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Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We will check with the Seanad Office.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly. Like all of my colleagues on this side of the House, I also acknowledge the rollback the Minister initiated following his appointment as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Some of us sat through and contributed to the 17 hours of debate on the original legislation setting up Irish Water, during which, as has been...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: No, they are not.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is precisely the point. The big problem is that Senator John Gilroy believes that to be the case when it is not. It is the plain people of Ireland who are speaking. I have engaged with many people in my constituency. In my experience it is not the case that this is a concerted effort by one particular party, but other Members can speak for themselves. I am sorry to be political, but...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I was particularly fascinated by reports in today's media that if the Taoiseach is returned to office after the next election, he intends to promote women to his Cabinet, to constitute a 50-50 proportion of women on it. I was fascinated by this, and somewhat bemused, considering that, when he had the opportunity earlier this year, he did not promote even one woman to the junior ministerial...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is precisely the point I am making. The Government is selling off a strategic asset.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: As the Leader did not offer Christmas wishes in his opening remarks, I did not do so either. I echo all that has been said by other Members in wishing the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach, the Clerk and Clerk Assistant, the staff of the Seanad Office and the indispensable and indestructible ushers - without whom the House would not function - all the joys and blessings of the holy season.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: In light of the Leader's reply, which indicates that the Government would be happy to sell off a strategic asset, which might also indicate a willingness to sell off Irish Water, I am pressing the amendment.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State is welcome. A common theme throughout the Committee Stage debate on this section and the amendments and throughout the entire debate is trust. As Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú has referred to this issue in some detail, I will not go over old ground. However, the overwhelming majority of the more than 4,000 e-mails I have received in recent days about this...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thought Senator O'Donnell independent.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I have a point of order. In 1983, the then Labour Party–Fine Gael coalition abolished the rate support grant which gave local authorities the right to raise revenue, including through water rates.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: What is the Senator talking about?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Please enlighten us.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Marie-Louise, we love you.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris covered much of the ground I intended to discuss but there are some variations I wish to outline. I ask the Minister to clarify the provision for at least 12 and not more than 60 members. Why did he consider such a wide gap in the numbers appropriate? Long experience has taught me that when it comes to Opposition amendments to Government legislation on specific organisations,...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We have covered a lot of ground on this amendment, but I want to add a brief comment. I do not think the Government has actually got it yet. It really has missed the plot. The people think this company is probably the most disgraced and discredited that has ever been created. They also think the Government is responsible for it and that it is protecting it and they have smelled a rat....

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Before I call the next speaker, the Tánaiste indicated that she had to leave. She apologised. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Government has not dealt with it.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I support this motion primarily because of the Government's history of ineptitude in setting up Irish Water, the concept of water charges and how it has gone about conservation. Many good points could have been sold to an increasingly sceptical public, but that opportunity has been lost over the past 12 months because of the sheer incompetence of this Government in how it addressed this...