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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Emissions Readings for Volkswagen Cars: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am sorry I was not here earlier, but I received the presentation. I welcome the witnesses. I have to declare an interest - I drive an Audi diesel car. Would the witnesses not agree that the confidence of the consumer base has been shaken as a result of this? Over the past decade, the issue of carbon emissions was centre stage and the public perception was that the motor industry in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Crime (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, to the House. However, I am disappointed that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, is not here to respond to this matter. I appreciate I am lucky that a Minister of the experience and expertise of Deputy Deenihan is here and will be well able to answer any questions I have in relation to this matter. Given, coincidentally, the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Crime (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for his response and wish to focus on a particular part of it. He said, "CCTV schemes certainly have a part to play in the detection of antisocial behaviour and criminality, but of paramount importance is a visible and responsive policing service". He then referred to the fact that: "the Government is determined to ensure that An Garda Síochána has...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Rural Crime (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I know I am speaking to the converted. I am aware of occasions when private CCTVs have been a major aid to gardaí in solving crimes and have proved to be important and valuable in court cases. The more CCTV we have, the more crime will be detected and the greater the deterrent to crime. The Minister is determined to ensure that those on the front line in the fight against crime have...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Earlier today, I raised the issue of rural crime with the Minister of State, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, the representative of the Minister for Justice and Equality who could not take the Commencement debate. I also called for a resumption of the programme started by the Fianna Fáil Government in 2005 for the provision of CCTV cameras in towns and villages but which was ended by this...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Where are those gardaí coming from?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is a disgrace.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome both delegations. Having listened to the debate and exchange of views, I, too, have had serious difficulties with the use of the word "bombshell" in respect of the resignation of Mr. Billy Walsh. I was surprised to hear Mr. Kirwan talking about including legally binding sections that will not be invoked. It is rather strange to interpret employment law by including sections in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: My question is somewhat along the same lines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Mr. Kirwan may be saying it and I do not doubt his sincerity; perhaps, therefore, I should say how much I admire his work. He mentioned Manorhamilton. There has been a boxing tradition there for a long time. With everyone else, I am bursting with pride at what our boxers are doing. It raises serious questions for the Irish Sports Council about other high performance units, for example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The supplementary question is specifically about the response Billy Walsh has put into the public domain. It raises fundamental questions about the IABA's position. Was Mr. Christle being prompted by people within his own organisation to get rid of Mr. Walsh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: What happened that this went on? That is what I am trying to get at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: There is no reflection on the success achieved in boxing or anything like it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Could he not have reasonably expected a bonus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am sorry. It is just in the context of clarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Which it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: We are only talking about Billy Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: On a fixed contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Mr. Christle has focused only on the financial issues and has not really addressed the non-financial issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am glad that Mr. Treacy referred to the overt threats from the IABA, because the threat of the withdrawal of funding has come up time and again in this discussion. I was present at the meeting last week with Mr. Mulvey, and Mr. Treacy is perfectly right. I left here totally convinced that there was no threat to the funding of the IABA’s boxers. What Mr. Mulvey explored - he has...