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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am also disappointed with the Minister. The argument has been made clear relative to his response. This is about persons who do this work for reward, specifically set up a child minding service and who may not even know the children. This is not about those engaged in personal intrafamily arrangements or neighbours. They may have a vague relationship with the families and be from the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am also disappointed with the Minister. The argument has been made clear relative to his response. This is about persons who do this work for reward, specifically set up a child minding service and who may not even know the children. This is not about those engaged in personal intrafamily arrangements or neighbours. They may have a vague relationship with the families and be from the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am still not quite sure of the purpose of the amendment. We are discussing the vetting of people who will be employed to look after children. The amendment does not specify that it excludes convictions for child abuse, paedophilia or anything of this nature. Perhaps I have misinterpreted the amendment. I am interested to hear the Minister's views on it. I agree with the overall...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: This is an opportunity to raise an issue on who may apply and on the applications process. In that context, I compliment the Minister on hitting the ground running on taking office to address what had been a serious delay in the vetting procedures. Anyone who is involved in this area will testify they were being extended far beyond a reasonable time, especially when one considers that the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise, I meant two to three weeks and not two to three months.

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am reassured by the Minister?s remarks. I have no doubt he will be proactive in this regard but the experience of centralising agencies in recent times has proven to be problematic. I hope there will be an opportunity for the relevant organisation that wishes to make contact to speak to a person rather than an automated telephone system putting one through to six or seven different menus....

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Does the provision include the Garda Síochána itself? I refer to the Soham case where the perpetrator of the murder of the two innocent girls had not been charged but had been investigated by the police. What happened was as a result of a lack of communication between state bodies. Is the Garda Síochána required to provide information along those lines under the section?

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: This is an inter-agency issue between the chief bureau officer and Garda Commissioner. Is there an obligation on the Commissioner to report to the Minister? Will the relevant information be placed in the public domain? It is all very well to produce an internal report but what if people are screaming at the gates and the Minister and members of the public have not been made aware of an...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Is it necessary to have the amendment printed because we are familiar with its wording?

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I do not know how this confusion has arisen because the Leader made it clear that we were continuing with this debate to 2.15 p.m. without any break. I am not casting aspersions on anybody but we will now be delayed in order to have this amendment printed.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I had the honour of being chairman of Fáilte Ireland for the north west from 2008 to 2010. I would like to be in that position still but because I was re-elected to this House, I had to relinquish the chairmanship of that organisation. One of the key elements of the development plan by Fáilte Ireland in the north west, in consultation with other tourism organisations in the west, was to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Editorial Review of The Frontline Presidential Debate: Discussion with RTE (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the delegation from RTE. I am declaring an interest because for most of my working life, I have earned an income from RTE, although I am not at present. That is no reflection on RTE or on myself, it is just the nature of freelance broadcasting, as my titular head in radio, Clare Duignan, would testify. I say that because it pains me that these people are colleagues and this is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Editorial Review of The Frontline Presidential Debate: Discussion with RTE (12 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I should have specifically asked whether it would have been preferable to hold the debate on the Friday preceding the presidential election, which is traditionally held on a Friday. This would have allowed sufficient time for a reflective discussion subsequent to "The Frontline" broadcast. This was the reason I asked the question on the timing of the debate. Holding it on Monday allowed for...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Contributions are rightly focused on the British Government's decision not to hold a public inquiry, which contravenes an all-party motion passed in these Houses in 2006. I compliment the Taoiseach on holding the line on that and he was supported by our party leader in the Dáil yesterday. I remind those who talk about a lack of balance that the revelation that 85% of loyalist killings of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I would like to ask the Minister a simple question. How many prosecutions has the Department carried out in attempting to recover those arrears of ¤350 million and how much have they yielded?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: For the purposes of this debate the Cathaoirleach might consider banning words such as "fairness", "equity" and "justice" because they do not apply to this section or to the overall thrust of this Bill. We have had skirmishes for the past hour and ten minutes but this is the beginning of the discussion on the heart of this Bill. I could not help but reflect that it is coming from a party...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is a dangerous line to take.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is irrelevant.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister should study her 2007 manifesto. How far back does she want to go? It is a fallacious argument.