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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I know where Senator Quinn wants fracking. He will not have it in County Leitrim. He can have it in Dublin 4.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am very grateful to the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I would like to have one too - I would shoot him down in flames.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: No. I am satisfied with Senator Bacik's response on that issue. I would like to withdraw the amendment and hope that the Deputy Leader will be successful in having the Minister, Deputy Kelly, come before the House this week. Otherwise I will proceed.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I have had great respect for Senator Norris - bordering on affection - for a long number of years, of which he is fully aware. Senator Norris regularly entertains this House with his oratorical skills, which we all envy but he also educates and informs us with his many very serious contributions. However, I respectfully suggest that to rubbish and dismiss the legitimate arguments of those...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am not in any way disrespecting the opinions that are held by Senator Norris in this regard. All I am suggesting is that, as Senator Craughwell has correctly pointed out, referendums are very strange animals. On many occasions in this country we have seen examples of referendums which, in advance of polling day, were shown in opinion polls to have overwhelming popular support but which...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order ---

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I want to make it absolutely clear that I have no interest, good, bad or indifferent, in Senator Norris's views on the Iona Institute, which I know little about.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am talking about genuinely-held beliefs of a variety of individuals in this country. I am not talking about any institutions. I am talking about the legitimately-held views of people who oppose same-sex marriage.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: They should at least be respected in their opinions. That is all I have argued; nothing more ---

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: --- and nothing less. As Senator Craughwell has pointed out, we must wait and see the result of the referendum and whether 80% of the people ---

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: --- will support it. That is the only point I am making. Senator Norris does not do the campaign a great service by his remarks which are critical of people who genuinely hold opposing views to his own.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris obviously has.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 27: In page 15, to delete line 11.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 28: In page 15, to delete line 15.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise for interrupting the Chairman. I have a brief question that has possibly already been dealt with. I could not be here for the presentations earlier. I thank the witnesses for being here. It is very important and sends a very strong message of support to the agri-food sector for which the witnesses are to be complimented. As Deputy Barry said, the banks do not always come in...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I understand the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, reported to Cabinet yesterday that there was large-scale compliance with the habitats directive regarding turf cutting on bogs, particularly in the west of Ireland. From media reports I understand she indicated a current compliance rate of 80%. This figure has been disputed by the newly elected...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 1:1. To delete all words after “Seanad Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes that: - the lack of housing supply is causing serious distortions in the property market; - the dramatic increase in rents and the failure to increase rent supplement supports have put many individuals and families at serious risk of homelessness; and -...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: A debate might be too intellectual for us ordinary five eighths on this side of the House. I concur with the congratulations extended to An Garda Síochána in Galway and also commend the two, what might be termed by the tabloid press "have a go", citizens who were very brave and courageous in initiating the chase. I also welcome the fact that the opportunity has arisen to point...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Next year.