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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Are they the pirates of the Caribbean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Who is the prosecuting authority? Is it the EPA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: What if the local authority is the polluter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: In the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority's water quality testing in the designated areas, for example, designated shellfish areas pursuant to the shellfish directive, because of storm water and because for the most part these treatment systems are under the control of the local authority, has Mr. O'Mahony encountered water quality diminution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Can the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority identify areas, towns or regions where this problem has occurred along the coast?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: If a member of the public wanted to know about sampling in which the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is engaged, can he or she go the authority's website?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Would it identify an area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am trying to get at something here. There can be different pollutants and different causes but I am referring specifically to waste water treatment plants or sewage treatment plants which are along the coast or which possibly are non-existent because there is only primary treatment of effluent. In general, has Mr. O'Mahony encountered this as a recurring problem, a problem that he has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Are those results being caused by towns and sewage treatment plants or lack thereof as opposed to some other reasons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I get that, but I also understand from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority's activity that it is also identifying the cause of the pollution at the time that has caused this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am merely trying to know are there towns and villages along the coast where the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is having this problem because there are not proper facilities. I am aware of two such towns and I am merely wondering how widespread the issue is. Wearing another hat, this is an issue that we require the likes of Irish Water to tackle. I am merely wondering how prevalent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: That is basically answering the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Obviously, one has to have some conurbation to have these treatment plants.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: In the recently aired RTE two-part documentary "Rural Addiction", we saw the devastation that drugs are bringing to rural Ireland. It is not just an urban problem. Will the Leader bring the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan to the Chamber? There is much focus on the Garda Síochána's fight against drugs and drug barons. However, the problem is that the drugs are getting...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: This is very opportune and timely. I say to the Senator that Fianna Fáil members in my own town were afraid to call a bridge after the same President. The Fianna Fáil attitude toward that particular President is pretty political.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: It is easy to work out when one mentions a bridge to know where she is from.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, to this House. The media has covered the draft rail report which was carried out by the National Transport Authority and Iarnród Éireann which painted a very bleak picture of the finances of Iarnród Éireann, citing annual losses in the running of the operation and the requirement...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome this debate as it is pertinent to this country. It is a sign of the times. We are a more affluent society and are at liberty to make lifestyle choices. Unfortunately, many of the lifestyle choices we make when affluent lead to many of us drinking too much. Irish people must have a sober conversation, pardon the pun, about their...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I intend to address the matter in more detail. I welcome the measures on advertising. A number of measures in this area go to the heart of forming our attitudes to drink. We know advertising is powerful and that is why so much money is spent on it. Equally, if we agree that below-cost selling is a lure or bait to get people in, and it works, why are we not doing something about it? Are...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to deal with the Minister of State's response to a point I made. I did not find her comments on tackling below-cost selling very convincing. I am not only referring to her but I am at a loss to know why this approach has been taken by the Department. Another point is that if these multiples or supermarkets buy an alcohol product that is produced in Ireland and sell it below cost in...