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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The question is in the context of that. We have been pressurised and we have made representations for the prioritisation of the N16. Can Mr. Barry outline the status of the N16? When the first national needs study was published in the late 1990s, the development was pushed back to 2018 or 2020. It has bounced around over the past number of years and is of great concern to local people,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: In the list of national road projects, where does the N16 rate, is it at the top of the list? This is not about County Leitrim, it is about trade connection from Galway to the North, through Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim, into Enniskillen and on to Belfast. This could be a major trade route. Has it dropped some places on the priority list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: As soon as the Minister announces the money, we should be on Mr. Barry's tail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Network: Discussion with National Roads Authority (14 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am distributing a video on it to the local authorities. Let me declare an interest; a brother-in-law of mine has created an astonishing machine that is very cost efficient.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: With regard to the debate, I recommend to the House and the wider public that they read Mr. David Quinn's article in today's Irish Independent. The media need to be careful not to rush to judgment. Perhaps the Leader might indicate whether the Government has challenged the besmirchment of the country abroad, particularly by the more scurrilous elements of the British press. They have...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader should check his facts. He should bring in the figures.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader needs to update them.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Unsatisfactory.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Somebody has to answer the questions. Somebody has to have a debate about it.

Seanad: Chalara fraxinea (Ash Dieback Disease): Statements (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State. As all sides of the House have contributed to the debate, I shall not rehash the details. Naturally, there has been a great emphasis on the impact the outbreak is having on the hurley manufacturing industry. I know that he has been involved in consultations on the issue and I have a couple of questions for him. He said, Ash trees planted on the 11 sites in...

Seanad: Chalara fraxinea (Ash Dieback Disease): Statements (15 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator did say so.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I add my voice to other speakers regarding the ongoing loss of life in the Gaza Strip as a result of the exchange of rockets across the border between Gaza and Israel. While nobody should condone the violence and loss of innocent lives in Israel and the Gaza Strip, I hope the ongoing discussions, with Egypt acting as an honest broker, will reach a satisfactory conclusion so that the conflict...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Network (20 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte den Aire Stáit. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am very pleased that the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, is dealing with this matter. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. Last week the committee heard a submission from Mr. Fred Barry, the chief executive of the National Roads Authority, and its officials. In the course of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Network (20 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State knows where I am coming from.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Network (20 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. However, it is obvious that a project scheme is in place for the period 2012 to 2016. The Minister of State has outlined a number of these projects and has referred to the severe constraints on the public budget. In the context of the 2012 to 2016 capital budget, is Government planning to confine itself to the projects as outlined and only if...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I share the views expressed on all sides with regard to the ongoing conflict being imposed on a stricken region. I also echo the compliments and applause for the Egyptian position on this matter. There had been some doubt following the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood, who are the ideological mentors of Hamas, that this might upset the balance within the region. However, President Morsi...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Boots, which is now a major player in the retail pharmacy market in this country and a huge supplier of toothpaste, recently stopped stocking Fiacla, which I endorse for no other reason than that it is a toothpaste made in Kilkenny. I do not understand the reason for this decision and propose to write to the consumer affairs director of Boots in this regard. Currently, the range of...

Seanad: Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his very comprehensive outline of the Government's strategy for public transport in the context of the Bill which Fianna Fáil will be supporting, given its importance. As the Minister of State outlined, CIE is in a very dark place. Its future, according to a recent auditor's report, is under serious threat. During the summer the Minister...

Seanad: Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is absolutely dire on the Sligo-Dublin route.

Seanad: Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is hoped the Official Report will record an unauthorised intervention from the Chair as having been made by an unidentified person.