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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: Sit down and cop yourself on.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, I applaud the Cathaoirleach's intervention. It is despicable and unacceptable that a Member should attack another Member who is speaking.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. As my friend and colleague, Senator Wilson, indicated, Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill. It has been in gestation for a long time, particularly in the context of the recognition of disqualifications in the two jurisdictions. I am particularly pleased the Minister has seen fit to introduce it in the Bill. As a result of the difference in signage between the North...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: They are not gone completely. I still see them in some parts of the country. Perhaps a directive has been issued to get rid of the signs. I thought I saw them in some parts of the country but they were out of date. Perhaps the signs could be updated. The extension of the law to stop people driving when under the influence of drugs is a vital part of the architecture of ensuring more...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I raised the Naas Road and the Lucan-Palmerstown road as examples.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: If there is one criticism that could be legitimately levelled at the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Administration up to 2007, it was that it significantly narrowed the tax base by significant reductions in taxation and hugely significant increases in social welfare payments. Narrowing the tax base and taking so many people out of it, even at a time of boom, came back to haunt that...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish to acknowledge the assistance of my friend and colleague Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, who is in the Visitors' Gallery with a representative of the Carrick-on-Shannon Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. John Dunne, who has corresponded with the Minister of State on behalf of the Carrick-on-Shannon Chamber of Commerce. I will read out some of the...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: While Tip O'Neill said that all politics was local, I am not suggesting that the Minister of State deliberately neglected or ignored the town. He has been to places all over the country. We are asking him, however, to take the time to meet the local flood committee and the chamber of commerce in Carrick-on-Shannon in light of the proposals they have put forward to him and in order that he...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: In fact, a significant portion of it can be implemented by the local authority which has also received that correspondence.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: Like Senator Bacik, I will declare an interest, although not at the lofty level of being a barrister. I am a member of the National Union of Journalists, NUJ, and Irish Equity.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Senator. Like her, I welcome the representatives of both trade unions to the House. As my colleague Senator Ó Domhnaill has outlined, Fianna Fáil supports the Bill. I compliment Senator Bacik, who gave me her personal insight into this legislation prior to the debate. I listened with great interest to her presentation, which made it clear that this amendment was long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: Would Mr. Creegan provide the committee with a copy of those guidelines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I agree, but I know of a case of a private operator who picked up a girl with special needs at a traditional bus stop, a place where the bus stopped when I was at school, and the private operator has had to stop picking her up because the council said it was too dangerous, even though it was a traditional bus stop. The sooner the NTA does this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: Is Bus Éireann VAT exempt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: VAT is included in Bus Éireann's fuel cost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: So the company cannot claim back the VAT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: Deputy Fitzmaurice raised the issue of gas-fuelled vehicles which I raise in the context of Bus Éireann's commitment to examine ways to reduce costs. An old chestnut is the reason for using large coaches on some routes in rural areas instead of using smaller buses. Does Bus Éireann have smaller buses than the 45 seaters? There is a service that goes from Cavan through Leitrim...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: What about the fleet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I thank Mr. Nolan.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Paschal Mooney: I echo the comments that have been made by my friend and colleague, Senator Daly, about the Government's neglect of rural Ireland. The people who live in rural Ireland - I happen to live in County Leitrim but this is mirrored throughout the country - can see at first hand the impact Government policies have had, including the closure of Garda stations and the threat to post offices. I hope...