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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: That is apart from the issues I have raised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: When the Minister spoke about road safety, he referred to "a new intervention to highlight the danger of low-level speeding, or driving a few kilometres per hour above the speed limit, and the consequences of this for vulnerable road users". I am sure everybody here agrees that any effort or initiative to prevent road fatalities or accidents is to be welcomed and actively encouraged. There...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Are they reciprocating?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: We have correspondence that comes up in our regular meetings. It relates to a debate in the Dutch Parliament about what the relevant people refer to as multi-modal travel information services under Directive 2010/EU/40. It relates to ticketing. I read through some of the documents. The aim is to make more efficient use of public transport for the consumer. How far advanced are we in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Daly. I was somewhat surprised that there has not been any comment so far on the publication of a 400-page report on changing policing in Ireland. The media have highlighted aspects of this report. One of the most respected security journalists, Jim Cusack, has referred to it as "the latest and possibly most...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Amendment No. 2 in the name of Senator Cullinane and others has been ruled out of order because it involves a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Seanad: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister of State, but my understanding is, and please correct me if I am wrong, that she is speaking to an amendment that is out of order when, in fact, the contribution was on the section.
- Seanad: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for her understanding.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 235 to 238, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I am sorry. I was just trying to advise Senators of the change in time which the Senator herself mentioned. She is addressing the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: Amendment No. 239 is in the name of Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: The Senator may raise it in the debate on the section.
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I thank Senator van Turnhout for her help. Does the Minister of State wish to respond or to defer?
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: In accordance with the decision of the House the Seanad shall meet at 10 a.m. on Friday 11, December 2015.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I move recommendation No. 4:In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:"19. The Minister shall, within 1 month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Employment and Investment Incentive in particular in how it relates to companies more than seven years old.".
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. One welcomes any initiative that will encourage SMEs, which are the backbone of the Irish economy. I applaud the Minister because I know he is very focused on this. Senator O'Brien is absent but I understand that because of the relatively new nature of this initiative and its implementation, the amendment attempted to address the efficiency and...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)
Paschal Mooney: I have always admired Senator van Turnhout's commitment to children and to addressing the damage being done to children. She has outlined in a cogent, effective and convincing manner, the reasons the Minister of State should take her amendments on board. We are living in a changing world. I am not sure that I totally agree with the reference to the fact that "pornography" has become muted...