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Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Their plan to increase employers' PRSI is literally a tax on jobs.

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I note that notwithstanding all the parading along the Border-----

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: We all know that Brexit poses a huge danger to our economy and our exports, particularly with the fall in the value of sterling. However, Sinn Féin has no plan in its budget to incentivise, encourage or support businesses in that context. Instead, the party is looking at the gains in the economy, the money available to spend and how to spend it. Sinn Féin would spend ten times...

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am just making the point that I was interrupted.

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I will be as quick as possible.

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Thank you. I very much welcome the provisions for the farming and agrifood sectors and rural Ireland generally. One of the biggest challenges facing us is the fact that people are leaving rural Ireland, leaving the land and moving to cities. This is not just a problem for Ireland but also for Europe and the rest of the world. People are leaving rural areas which is resulting in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I reiterate the now urgent call for the extension of the slurry spreading season. The date on which farmers will no longer be allowed to spread slurry, 15 October, is fast approaching, but I am receiving increasing communications from farmers and agricultural contractors who have not had an opportunity to spread slurry at all this year on account of waterlogged lands. It is no secret that...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to come to the House to discuss the effects of food production on climate change and the imposition on Irish farmers to meet our carbon emissions targets. We also need a proper debate about supports and grants for farmers to help them to convert to renewable energy to achieve more energy efficiency. I say this in the context of the...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. In accordance with the order agreed to today, the debate will conclude not later than 4.30 p.m.

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Through the Chair.

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Senator Black has six minutes.

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Senator Paul Coghlan has four minutes.

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The review of the farm assist scheme, which provides assistance to farmers on low incomes, was recently completed. It would be opportune to do something in the forthcoming budget. About 8,000 people are affected, most of them along the western seaboard. The changes in the 2012 and 2013 budgets by the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, have had a very severe negative effect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister and the delegation. The CFRAM programme is an excellent undertaking on the part of the OPW. It is thorough and scientific, and we see what the OPW can do, in conjunction with consultants, in respect of some of the major flood defences that have been built. They have worked. The problem is that they take time, as the Minister of State has highlighted, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Cathaoirleach, I have just one other point and I would be happy to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: It is and it ties in with all of that. There are parts of the River Deel for which nobody is responsible. It is a big issue. There are whole parts of rivers where, if people go to the OPW, the county council or elsewhere, they are told nobody is responsible. There really does need to be a single authority. On the River Deel, the OPW was batting it over to the National Parks and Wildlife...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (28 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I will not take that personally and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing the matter. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This issue has been ongoing for a long time and I ask, once and for all, that proper grant aid be provided to Ireland West Airport at Knock. Under current state aid rules, only 75% may be provided by the Government. The airport has been in negotiations with...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (28 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: My second question has been partially answered. Why is the Department only now having an agreement with Knock airport that it is going to make a special case to the European Commission that would entitle the State to give 90% grant aid funding? This has been going on for three years, including after the study group undertaking and its report. Why has nothing been done? Knock airport...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (28 Sep 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: It has been going on for three years.