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Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Despite what has been said on the other side of the House, Senator Terry Leyden has raised a fundamental issue in regard to the forthcoming referendum. As somebody who was actively involved in previous referendums, I advise the Government to tread very carefully in how it presents this issue to the people. The first referendum on the Nice treaty which was essentially a housekeeping exercise...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is shameful. Sanctions should be imposed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader should name and shame those to whom he refers. This type of thing has been going on for too long.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I echo the remarks of my colleague, Senator Ó Murchú, in thanking the Leader for facilitating these expressions of sympathy to the late Mickey Doherty. I am one of the few current Members who had the pleasure of serving in the House with him, which is an admission of my own advancing years. What I always remember about him, whether it was inside or outside the House, was the twinkle in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is one way of putting it.

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise. We were slightly distracted in working out the order of speakers, which allowed Senator Bradford some extra time.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: While I accept what has been ordered, I am sure the Leader will agree that it is somewhat light, even on a Thursday. Will he endeavour to get some of his ministerial colleagues to consider bringing forward more legislation on a Thursday? Once again, the Government has been embarrassed, but I am sure it is also seething with anger at another leak from the European Commission to the finance...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am talking about the perception from the EU and that it is not receiving the level-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is possible that the level of acceptance the Government is conveying of it being ad idem with the EU and the troika in respect of budgetary policy may not necessarily be what it appears. Given that it is very much in the news I reassure the Leader and the House that Fianna Fáil remains steadfast in its support for the Government in respect of the referendum. It is with regret that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is an absolutely outrageous statement to make, either inside or outside the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, if the remark in question is not withdrawn, the Fianna Fáil Senators will leave the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The eurozone.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am very encouraged by the Minister's remarks.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: They switched overdrafts to term loans and called them new loans.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister needs to provide more clarity on what is happening in the banks. We have public service directors sitting on bank boards, yet they are massaging the figures by turning overdrafts into term loans, which is crippling small businesses. Last weekend, the Heritage Council issued a report which indicated that if the Government were to accept its recommendations, upwards of 5,000 jobs...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Far be it from me to divert from my friend and colleague from County Leitrim. He might be sincere in his comments, but my colleagues and I were excoriated while on that side of the House by the then Opposition because Ministers were travelling abroad during St. Patrick's week. The criticism was not exclusive to the Opposition, in that it came from the media as well, which branded every...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I agree with Senator Comiskey, but I am astonished by the turnaround that inevitably occurs when governments and oppositions shift.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I raised the issue in the House and on the tourism committee two years ago. Not only was I excoriated, but the media came down on me on the basis that I was supposedly attempting to stifle its right, which I stoutly defend, to investigate the public cost of Ministers travelling abroad. Ignoring Senator Comiskey's remarks on the report, something needs to be put on the record. This is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That indicates the level of - I will not say ignorance - lack of understanding among the general public, which has been fuelled to a large degree by the media through the years. This is about the week of St. Patrick's Day - the most important week for the country's economy and the future well-being of the country. I applaud the Government on what it is doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I had been hoping it would be a Leitrim crystal bowl but perhaps when we get a Taoiseach from Leitrim.