gravity of this issue. Could the Acting Leader indicate when it is proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of Capital Plan: Statements (27 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I am standing in for my colleague, Senator Paddy Burke, who will be here later. I also recognise Senator Michael Mullins in the Chamber. The Minister of State has outlined the capital review and the next steps. We are down to kernel of the matter, namely, what our priorities will be for the €4.1 billion additional investment in capital spending which will be available between 2018...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I apologise for not being present earlier. I was speaking in the Seanad Chamber and, unfortunately, I will have to go again because I have to take the chair shortly. If some of this has already been addressed, please say so. On production and increasing demand, we see the increase in the number of start-ups in whiskey distilleries and the craft beer sector. The witnesses alluded to it....

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Clearly, the past couple of weeks have not been the happiest for Mayo football. While I congratulate the Dublin team, I pay tribute to the valiant efforts of the men and women from our senior football teams in Mayo. Their efforts have been a massive source of county pride and have given us unity of purpose. We look forward to next year. What might be less known is that we took a national...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: No need.

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Before I call on the Minister of State to respond, I would like to say I had hoped I would be down in the Chamber myself and in a position to address him. I am limited in what I can say here. I will raise issues, particularly in the area of persons with intellectual disabilities, with him again. The Minister of State came to the Chamber to reply to a Commencement Matter in my name where...

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: It is a compliment.

Seanad: National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: We were there last Saturday when we beat Clare.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: Top of the agenda for the next term should be an invitation to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to come into the House. Many important and critical topical issues pertaining to his Department need to be debated including, in particular, delays in proceeding towards the second runway at Dublin Airport. I was listening to Mr. Michael O'Leary yesterday on "Today with...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: ------issues around our airports and his plans to grow them in the regions, and Ireland West Airport Knock in particular.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome today's publication of the national climate change mitigation plan. I would welcome a debate on the matter. It is one of the issues of our time. The Government is often criticised for being lax or not wanting to pursue targets, but that is not true. At a high level, everyone agrees that something must be done. There is no dispute. Every day of the week, we are told that there...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I call for a change in the operation of the carers' benefit scheme and the manifest unfairness to which it gives rise. A particular case has brought it to my attention. It is the case of a couple caring for a child who has severe special needs. Each of them would qualify for carers' benefit which, as we know, requires stamps or a social insurance contribution to be paid. Each of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to the House to debate the introduction of a renewable heat incentive scheme. The public consultation on the design and implementation of this scheme closed at the end of March. This is a very important scheme, which if introduced in the right way could potentially reduce heating costs for farmers, big business and small and medium...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: I acknowledge the significant hard work of the Chairman, the clerk and secretariat of the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. I will not mention the members because self-praise is no praise but everybody contributed and-----