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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I rise primarily to express sympathy to the McFadden family on the death of poor Nicky, and also to express my sympathy to the Fine Gael Party for their sad loss. She was an outstanding public representative who was cut down in her prime. I cannot find any cause for complaint with all the eulogies that have been uttered so far today. Her legacy will remain long in the memory in this House....

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I extend a céad míle fáilte to the Mulroy family and, on behalf of Fianna Fáil nationally and locally, express our deepest sympathy on a sad loss. The Mulroy family sat through most of the earlier proceedings during which tributes were paid to the late Deputy Nicky McFadden. Throughout it all, there was a common theme that she was a lady and someone with no enemies. The...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Mar 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Coming from Leitrim, I know the feeling.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I support the comments made by my colleague, Senator David Norris, in utterly condemning the attacks on the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, at his home, involving his family and, more insidiously, the anti-Semitic nature of the attacks.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: There is no place in Irish society for this type of behaviour and this message should go out loud and clear. I know my colleagues in the other House, irrespective of their political differences with the Minister, have also condemned the attacks. The Fianna Fáil group in its entirety utterly and unambiguously condemns this outrageous uncivilised behaviour by a person or persons unknown...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I remind Senators, six weeks ahead of the local elections, of the old cliché that perception is everything in politics. It is not about the reality. Even Irish Rural Link has been chilled to the bone. I am shocked by the statements of the Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, because it is a proven fact throughout the world that public services, particularly bus and rail services, are not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Yes. The rail service would never be viable because there would always be a population imbalance between the west and east of the country. It is a fact of Irish life. If what the Minister stated is endorsed by the Government, woe betide the Fine Gael and Labour Party candidates who will go before the electorate in six weeks time, particularly those in my part of the country-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: They will rue the day they stayed quiet when the Minister threatened to shut down another service in rural Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Taoiseach or the Minister come to the House today to explain and clarify the Government's attitude to and policy on rural Ireland, not only on this issue. It is long past time that the Government was brought to account for the measures it has taken in the past three years. As has been explained by my colleague, Senator Marc MacSharry,...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of the State and wish him well on his appointment as SME envoy. On going through the list of appointments across the SME envoy network, I found it rather interesting that Ireland, by way of its having appointed Minister of State, Deputy Perry, is the only state, with the exception of Malta, to have appointed an individual from a business background. All the other...

Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The third is that "immigrant entrepreneurs are encouraged to come to the country". It has been proven down through the centuries that wherever shifts in population occur and people have moved to a country, those who have come as immigrants to Ireland have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. They are rarely or never a liability on the State because they come here to work and to thrive. If they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta: Chairman Designate (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome Mr. Moloney to this meeting of the joint committee and wish him every success with the important position he is assuming. I look forward to our future exchanges with him in his area of responsibility. Mr. Moloney mentioned that approximately 7% of the land mass is covered by forestry. He will agree that this is considerably lower than the European average, despite Coillte's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta: Chairman Designate (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta: Chairman Designate (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I was only asking.

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. While the motion and Government amendment are similar, the Fianna Fáil Party will divide the House on the issue because, as my colleague, Senator MacSharry, noted, we do not wish to the status quo to continue. Although others have made many of the points I propose to make, it is important to emphasise them in the context of the contributions that have been made....

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Fianna Fáil Party Senators are feeling wry amusement at the new-found enthusiasm of Senator Mullen for septic tanks.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Bacik is correct. Fianna Fáil Senators are smiling wryly because our party has been fighting this issue for several years. The latter day conversion of Senator Mullen to the issue may have something to do with his tramping through the highways and byways of 15 rural counties. I am sure that has been a new experience for the Senator, coming as he does from the leafy suburbs of...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I wish Senator Mullen well and welcome him and his new-found enthusiasm for septic tanks on board. I hope he will continue to follow in the footsteps of the Fianna Fáil Party in protecting those who are financially impoverished. I welcome much of what he said on this issue. I am sure Senator Diarmuid Wilson and I speak for all sides in complimenting President Higgins and his wife,...