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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: It is an all-Ireland team. The Senator should have said we have 6 million people.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister, without interruption.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator will get an opportunity to respond.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 107 and 108 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Although many Senators wish to speak, we seem to be exhausting the debate on this. I do not want to go around in circles.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I understand and have noted everybody who wants to speak.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: You have already made that point, and so have other speakers.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: May I remind the Senator, as a Senator of long standing, that he really should not refer to the civil servants in the context of the political argument he is making?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Has Senator Craughwell something new to offer to the debate?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Is section 72-----

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I presume section 83 is agreed. Is that correct?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: This week, the Irish Hotels Federation, IHF, held its annual conference in Ballyconnell, County Cavan. A great deal of positives news on the tourism front came out of that meeting. There are indications of a strong resurgence in the hotel sector around the country, as suggested by the number of hotels that have been bought in the past 12 months. There was also a great deal of praise for...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I find it rather instructive that the Government side seems to be a little like the cat that got the cream, in terms of some of the announcements being made. Let us put one thing in perspective about the €500,000 for events and festivals across the country. As a former chairman of north west tourism, we did not quite get that amount but we received a substantial amount up to some...

Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister back to the House. As all of us here know, and as the Cathaoirleach has said, this is a Seanad Bill. What disappointed me somewhat was that when the Minister, Deputy Reilly, introduced this Bill to the House and there was a long debate, it got very little media coverage at the time, although it got some. Perhaps that was because it was the summer, but I would like to...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: In the past 24 hours, Members of the Seanad received a leaked report relating to overspending by the HSE. The Comptroller and Auditor General's office is involved and this is a very serious matter, as it raises questions yet again about the competency and efficiency of the HSE. A figure of €3 million seems to be involved in the overpayment of salaries. It seems extraordinary that in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am very much aware of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is after the next election.