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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2014)

Michael Mullins: ...all colleagues who have died in recent years. I wish to flag a good news story, just announced this morning, which is that more than 1,000 young entrepreneurs from every county in Ireland participated in the first ever competition to find Ireland's best young entrepreneur. The 24 finalists in that competition, coming from 17 counties, were announced this morning and will participate in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Mullins: ...- would pass that information on as a matter of urgency to the relevant authorities and that they would be first in the queue with the information. I support the call made this morning by Senator Pat O'Neill for an urgent debate with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, on the beef sector. There is no logical reason farmers in Northern Ireland should...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Michael Mullins: ...jointly by the Ministers for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Agriculture, Food and the Marine - Deputies Hogan and Coveney respectively - and the commission was chaired by Mr. Pat Spillane. That report set out the commission's vision statement to make rural Ireland, "a dynamic, adaptable and outward looking multi-sectoral economy supporting vibrant, resilient and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Michael Mullins: I support Senator Pat O'Neill's call for a debate on the beef industry. Everything he has said is true and is of grave concern in the agricultural sector. I support also the call by the acting deputy Leader, Senator Paul Coghlan, for total transparency in respect of section 38 and section 39 organisations which are receiving significant amounts of State funding. There should be no secrets...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Michael Mullins: ...for a full and frank debate on the Smithwick report. I very much welcome its publication and compliment the judge on his painstaking work over a protracted period. I want to express our sympathies to the families of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan. Our thoughts are very much with them today. It is regrettable that some damage has certainly been done to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Michael Mullins: ...issue for the elderly, in particular. A discussion on this issue would be timely in the light of the recent announcement by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, on oil exploration off our coast. I, therefore, ask the Leader to accommodate a wide-ranging debate on fuel costs and energy provision into the future.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Michael Mullins: I want to extend the good wishes of the House to Fr. Pat O'Brien, the parish priest of Caherlistrane in County Galway, who had a horrific experience over the weekend when his home was broken into and trashed, while he was tied up. Those who broke in were looking for cash or gold to pay significant drug debts. This raises the issues of the size of the drug trade, the resources available to...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Michael Mullins: ...by a great chief executive, Mr. Joe McDonagh, who many remember as a member of that great Galway hurling team of 1980. There was also a very strong management team and progressive chairman in Mr. Pat Gilmore, as well as a wonder adult education officer in Ms Eithne Nic Dhonnchadha. It is only right, when we are moving to a new structure, to acknowledge the wonderful work that those...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Mullins: I also support the calls for a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane. No family should have to endure what Geraldine Finucane and her family have endured in having to wait all those years for the truth about what happened to her husband. It is incumbent on the Government to keep the pressure on the British Government to ensure a public inquiry is held without further delay. As we...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Michael Mullins: ...allow time and space for review and consideration of the matter. I agree with other speakers that there are major issues to be confronted in this House. I support the call by my colleague, Senator Pat O'Neill, for a full debate on housing. There is a crisis in the local authorities in terms of huge waiting lists. We are not in a position to provide housing. We need to look at all the...