Results 1-20 of 234 for speaker:Michael Mulcahy

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...

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...

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?

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

Michael Mulcahy: That is not a point of order.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

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

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...

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...

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Hear, hear.

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...

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...

Banking System: Motion (30 Mar 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: I wish to share my time with Deputy Paul Gogarty, with the permission of the House. As the famous saying goes, those who do not learn from their mistakes are condemned to repeat them. This is, without doubt, the most serious financial crisis in the history of the State, brought about by a combination of factors which all occurred in a relatively short period of time: an international...

Banking System: Motion (30 Mar 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Given the amount of legislation, the complex nature of the problems the State is grappling with and the depth of the recession, the Minister for Finance and the Government have done exceptionally well in this area. I sat through the Second and Committee Stage debates on the NAMA legislation, as Deputy Higgins can testify, and although some good and genuine points were made by the Opposition,...

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...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Deputy Creed should listen.

Job Creation. (16 Feb 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: That is not a point of order.

Banking Crisis: Statements (19 Jan 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: An inquiry into the banking failure which occurred over the past two years is essential. I commend the Minister for Finance on the proposals he has drafted for an inquiry. I will adopt the reasoning used by the Minister and the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Peter Power, both of whom were very eloquent. If one is a pensioner who has lost a pension, a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2010)

Michael Mulcahy: Abbeylara.