Results 4,261-4,280 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: It is said locally that that will tie in nicely with the by-election in Carlow-Kilkenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: The service will be withdrawn after the by-election.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I am aware of that, but I wanted to clarify the position.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to Ms Graham and Mr. Murphy for clarifying the changes in the transport system. Has Bus Éireann ever considered applying to the NTA for licences for feeder services using smaller buses such as minibuses to provide a service where it is withdrawing from the Expressway network?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I thank the Chairman. I also wish to thank all the RTE representatives for their excellent presentations and for the question and answer session so far. This is the first opportunity I have had to thank RTE collectively for the decision it took to defer closure of the 252 long-wave transmitter. That important decision was warmly welcomed, as the witnesses will know, both by the reaction...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: It is 261 kHz, a free frequency which has emerged for no extra costs at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Mr. McGuire might communicate with me on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: We were not the only ones, it was a composite view.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: That is reassuring.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: We have been getting a large volume of e-mails from the "No" side.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I will be very brief. I want to raise a parochial issue on behalf of all Senators. A significant amount of legislation is initiated in the Seanad. In many cases, it is not discovered by the media until it emerges in the Dáil three or four months later. I will use the Irish Water debate as a specific example. There were 44 hours of debate on the matter in the Seanad. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: The Deputy is a former Senator also.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Yes. The Deputies would know about the general point I am making. I have taken this opportunity to make the point in the presence of people who effectively dilute and transmit news.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I think the input of the Seanad should be mentioned as part of the background and context to the legislation when it hits the Dáil. It should not have to wait until it reaches the Dáil to be discovered. Background information, such as the fact that it was debated in the Seanad as part of the legislative process of the Upper House, should be mentioned as well. The impression is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Yesterday, my colleague, Senator Thomas Byrne, raised the issue of Leader funding. I return to that theme to point out that the Government has been forced to admit that Leader funding has been slashed by some 43% under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. In real terms the funding has dropped from €376 million to €220 million. Some 36 Leader companies will have to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Either one of them.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I remind the Senator and the House that each Senator has every right to put forward whatever proposals or express opinions they feel are within the context of the amendment.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: You do not have any right to challenge that whatsoever.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: What is your point of order?
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
Paschal Mooney: What is your point of order?