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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In effect, we are saying that the system needs to be proactive, not reactive after damage is done. It is not teed up that way at the moment. I wish to raise one other point of interest as both gentlemen are present. The cost of a barrel of crude oil is down by one third, yet we have only seen a drop of a few cent per litre at filling stations. Can Mr. Moran enlighten us why that is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The Chairman is aware how this problem is being viewed by people in our constituency and the answers given have been very unsatisfactory. There is a problem with the system and if that is not going to be addressed, motorists will be lame ducks and the people whose vehicles have been damaged will be lame ducks again. Something needs to be done. The idea that we will get a lot of convictions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the officials from the Revenue Commissioners. This issue is plaguing my constituency, Mayo. By virtue of that I am aware of other cases around the country. Most citizens think of the Revenue Commissioners as a State organisation that knows how to get a job done, is effective, does an excellent job but their investigation of contaminated petrol has been a disaster. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The Chairman had indicated I would speak next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: That is fine.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity of petrol which was identified in Bournemouth, England, last summer as contaminated and subsequently rejected as unfit for the UK market that was imported into this jurisdiction and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46410/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have established the source and chain of supply of contaminated petrol complained of by hundreds of persons in County Mayo and elsewhere since last summer whose vehicles have been destroyed or seriously damaged; the action that is being taken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the road side checks of petrol tankers for contaminated fuel that have been conducted by the Revenue Commissioners since last summer and prior to that as a matter of standard practice; the number and nature of such checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks of petrol tanks in filling stations for contaminated fuel that have been conducted by the Revenue Commissioners since last summer and prior to that as a matter of standard practice in County Mayo in particular and elsewhere around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46413/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: It is an issue that affects people in rural Ireland who do not have a proper water supply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Some people did not get a chance to contribute at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In fairness, we can all go and talk to the Minister directly. I have an issue that I wanted to raise here. I have communicated with the current Minister and with his predecessor about it but it is problem that does not seem to fall within the scope of the marching parades against water charges. People in rural Ireland are looking for new group water schemes but are being discommoded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In Mayo, there were seven schemes planned but following the change of rules, only two of them made the cut. There are people who have been waiting for years since the Clár scheme collapsed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I have communicated with the Minister on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: If the Minister has a few more minutes, I had a serious question for him regarding water. It is obvious that the time allocated---

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I would welcome an assessment of the information campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency. Last week an information campaign was run in County Mayo and several public meetings were held. By no means were the numbers who turned out overwhelming, notwithstanding the radio campaign and so on. People are concerned that this will open a can of worms. They are concerned that...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the public health risk from exposure to high levels of radon gas in homes in certain parts of the country, his views on introducing a grant scheme to assist with the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy to provide financial assistance firstly to encourage householders to have a radon test...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The serious public health risk posed by exposure to high levels of radon gas in some houses around the country is well known. Radon gas is linked with 250 cases of lung cancer per year in Ireland, and the message of the national radon control strategy is to build awareness and get people to address the issue. In order to assist with the objectives and implementation of the national radon...

Other Questions: Radon Gas Levels (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister. I am concerned that although radon has been spoken of for some years, having talked to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and others involved in radiological protection, I have concluded there has been little effect on the general public. This is evidenced by the number of radon tests on houses. The map attached to the national radon control strategy shows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I apologise for not being here for the presentation but I was dealing with other business in the Dáil. With regard to funding the State gave to the universities and third level colleges to engage in research and development on seaweed, by-products and so on, people with an interest in this industry who could be classified as being in the start-up category expressed a concern to me that...