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- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: The Senator knows better than I do that is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I call on Senator Mark Daly to reply to the debate.
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: Please refrain from referring to individuals who have not gone through any due process in a court of law.
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: What date?
- Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I want to highlight an issue and ask a question. The extension of the accelerated capital allowances to sole traders, which in effect gives a tax break to farmers investing in energy efficient equipment and allows them to write off 100% of the purchase price, was a welcome provision in budget 2017. That will result in a saving in their energy costs and reduce the carbon emissions. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: What is the rationale for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: The townland boundaries tend to be natural ones - streams etc., meaning that in general the land is similar within a townland. It would have made sense from that point of view.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: Has the consultation on that concluded? I understand it is in the pipeline.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: There is a land use issue. Heat incentives are the responsibility of a another Department, as Mr. O'Driscoll said. Willow will grow anywhere, but for it to be commercially viable it needs to grow on reasonably arable land. Farmers cannot grow and cut it in a bog. There is competition with land that might be somewhat marginal but not quite marginal enough. The crop has to be accessible....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: What about the ACAs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: The scheme was extended in 2015 for three years to the end of 2017 and it was extended to include sole traders in the most recent budget.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I ask the indulgence of the Chairman to allow me time to discuss the Japanese knotweed that is a universal problem in County Mayo. Many signs have been erected on the sides of roads warning people not to interfere or cut in an area. Has the plant interfered with farming practices?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: Has it affected pasture lands?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: Mayo County Council, as part of its roads programme, will spray the plants for three years and not cut them. It is not a one-off treatment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I thank Mr. O'Driscoll for his comments.
- Seanad: Agricultural Prices and Decision by UK to Leave EU: Statements (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister to the House. I imagine we are going to have many more conversations about this particular issue as Brexit unfolds and as the implications become more apparent. It is fair to say that we have journeyed a long way since 1 January 1973 when we joined Europe. Most of our external trade was bilateral trade with the UK. We diversified into so many areas. To this day,...
- Seanad: Agricultural Prices and Decision by UK to Leave EU: Statements (25 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (19 Oct 2016)
Michelle Mulherin: I am delighted the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is in the Chamber to deal with this matter. I ask him to immediately, not some time in the future, end the discrimination and injustice that pupils of Inver national school are experiencing by being denied the benefits offered by the DEIS scheme. The school is in a rural area with dispersed national schools. Every other school in the...