Results 221-234 of 234 for speaker:Michael Mulcahy

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Michael Mulcahy: ——that the pension reserve fund was more or less a bad scheme. It is probably the most successful scheme in the history of the State which will secure the pensions of the people well into the future. By and large, I approve and support the Bill.

European Council Meeting: Statements. (25 Jan 2006)

Michael Mulcahy: I congratulate the Taoiseach and the Minister for being part of this European Council agreement because if one looked back to the difficulties evident at the Luxembourg Council, reaching agreement at the subsequent Council on the EU budget and the Cohesion Funds for the accession countries appeared almost insurmountable. My first question relates to the Taoiseach's statement that the...

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: I thank Members of the Opposition for tabling this motion on an important matter but it is based on a false premise. It notes that 323 persons have been killed on our roads in the first ten months of 2005. However, there is no mention in the motion of the substantial increase in car registrations. If one goes over the number of roads deaths in recent years and the number of new car...

Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: I read the Ferns Report on two occasions and join others in praising the courage of those victims of child sexual abuse who have come forward voluntarily to give evidence. These acts of courage were borne out by the judgment of Mr. Justice Murphy. The process was obviously distressing and hurtful and impacted on the private lives of the victims and their families, but their decisions to come...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (14 Jun 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage reduction of traffic on city roads since the introduction of the Luas. [19155/05]

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Apr 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: With the permission of the House, I will share time with Deputy Tony Dempsey.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Apr 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: I welcome this timely and necessary Bill. I have full confidence in the members of the Garda Síochána. As a person who has been in public life since 1995, my experience, virtually at all times, has been that the gardaí whom I have met in the discharge of my duties have acted with diligence and integrity, on many occasions, to their own detriment. We are lucky to have men and women of the...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: What flaws?

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: What about the new schools?

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Michael Mulcahy: While not particularly welcoming the Bill, I welcome a second major piece of legislation dealing with dormant accounts funds. The only element of the previous speaker's speech with which I agree is that nobody anticipated the extent of funding that would become available as has happened with many recent financial issues. Nobody, not least the Department of Finance, has quite understood the...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (12 Oct 2004)

Michael Mulcahy: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the Adjournment debate of 6 November 2003 concerning art teacher qualifications, if she will act on the apology recommended by her own inspectorate for the severe career damage caused by the failure of key Department personnel to wind up her Department's hazardous technical schools system of art teacher training in the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael Mulcahy: We should remind ourselves that whenever we seek to make any change to the Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann, we should do so carefully and warily. Bunreacht na hÉireann has served this country extremely well and is the backbone of our society, our community and of the body politic. This morning, the Joint Committee on European Affairs, of which I am a member, welcomed a delegation of...

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Michael Mulcahy: I thank Deputy Haughey for permitting me to share some of his time. I welcome the programme of the Irish Presidency, Europeans — Working Together, as well as the speech made by the Taoiseach in the House earlier. Many issues referred to in the programme will have to be tackled. When one examines the broad thrust of the Presidency, one notices that one or two important issues come to the top...

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Michael Mulcahy: Germany agreed to it.