Results 3,161-3,180 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I am not sure. Who?
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: Thank you.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: No. I thank her for putting the information on the record.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: Edmund Burke was an able parliamentarian and his words are even more relevant for the discussion under way. I am not sure that history will gain from the new proposals and I am a little concerned, particularly as those involved in the area have expressed their concern. Last June representatives from the History Teachers Association of Ireland told an Oireachtas joint committee that the...
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: -----and I would like to think the momentum will be maintained. I do not know who wrote the history books but that is what was in them at that time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Darragh O'Brien. I concur with the Senator's comments on the commencement order. I also share the views expressed by Senator Bacik on the need to ensure no action is taken that would interfere with the criminal proceedings taken against individuals in the banking sector. When one discusses this issue with members of the...
- Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I welcome the former Senator, now the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, to the House for his first presentation in this Chamber. I congratulate him and wish him well in his new position. I hope the fact that yet another talented politician has come from this House onto the world stage may influence people.
- Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his presentation. In common with Senators on all sides, I welcome the directive and hope it will be transposed into law before the deadline passes. I commend Senator van Turnhout on her excellent report which has filled in the gaps in knowledge that many Senators have about this issue. I propose to focus on two issues. The Minister of State...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I support the comments made in the context of the amendment to the Order of Business by our party leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien. It seems this Government plays around with figures whenever it suits, as we have heard in the Seanad referendum debate. With regard to the 9% VAT rate, the figure the Minister for Finance indicated in public within the last week or two was that there was a loss...
- Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: Do I have a seconder for the amendment?
- Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: Amendment No. 3 is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: The Senator can raise it when discussing the section.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: Yes.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: One and a half minutes.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I am sorry to interrupt the Senator but I misled her. I have been informed that, in fact, she is over time.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: The clerk has informed me that it is a six-minute contribution.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: No, it is ten minutes for the proposer but it is six minutes for everybody else.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I am as much to blame and I apologise for misleading the Senator.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I am sorry for interrupting the Senator's train of thought, it is just that there are so many offering.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Paschal Mooney: I am sorry but the Senator is now well in excess of ten minutes, which is four minutes more than she should have got.