Results 3,721-3,740 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Yes. I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Do I get an opportunity to speak?
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: That is correct.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Library Services Provision (9 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to the House and thank him for taking this Adjournment matter. I tabled the motion following concerns expressed to me by library staff in County Leitrim due to a recommendation by the shared services workforce planning group established in January. It was tasked with examining workforce planning requirements and...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Library Services Provision (9 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister for his response but I am disappointed. However, there was one nugget of good news in the third last paragraph. My question was specifically about the uncertainty among the library staff in Leitrim who are concerned about their future and the future of the library service. The Minister has gone some way in reassuring us about the continuation of the service...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: There is a Chinese proverb that states "May you live in interesting times", which I discovered some years ago is an insult, not an aspiration. Politically, we are living in very interesting times. In England, there is a practice that when a barrister is being promoted to the bench, he or she does not receive a letter or a telephone call but actually gets what is called a tap on the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Yes. I also compliment our colleague, Senator Ó Murchú, who was one of the speakers yesterday and who made a strident and passionate appeal, as he has shown himself to be capable of doing on so many other occasions. The appeal was to the Government and, in particular, to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to make a decision on the future of the county...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: It asks that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government come before the House to clarify the position in respect of the future of county development boards.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Country music, not country and western.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Country music, not country and western.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: I never realised there was so much knowledge of country music songs in this House. I am completely stunned. In fact, Senator Barrett even said he had a message from Dolly Parton asking if the Taoiseach was working nine to five on this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Yes.
- Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: This is Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: I call the Leader.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Is the Leader extending the time for Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: I believe there has been quite a bit of toing and froing on this. I think the exchange of views has been exhausted at this stage and unless the Minister of State has something specific to say, I would like to move on.
- Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: No, I have not got there yet.
- Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Agreed.