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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, ISCP, in a submission referring to Part 4 containing the amendment to the Pensions Act 1990 that will give additional powers to the trustees of pension schemes, attached an extract from the debate in the Dáil and noted the Minister's assurance that "It is not a question of anybody being reduced". It had been indicated that this was a technical...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, are we actually on the record of the House? The screen is not showing live proceedings.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(4) For the purposes of calculating liability for PRSI on rental income, the same categories of deductible expenditure shall be allowable as may be used to reduce liability for income tax on that rental income.”.I thought for a moment that we were introducing a much-needed reform from the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Minister saying that the net income is taken into account? Is the Minister inferring that the normal costs and so on would be taken into account prior to the application of the extension of the PRSI?

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister made the point about other landlords. The statistics quoted yesterday by Senator Power indicate that only 1,500 landlords across the country have an excess of ten properties and that the overwhelming majority of those defined as landlords have only one property at most. I am not sure where the Minister is coming from in terms of her projected loss of income but the main thrust...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The figures are from the National Youth Council. We all received them.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: You did not, actually.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator did not do so today. He said he received them from a source.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment. We are also dealing with amendment No. 13, which is my own amendment. We had quite a detailed discussion on this yesterday. I do not expect the Minister to launch into another dissertation similar to what she gave yesterday because we have already got the message. However, the message in this instance, and I assume it is similar coming from Senator Healy Eames and...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “11. The Minister shall, as soon as practicable, lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report detailing the implications of mortgage interest supplement being retained at least until the Central Bank can produce satisfactory evidence that lenders have sustainable strategies to maintain people in...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister for what has been a marathon session and I confirm that this House has achieved even more relevance than it normally would have considering the huge controversy over the amount of time given to this Bill in the other House. There was no such difficulty in this House and I compliment the Leader of the House on allowing it. While we disagreed on a number of vital issues...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I want to put on the record my sympathy and I am sure that of Members on all sides of the House to the family of the late Eddie McGrady, the SDLP MP who passed away in the past 48 hours. I had the great pleasure of meeting Mr. McGrady on a number of occasions and he was an extraordinarily compassionate and committed public representative. I extend my deepest sympathy to his family. To...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am honoured to have the opportunity to pay a small tribute to the late former Senator Eamon de Buitléar, primarily because I had the pleasure to serve with him in the House between 1987 and 1989. Rather interestingly, when he first came to the Seanad, he did not sit in this august Chamber because its ceiling had all but collapsed at that time. Instead, he and the other Senators were...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I fully endorse everything the Leader said in regard to the apportioning of allowances to Senators. The Minister indicated that he was encouraged by those Senators who set out their stall on this issue on Second Stage. I am pleased to put my view on the public record without equivocation and ambiguity, or concern for what the reaction might be in certain sections of the media. As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On the question of wave energy, is the Marine Institute involved in research off the west coast of Belmullet in County Mayo?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The reason I asked that question is that I am a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and we have just completed a report on wave and wind energy. During the course of evidence gathering, we visited Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands where there are a number of research sites. A number of international companies are operating a variety of different technologies. I understand that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Has Dr. Heffernan heard any criticism of the decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It has been said that the height of the waves is much too high for the type of technology that is currently under way. That is the message we got.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The report has gone to both the Government the British Government. That is the normal process. I hope something positive will emerge from it. One of the key areas is co-operation between the two jurisdictions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The technology is at an early stage.