Results 41-60 of 204 for speaker:Tony Mulcahy

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Second Stage (27 May 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: On Tuesday, 9 June.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: The tone of the motion deals with receivers as enforcers and nobody would condone such behaviour. I will not start by saying it is okay. The two Senators have outlined two cases, but will they confirm if they concern private or commercial dwellings? I seek clarity on what is being debated. If they do not wish to indicate whether the properties are private or commercial, will they name the...

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: It is important that we know who and what we are talking about. If somebody reads a newspaper story, he or she can play it in any way he or she likes. The Government has opened various avenues to tackle the dire mortgage issue, as Senator Aideen Hayden indicated. I thank her for her contribution. I will not say everything the Government has done is great or wonderful and that we will dig...

Seanad: National Council for Special Education Inclusion Support Services: Statements (22 Apr 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I welcome the improvements in services in this area. I speak as a parent and a long-time advocate of disability services. While this is not meant as a criticism, I am irked by the fact special educational needs organisers, SENOs, are overruling far more qualified clinicians, clinical psychologists and educational psychologists when it comes to the provision of services. I had a case...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I support Senator Paschal Mooney's call for a debate on special needs assistants. We sometimes get lost in making global statements on special needs assistants and refer to cases where one is minding or helping to mind seven children. One might be all that is needed as there is a teacher in the class also. I can talk from experience because I was in this position with my daughter. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I recommend that we write to the petitioner, asking him to state specifically the reasons he believes these appointments were illegal under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to point out the breaches of the legislation. We should consider the petition at the end of term review, with possible corrective recommendations to be made at that stage as to where the system night have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: We should write back to the petitioner and update the petitioner and the supporters on the new whistleblower legislation. I recommend we refer the complaint to the Joint Committee on Health and Children. I would strongly reserve our position with the Joint Committee on Health and Children but we may request it to conduct an investigation and report back to us. We would want to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I formally propose that we write to both the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation informing them that the joint committee recommends the implementation of sections 9.5.2., 9.5.3 and 9.6.4 of the draft code of practice as produced by the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI), and ask has the Department of...

Seanad: Succession (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend Senator Quinn on introducing the legislation before Members today. The Minister for Justice and Equality come into the House recently to respond to a Commencement matter I raised in respect of domestic violence legislation and this is the ultimate end of the domestic violence crime. The Minister has given me a commitment that before...

Seanad: Succession (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: In fairness, the Attorney General stated that she is not convinced the Bill, as formulated, would withstand constitutional challenge. That is the opinion of the Attorney General and that is what I said.

Seanad: Succession (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: At 12 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 March.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (3 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: The question is pretty straightforward. It asks what are the proposals for bringing forward domestic violence legislation this year. I will speak on behalf of the many thousands of victims and victims-to-be who are out there and looking for a permanent solution in this area. A number of things have happened in the past number of months. The report of the Joint Committee on Justice,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (3 Mar 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. We have to do this this year. The Minister knows it is an issue that is close to my heart. It is not a criticism of the Garda but an observation of its recording system. It is only 70 miles to Newry where the PSNI do it differently. I sent a template of that to the Garda Commissioner and to the Minister's office last week. I made the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Most of my questions have already been asked. Mr. Walsh is very welcome. It is good to get an airing of his views. It is the first time we will have heard them publicly. I live in Shannon town and there are fears. In the Aer Lingus debacle of 2007, we lost 368,000 customers in the region and there was devastation. I do not see an issue with the Shannon Heathrow slots, because the three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: It is to qualify that the transatlantic routes are part of the five-year guarantee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG (12 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Not the transatlantic slots?

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: I felt a need to make a contribution because I could not stick hearing terms such as a magic wand and stuff like that being said, and certainly by one of my colleagues in Sinn Féin. We need a magic wand to resolve the issue. However, we need to be realistic about where we have come from and where we want to go. Let us remember that three or four years ago we were borrowing €18...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: With regard to the early childhood scheme, and particularly the free school year, I am aware that representatives of the Association of Childhood Professionals will be protesting here next week. Senator Keane will be addressing them, as far as I am aware. The pay under the early childhood scheme is €62.50 for 15 hours contact work with children for 38 weeks, or 183 days, per year in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: Sinn Féin plays one style of politics down here but does not tell us the rest of the story. The 20,000 people being let go in Northern Ireland-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Tony Mulcahy: -----60,000 here.