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Seanad: Inland Waterways: Statements (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear. I hope it will. It has been on the cards for a long time.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the delegation and thank them for their presentation. I had the opportunity of listening to them last week as well at the briefing in Buswells Hotel. I agree with most of the contribution made by my colleague Deputy Colreavy. As I also come from County Leitrim, I am fully aware of the social importance of the continuing viability of the post office network. It is interesting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: There was a suggestion of an additional cost of €60 million per year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: What choices are provided by the Department of Social Protection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Department has indicated that the electronic transfer system does not give rise to costs. A figure of €60 million was cited. The Department states it would not cost anything if everybody used the electronic payments system through the banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That would require customers to have a post office bank account.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: With respect, it cannot do so without a full banking system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: In response to that the Department indicated that those closures came at a time of an unprecedented level of social welfare payments. The number of payments rose dramatically between 2008 and this year as a result of the economic downturn. However, during the so-called boom times closures were still taking place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: Irish Postmasters Union (26 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The inference from all of that is that post offices needed to diversify in the context of the services they provide. Despite the business relating to social welfare payments - on which the network has been over-reliant - closures were still occurring. This illustrates that even from the mid-part of the previous decade there was a need for An Post to provide a more broadly based and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senators are not allowed to do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: But the Senator did not listen to the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is not supposed to make reference to an absent Member.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I second Senator O'Donovan's amendment. I commend tourism interests on the latest tourism figures, which highlight an 8% increase in tourist numbers between November 2013 and January 2014. That is an astonishing achievement and I congratulate Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and everybody in the hospitality sector for upping their game. Will the Leader consider inviting the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I have already asked the Leader to invite the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, to the House. This is because cultural institutions are a main source of tourism revenue. An extraordinary number of visitors, Irish and non-Irish, visit our cultural institutions and I strongly encourage them to continue to do so. I do not want to single out the National Library of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Last week, I raised the issue of what I believed to be a trend in the Irish hospitality sector to increase prices across the board. I instanced a personal experience I had which in some quarters was received with tongue in cheek. I was, however, trying to make an important point which it seems has now been borne out by the most recent statistics published in today's media. They show that...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: It was in the newspapers last week. I am only quoting what was in the newspapers.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The facts speak otherwise, I am afraid.

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I echo the sentiments expressed by Senators on all sides and I applaud Senator van Turnhout on the initiative she has taken in respect of this matter. I welcome the Minister and the comments she made. I congratulate her on the initiative she took prior to Christmas in respect of Retail Ireland. I presume this initiative is similar to the Mumsnet.com website in the UK, which goes by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Following yesterday's comments on the tourism industry and the pricing regime that seems to be developing, I was not surprised that Senator Paul Coghlan rose to defend the honour and integrity of the industry in Killarney. He did so again this morning. However, the published survey was not kind to Killarney. That saddens me because it-----