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Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well in his portfolio. It is no doubt a very challenging one but also a very exciting one to be involved in. Once we have jobs, we can provide services. I welcome and commend the future targets and ambitions set out in the programme for a partnership Government. A commitment is made to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% and to increase the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to raise the issue of our archaic and discriminatory motor tax system. It is years old and not fit for purpose. It militates, in particular, against those on low incomes or whose personal finances are stretched. People who are renewing their motor tax and wish to pay by instalments, which people who are on a tight budget often wish to do, end up paying more over the course of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: It is inherently unfair. As we face into budget discussions, I would like the Leader to bring this issue to the attention of the Ministers for Finance and Transport, Tourism and Sport so that it might be corrected. In fairness to people and the difficult circumstances in which they find themselves, we could develop a new system. It was previously proposed that the tax should relate to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am not suggesting that that should be the system. However, the tax could be added to the cost of petrol or diesel at the filling station. This would, of course, mean that filling stations were collecting another tax on behalf of the State, but I do not think the current system is fair and we should do something about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The high cost of fertiliser is a serious concern for farmers. It is not a new issue as the cost has been high for a number of years. It is notable that the cost has not decreased as one might have expected with the reduction in the cost of a barrel of oil, as that is one of the feed-in costs to the production of fertiliser. Why is that? The Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, commissioned a...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: After the dust has settled on the Brexit vote, so to speak, and on the water fight on the Thames as it was called, there are many questions to be answered. We are at a point where we are trying to come to terms with what it all means, the enormity of the implications of the vote, what has happened, why it happened, what it means for us and for Europe into the future and so forth. The...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: The time flew. Senators should please not say anything to the contrary. The buzz phrase for a long time was, “It’s the economy stupid”. The architects of the economy are displaying their stupidity when it comes to the ordinary people and how disenfranchised they are. The situation gives us all pause for thought not just in the UK, but in Ireland and across Europe, on...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to raise an issue that highlights the shoddy attitude that big business can have to the ordinary man and woman and what it is getting away with it. I refer on this occasion to insurance companies, not banks. An elderly woman in my home town was unable to pay her car insurance premium by postal order. She sent her postal order to the insurance company but it was returned and the...

Seanad: Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I also want to be associated with the expressions of sympathy on the untimely and unseemly death of Jo Cox, MP. It is difficult to exaggerate the shock felt at the sad news of her murder. The big question relates to why this happened. When we hear further details, there does not seem to be an answer to that question. We have gone so far in the western democratic world, safe in the...

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister and I wish him well. I also welcome his statement on the future of health care. While ten years seems a long time, what is significant is that he referred to bringing all sides on board and to obtaining different views on how we might achieve a more desirable health care system for everybody. This will require dialogue and that dialogue will take place in the context...

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, to the House. The next speaker is Senator Nash who has six minutes.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Time, Senator.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am sorry, but the Senator is over time.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I have to call the Minister at 6.40 p.m. and, therefore, I will try to get in as many Members as possible. I ask them to be brief.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: Unfortunately, due to the order of the House, there is no time left for other Members who indicated. I call on the Minister of State to give her concluding statement.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to raise the ruling out of order of the issue I raised under Commencement Matters.It asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure the terms of reference for the new tender process for the issuing of driver licences would require that all post offices would act as agents, enabling the public to obtain-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I am at a loss as the Minister has responsibility for the Road Safety Authority, and the authority deals with the issue of driver licences. My proposal would help post offices and the general public. It should operate like the passport office.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: I ask that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport might be asked to come here.