Results 2,381-2,400 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: -----which is an honourable order. If one goes to St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle one will see the various flags of the recipients of the old Order of St. Patrick. It was abolished in 1921 and I see no reason it should not be reintroduced. Every other country has an honours system. The most republican of republics, France, has a far more elaborate honours system than even the...
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: You made sure that he was not.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: No, on a personal and human level. It had nothing to go with Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: He was not a Fianna Fáil candidate.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, purely to correct the record.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: For the record, Mr. Gallagher was not a Fianna Fáil candidate.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: It is important.
- Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: It is important to Mr. Gallagher and to his family but the Senator does not have to think about them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I was astonished to learn that a circular was supposed to have issued from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to local councils imposing yet another cut. It was reported in today's Irish Independent that the Longford county manager confirmed that â¬1.3 million has been cut from his budget in the seventh month. Local authorities are already suffering under the...
- Seanad: Employment Support Services (19 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I understand he will respond to me on behalf of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton. An Irish executive from PayPal Ireland publicly announced last week that her company will have to import workers to fill approximately 500 of the 1,000 new jobs it announced earlier this year. She bemoaned the fact that PayPal Ireland has...
- Seanad: Employment Support Services (19 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister of State for his response. While I had originally intended that the matter would be addressed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, I understand the reason it is being addressed by a Minister from the Department of Education and Skills as it is related to education. I welcome the various initiatives to which the Minister of State...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I am pleased the Minister has taken a balanced approach in this regard. As he is aware, Fianna Fáil pushed for further reforms in this area and I reiterate that Fianna Fáil relies on small individual donations for more than 80% of its funding. The party's position has been that corporate donations should be banned outright. However, I agree the Minister has struck the right balance in...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I support these amendments. I note amendment No. 10 inserts the clause "whether the donation was requested from the donor, and if so, the name and postal address of the person who requested the donation". That is quite significant in light of the reports of the Mahon tribunal, especially as they applied to local politicians in the early 1990s. It is sometimes forgotten that all of the...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I agree with the Minister. There is a danger that, in setting up SIPO, we have created a form of bureaucratic monster. For those of us who are in the political arena, the amount of paperwork through which one now must go quite meticulously to ensure that one does not make mistakes is comprehensive. That is the era in which we live of openness, accountability and transparency. In...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: That will definitely be one for Miriam Lord tomorrow.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I rise more in fear of being tweeted by Senator O'Keeffe for not making a contribution. I cannot extend the touchy-feely side of my nature to endorsing everything that has been said by the female Members on both sides.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: I should put that on the record. As he leaves this Chamber, I am sure the Minister, Deputy Hogan, is wondering what happened to result in wonderful bouquets being thrown at him rather than brickbats. I believe he thrives more on the brickbats than he does on the bouquets. The statistic quoted by Senator Bacik that 86% of Irish people believe the political system is corrupt is a warning...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Jul 2012)
Paschal Mooney: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group I endorse everything said by the Leader and I thank him for his continuing courtesy and understanding of the political foibles in which we all indulge from time to time. I wish him and all on the Government side of the House a very welcome respite. I look forward to returning to the fray in September.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)
Paschal Mooney: Although it is probably inevitable, my party regrets the note of partisanship that crept into the speech by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, in introducing the text of the referendum on children's rights when she talked about neglect in the past 20 years. It seems the benchmark in this regard is the statement by the former Supreme Court judge, Mrs....
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)
Paschal Mooney: -----will know the pain and anguish that has been caused as a result of the withdrawal of budgets since last July and which will continue to happen. I am asking for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to attend the House to debate this matter. I also urge a note of caution. If consent has been withdrawn by a significant portion of the population to household...