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- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: The Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: More Members wish to speak on this matter. To accommodate them, we would need to extend the time for this debate.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Order. Senator Conway-Walsh has already made her point.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: That concludes the statements.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, to the House to discuss the implications of apparent and obvious changes in American policy relating to immigration and trade. Last week the Ornua chairman, Aaron Forde, pointed out that already five Ornua graduates have been refused visas to enter the US and two staff in the US were initially refused a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: The biggest issue is environmental concern in regard to industrial-scale fish cages at sea. Many concerns have been expressed by anglers and their associations who are fearful of damage to wild salmon and other wild fish stocks. Inland Fisheries Ireland has expressed concern too. When one hears those concerns being rightly expressed, one wonders to what extent they are proven to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: I am glad Dr. Beamish has offered his opinion on this. He uses the word "organic". Is it not the case that these salmon are still in cages? They are still in the same environment. It is just that what they are being fed is not the same. They get certified as organic on the same basis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Before Dr. Beamish moves on, perhaps he could speak to the concerns of Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is charged with salmon conservation, about aquaculture proposals and in particular, projects on which it has made submissions and on the effect on wild salmon. It is a State agency. It is not just me or some group saying it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Yes. It has expressed concerns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Do the aquaculture licence determinations include both approvals and refusals? Can the witness provide figures on refusals and the reasons for refusals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: It sounds as if very few are refused when they get to that point because the Department has worked through the issues. With regard to the ones that are refused, I presume a refusal would be on environmental grounds or do they withdraw before they get to that point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Are there any refusals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: My question is not unduly complicated. Would refusals, even if they are few, be based on environmental concerns?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Where there is a substantial change to an application to meet the Department's requirements, is it re-advertised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: A reduction in scale is not deemed material.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: I understand that. In the context of regular planning legislation, if there is a material change, people need to know so the public can once again engage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: I join those who have rightly raised the issue of the "Prime Time Investigates" programme last night. It is quite shocking that we have figures such as those aired and that there are two sets of figures. The CEO of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, has many questions to answer in this regard. People want to hear more than statements of shock from us. The HSE is charged with delivering a health...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: Naturally, we debate Brexit every day at macro level and in terms of what practical steps can be taken to mitigate the possible fallout. As a practical measure, I wish to make a proposal regarding investment in transport infrastructure. We should seek a derogation from EU state aid rules or to provide a temporary framework. There is precedent. Ireland West Airport Knock in my area is...