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Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: That is unprecedented.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am asking you again. Are you saying the Chair is partial?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Senator, I remind you, that is precisely why I intervened.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Fair enough.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: This really is the nub of this whole charade. Will the citation be put before the people? Section 5 states: "The several amendments of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be collectively known as and may for all purposes be collectively referred to as the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution". Is that all the people will be presented with when they go into the ballot box on...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: -----in the Schedules where they will be deleted from the Constitution and consigned to the dustbin of history. If that is the way this Government is going to play this game, shame on it.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: That was the first question I asked the Minister of State but he did not respond. That was the whole basis of the debate.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: That was part of the theme of my own contribution yesterday - that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: That is certainly the trend that seems to be being adopted, given the manner in which this legislation will be put before the people. We have at least established that the wording that will be presented to the people may or shall - we are assuming that it will, because I cannot see what else - include the abolition. It will not, however, include the fact that the Government will be...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: What will the Referendum Commission's role be? Will it be putting forward both sides of the argument?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Will that be a requirement, to put forward the pro and anti sides?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: In recent days, a budgetary provision Members discussed and debated some months ago in this Chamber with the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, has come into effect. It will have an impact on single-parent families and according to reports from the Department, approximately 25,000 single parents will now move from direct payments to the jobseeker's category, which will mean a...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am somewhat disappointed by the inference made by Senator Jimmy Harte in his contribution. I have shown respect for the views that have been expressed on all sides of this argument. It is clear, during the debate in both Houses, that many people have been conscience-stricken in this regard. When one gives respect to those who have arrived at a decision to support the Bill, it is...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (16 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It is appropriate that the Minister is taking this matter as I bring it before the House following a letter that appeared in The Irish Times recently from a constituent of his, a Ms Jane Jackson. Based on the information she provided, I felt it a matter appropriate to the Adjournment. Japanese knotweed grows vigorously and it out-competes all other plants beneath it. It is spread in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (16 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful for the comprehensive reply and I am particularly encouraged that the regulation referred to is currently being evaluated. I hope it will not be too long before it is put in place. As the Department is keeping abreast of initiatives under way in Britain, is it within the Minister's remit to encourage local authorities, through his Department, to address the issue and become...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (16 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to put a simple question on the Title of the Bill, which is a sleight of hand being perpetrated on the Irish people. The Title was dreamed up in the immediate aftermath of the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Savita Halappanavar, and it was put out in order to gain traction among the broad mass of the Irish people, who would automatically and sympathetically go along with...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am attempting to explain why the Title is incorrect.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Excuse me. Could I rely on the Leas-Chathaoirleach's advice on how else I could do that?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Paschal Mooney: This section deals with the Title of the Bill and in order to back up the argument I make I must refer to another section of the Bill. It relates directly to the argument I am putting forward that the Bill is not about the protection of life but rather the ending of life. The Title has managed to massage significant swathes of the Irish people that are not opposed to this. If I just saw...