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Seanad: Road Signage (20 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State will be aware that this issue has been bouncing around a number of Departments, so to speak. I am not anticipating the Minister's reply but I hope it would at least flesh out the question I am asking. Road signs are dealt with by way of an order made by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the Road Traffic Acts. The technical specifications are laid out...

Seanad: Road Signage (20 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister for that response as it fills in many of the gaps on the history and background to signage. However, most of the response is taken up with the issue of design and the manner in which signs should be displayed. The core of my argument is the point mentioned in the last sentence of the response, that signage is a matter for local authorities. I agree and have no...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to join with my colleague from County Leitrim, Senator Comiskey, in welcoming the recommendations of the constituency commission, in that Leitrim has been reunited politically. I sat on the Government benches, where Senator Comiskey is now, when the previous constituency commission report was debated in this House. During the debate on the previous constituency commission report, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The amendment reads: "That the debate on Second Stage of An Bille Gaeltachta 2012 shall adjourn after two hours."

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Ó Domhnaill moved the amendment and I have seconded it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Can the Chair guide me on this? The CPP seems to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It seems the CPP made a decision that was not conveyed to the membership of this House. In that sense, can this House overturn the decision of the CPP? Have we the right-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Have we any rights, as Members of this House, to decide how the House is used? I fully agree with Senator Landy's point. I do not agree with this.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: There should be a vote on this and that vote should overturn the decision of the CPP.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: While my party might have some quibble about the wording of the motion tabled by Senator Norris in terms of how it would be implemented, we support the broad thrust of it and, therefore, I formally second his proposed amendment. I raise an issue which was reported in yesterday's national newspapers on the IDA policy on the location of jobs and industries throughout the country. A...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: -----17 youngsters are gone. The club is struggling. These are the facts and it is time the Government grasped the nettle. I am not suggesting it should force industries which want to locate in this country and provide valuable jobs to locate in particular areas; nor am I in any way casting aspersions on those areas in which jobs have been created. What I am saying is that the Government...

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste and note there is a great deal of history surrounding this legislation, not least the historic moment occasioned by the presence of Her Excellency, the ambassador of Croatia. As someone who was a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2007, approximately, I visited Croatia a number of times. When Slovenia, in the eyes of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: There is an advertising standards authority.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is the end of the matter then.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator does not like reality.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is a bit rich. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.

Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I was a member of the committee that prepared this report and we met a variety of stakeholders, both in committee and externally. Therefore, I welcome the opportunity for the House to discuss this important element of the Irish make-up, particularly if we manage to have a successful flow from the Atlantic seabed, as seems to be initially indicated. Perhaps we are in for better times. The...

Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Fracking is specifically referred to in the report.