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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: It is welcome that this week has started on a very positive note. I join my colleagues in welcoming the jobs initiative announced yesterday. I hope 13 February will be remembered as the day on which we started a real fight-back in this country to create some badly needed jobs. I support the call made for a full debate in the House on the jobs plan. It would be appropriate for all those...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Lack of accountability and measurable results bedevilled previous plans. What is to be welcomed in this new plan is that the Taoiseach has nailed his colours to the mast and put his reputation on the line. He has said that on a quarterly basis he will give an account to the Oireachtas on how the plan is progressing, which is to be welcomed. As we discuss this issue on St. Valentine's Day,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I support the call made by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade last night in Washington for the reinstatement of an OSCE presence in Belarus where there is a continuing erosion of human rights. Belarus closed the OSCE office in Minsk after OSCE observers called the country's December 2010 presidential elections badly flawed. Since then, there have been many popular...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I support every word uttered by Senator Zappone on the RTE programme last night. I also join in the words of congratulations to RTE on a programme very well presented. It is highly embarrassing and disgraceful that so many men in this country support organised crime, put the lives of vulnerable women at risk and infringe their human rights. The House needs to have a debate on criminality...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I congratulate the Minister of State and the Taoiseach on the progress they made on two key issues, namely, the jobs and growth agenda and the fiscal compact treaty. I pay tribute to the civil servants who put in long hours over the Christmas period to defend the best interests of this country. We are fortunate to have public servants of the highest calibre. In the simplest of terms, this...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Unfortunately, the Order of Business was agreed earlier this afternoon.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I support the request by my colleague, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar to make a statement on the situation in Galway Airport. The dawn raid by Bank of Ireland is both unethical and unacceptable. From the reports this morning, the employees at the airport are fearful that their legitimate redundancy payments may be jeopardy....

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Is the Senator disappointed?

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: He has outsmarted the Opposition again.

Seanad: Employment Rights (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: The Senator has made his point.

Seanad: Health Services (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: It gives me great pleasure to welcome the Tánaiste, a fellow native of east Galway, to the House. Even though he represents a Dublin constituency, people in east Galway regard him as one of their own. He attended Garbally College, as did I, and I wish him well. He is carrying a particularly heavy workload as party leader, as Tánaiste, as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and now as...

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Has the Tánaiste been given additional resources to carry out this crucial function?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: We had many calls this morning for a debate on ethical journalism but we need a debate on ethical banking. A situation was highlighted by my colleague, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, last week in which Bank of Ireland lifted €1.1 million from Galway Airport's bank account to off-set against loans. I wish to make it clear that Bank of Ireland did nothing illegal, but morally it was...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Will the Leader speak to the appropriate Minister in order that we might have that debate? Every morning a Senator raises the issue of small business not being able to obtain finance. It needs urgent attention.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: I strongly support Senator Bradford's request that the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Deenihan, come before the House to discuss how we might best leverage the benefits to be had from the very many historic centenaries that will be celebrated here in the coming years. I raised this matter during our debate on job creation last week. As many of the events relating...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: As stated during the debate on job creation, we should consider the possibility of providing subsidised transport for tourists who come to our country and who can produce airline or ferry tickets. As a result of the distances and the costs involved, we must consider the introduction of incentives designed to attract people to visit the regions and maximise the benefits the country will enjoy...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: They must have got permission on a section 4 motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: What is the official's name?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: Senator Leyden cannot have it both ways.