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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to draw attention to the comments made by Senator Quinn about fracking. Not for the first time Senator Quinn has espoused the concept of fracking. He is fully entitled to his opinion, which I totally respect. However, I am unsure whether the research in America to which he referred relates to what is going on or what might happen in my part of the country, the Lough Allen basin,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am not discussing it. The reason I raise it is for my question to the Leader. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, who is a contender for the leadership, has stated that taking €2 billion out of the economy in the October budget is both unnecessary and unhelpful. This question was put to the Taoiseach yesterday and he demurred somewhat and said he would have to await...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: -----regarding the €2 billion that might be taken out of the economy, yet an EU Commission official has said, a little like Mr. John Bruton, that we could continue to have austerity for forever and a day. I believe there is a need to have statements on the economy so we can get a clearer picture, even at this early stage of the budgetary negotiations which the Minister, Deputy Noonan,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The question of where the money will come from remains. A debate on the state of the economy would be of assistance in that regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I was not criticising the Labour Party's leadership process at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should not use me as a platform for-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: More than €2 billion was taken out of the economy. The Senator should not be re-inventing the past.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The only reason I raised the matter-----

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We Irish should be the least racist people in the world, primarily because of our huge diaspora and because of our culture, going back over hundreds of years and sadly right up to the present day, of exporting our people. In America, some 40 million people claim to be Irish and some 60 million or 70 million Irish people - it is a phenomenal figure - have settled worldwide. I, too, was among...

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I also thank the Minister of State for her very kind remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the appointment of a new US ambassador to Ireland. I hope this will accelerate progress on the ongoing issue of immigration reform in the United States now that we will have somebody in place in the Phoenix Park who will be able to act as a conduit not only for the Government but also the wider Irish public. This is an issue that may seem to be under the radar, but it is just as...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: None whatsoever.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Under the terms of reference of the banking inquiry, it has none.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maximising the Usage and Potential of Land (Resumed): European Commission (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I come from the north west, the Border region of County Leitrim. As there are representatives from a number of directorates, including environment, climate and agriculture, I want to put a question to the relevant official on the evolving European position on hydraulic fracturing or fracking. The main concern being expressed in my locality is that the Government may award mining licences....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maximising the Usage and Potential of Land (Resumed): European Commission (5 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is the context, the impact of fracking on agriculture.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Sherlock.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: There used to be a rat poison called DAC at one time.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I, too, welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his very comprehensive explanation of what is a very complex Bill. Having listened to Senator Cullinane, the thought struck me that parts of the Bill are geared very much to business. I tried to search for the elements that would protect the worker associated with the company. I am sure the Minister of State will take the opportunity...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Paschal Mooney: To add to Senator Noone's comments, in any diet the first "no no" is ice cream.