Results 221-234 of 234 for speaker:Michael Mulcahy

Banking System: Motion (30 Mar 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: The Opposition cannot have it both ways. It cannot expect the State and the Government to act quickly yet delay and hobble it at every opportunity and in every procedure in the Dáil. That is inconsistent. What has the Opposition proposed? Fine Gael at least supported the bank guarantee but inconsistently does not support the NAMA process. The Labour Party is consistent. It does not...

Death of Polish President: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Apr 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for granting me the special opportunity of adding my voice to the other voices of sympathy for the victims of the Polish Air Force crash on 10 April. I do so first as an Irish citizen and second as a public representative who always has taken a great interest in Poland and holds that country in great affection. When Lord Mayor of Dublin, my first official visit...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: It is not private.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I too welcome this Bill. I also welcome the speech made by the Minister for Finance when he introduced the Bill yesterday. I pay tribute to the Minister. I have only been a Deputy since 2002 and was previously a Senator in the 1990s for three years. I have been a member of a local authority since 1985 and a member of Fianna Fáil since 1979. In all that time, I do not recall any Minister...

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Hear, hear.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I welcome this Bill in so far as it amounts to Ireland's effort to help a fellow eurozone member, namely, Greece. I welcome the Minister's speech and I agree with it entirely. It is quite clear, however, that more needs to be said. The first issue I would like to raise is the issue of scrutiny of all that has transpired in recent weeks. The Lisbon treaty promised greater scrutiny of EU...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Whatever its cause, we were running surpluses. It has always been the intention of any Fianna Fáil-led Administration that we would adhere to that maximum 3% budget deficit requirement at all times. The leader of the Labour Party was happy to accuse the Taoiseach of treason. I would suggest that history will judge very harshly all those politicians who, for naked political gain, have...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Deputy Burton should sit down. She had her say.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: That is not a point of order.

Civil Partnership Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: We are debating amendments Nos. 1 and 2. Both amendments seek to include the word "cohabitants" after the word "partnership". The Minister's amendment proposes including the words "certain rights and obligations of cohabitants" and the other simply proposes the addition of the word "cohabitants". I favour the Minister's wording but with a small caveat. In Part 15, which deals with...

Civil Partnership Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I asked about obligations. What are the obligations referred to in the Title?

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons that medical card applications in the south Dublin area are taking approximately 20 weeks to be processed when submitted manually while on-line applications are taking two weeks; her views on whether this is an excessive period of time; her further views on whether this discriminates against persons who are not computer...

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: It did not say that.

Statements of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (4 Nov 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I move: That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1 January, 2011 and ending on 31 December, 2011, prepared and published by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in accordance with section 13 of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 as amended by section 8 of the Houses of the...