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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am glad Senator Craughwell has raised what is a very sensitive issue about pensions. I understand from reading the newspapers today, particularly the Irish Independent, that seems to be obsessed about pay and pensions in these Houses, that there is some talk of volunteerism. I understand the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, said at the weekend that there...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I will not do it because Amnesty, generally, has got a proud and long history of looking after people. When I and many others in this House, Senator Norris being one, have down through the years raised human rights issues it has been in the forefront when nobody else cared but on this issue it is totally and completely wrong and out of order.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: This is about age discrimination. The Minister of State is going through this rapidly and I am trying to absorb the rationale. His last comments seem to suggest there could be discrimination. Fixed-term contracts seem to be a way of terminating the employment of somebody over the compulsory retirement age. The amendment reads: "...it is objectively and reasonably justified by a...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State. The only reason I raise this issue is I am considering the example of what occurs when somebody who has been employed for some considerable time in a particular institution or business exceeds the retirement age and is suddenly offered a fixed-term contract. This seems to suggest, or at least imply, that there is something more to the offer than meets the eye....

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: We in Fianna Fáil have actively supported both the concept and the detail of this Bill from the outset. Many of the contributions to date have taken up nearly all the points I had intended making and, therefore, I will not delay the House other than to say I agree with everything said by colleagues on all sides. I endorse the welcome extended to those in the Gallery, who are directly...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: -----and engaged me as the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on social protection.She was totally committed to the cause from the outset. It was suggested to me that it is not something that generates votes. It is not something parliamentarians would take up on the basis that it would give them some sort of edge with the electorate. In that sense, not only Senator Power, but those who have...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I was not talking about Senator Bacik; I was referring more to Senator Norris's comments.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I appreciate that. I simply assure Senator Bacik that she was not in my thoughts.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris is always in my thoughts. Senator Norris referred to two and a half years, which would be horrendous. The people have spoken and whether one agrees or disagrees, the people's views should not be thwarted by a delay. As they say, justice delayed is justice denied. I hope there will be some sort of fast-track mechanism to ensure this comes to a head. One of the key points...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: No, proceed.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I move: That Seanad Éireann, noting that: - from July 2015, lone parents with children aged seven and older will no longer be entitled to the one-parent family payment; and - in 2012, the Minister for Social Protection pledged to only proceed with the measures to reduce the upper age limit to seven years in the event that she got a credible and bankable commitment on the delivery of a...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for his candid comments. It occurred to me during the debate, although I am not sure it has occurred to the Minister of State or Members on the Government side, that all sides outside the Government and all shades of opinion in this House have opposed the Government's proposal. All of them support the Fianna Fáil motion. That is a powerful statement. I...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: She continues to champion the cause. The main theme of her contribution was reform of social welfare and that nobody on social welfare should lose money. That is essentially the core of this motion. I must take issue with the Minister because ultimately this is a political Chamber and it is nothing personal but I am not standing here and hoping that by defeating the Government, it will be...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: No.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Vótail.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: For the benefit of the House, I had to request guidance on this, and I was the one who called the vote and I am proceeding with the vote.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: We are beating the Government so come on.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Praise, indeed.