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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That was then; this is now. The increase in crime figures has happened on the Government's watch.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader should not go back into history. I am talking about the past five years of this Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is the fact. There are 700 fewer gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Last year there were 700 fewer.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Try to tell that to people in my part of the country, because they have not get the message yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: They are still waiting for the new Jerusalem under Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That has to be the great cliche of this Government - "everything possible."

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for including this matter on the Commencement list and the Minister of State for taking this debate. I was informed by the Department of Social Protection that neither the Tánaiste nor the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, was available this morning, so I am particularly grateful that the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, is present instead. The...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister of State. Like myself, he will be aware from his long experience that when it comes to Commencement motions, it is not so much about the devil being in the detail, but it is usually the last two paragraphs that give the real meat and drink of any of these replies. I am particularly grateful that the Minister of State has addressed the core of the issue, in that...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Terrible.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Expenses.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: It was rubbish. It was beneath journalism.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I would not give her any publicity.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am pleased that reference was made to the individual who wrote that scurrilous article, which was riddled with ignorance, about this House and the Dáil. I will not enhance or otherwise refer to her further which would give her more publicity. She should check her facts. My late father, God be good to him, always bemoaned the fact that journalists, even in his time, did not check...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is a reflection on the quality of the journalism.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Traditionally, but there is a new generation that obviously does not need to do any research. These journalists just pick things off the top of their heads.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I take into account the fact that the Minister may not be in office within the next six months, not for personal reasons, but on foot of the cycle in which ministerial rotation happens in any administration. The future is uncertain and no one knows it. The Minister has been reported as welcoming the recommendations contained in the recently published Olson report. We have raised the report...

Seanad: Prison Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Will the Minister reassure the House that, given the current international climate relating to terrorism, gardaí under her watch continue to monitor those coming in and out of the State? Will she assure us that undesirable people, once identified, will be locked up and deported immediately?