Results 601-620 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator has started and should continue.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I have a list to which I work. The turn of Senator Kate Walsh came and I understood Senator Minihan was taking that spot, as agreed with her.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: With regard to the Minister or Minister of State's speech, it is not circulated until he or she has spoken.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: That is a matter for the Senator's group.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator's opportunity to speak will come. Will the Senator allow——

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Allow me speak please. Everybody's opportunity will come. I have been presented with a list by the group leaders and I am working to it. That is the current position. The Minister of State is on the list at No. 7. If he is prepared to address us now, we can take it from there if that is all right with him.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Excuse me. The script of the speech is here. First, it is not a point of order. The Minister of State had the floor. Can we allow him to speak now?

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I support the views on the EU expressed by Senator Ryan. I am sure the House will agree that the Taoiseach played a very substantial role last week. At a time when everybody is bemoaning the lack of strong leadership in Europe, as a small country we should be justifiably proud of the increasingly statesmanlike stature of the Taoiseach and the manner in which his credibility has soared in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: They must be here for one year.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I support the brave efforts of my colleague, Senator Ó Murchú in the case ofChristy McGrath. Senator Finucane referred to the meeting of the sub-committee on human rights last week. I compliment the chairman of the sub-committee, Senator Bradford, on his initiative in pursuing one matter on the committee's priority programme, namely the status of Irish prisoners overseas. I was appalled at...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Romania is not a member of the European Union. In the context of spouses and the unification of families, as the Leader will inform the House, last week on our visit to America we discovered it takes up to 15 years for families to be reunified.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: This is an important issue and I ask the Leader to have a debate on immigration policy to which the House can make a valuable contribution.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: As we approach the end of the session, I will be a slight irritant to the Leader by restating that, in the forthcoming session, a debate or statements should be considered on the update on the task force on emigration. I am pleased to inform the House that, as a result of its intervention last week and the comments it made on RTE's proposed exclusion of the Irish in Britain as a result of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: ——the reality is that Ireland is fifth out of all European countries in terms of overseas development aid.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Ireland has one of the highest per capita budgets in the world. It is inaccurate to suggest ——

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: —— that we are somehow one of the laggards in terms of overseas development aid.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: We are behind the other four Scandinavian countries that have already reached 0.7%. We are on 0.41% and there is a commitment to move to 0.5% in the immediate future. It is important that be put on the record of the House.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the background and context to this legislation. It may be a small Bill, but as far as the people of County Leitrim are concerned, it is probably one of the most significant pieces of legislation to come through the Houses to have a direct impact on the future representation of the county, so long as the proposals contained in the constituency...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The House will be aware that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will meet the Prison Officers Association tomorrow to attempt yet again to inject some reasonableness into the ongoing dispute. It is now almost two years since my colleagues and I heard a briefing from the Minister regarding the difficulties in the operation of the Prison Service, especially regarding its budget....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Leave that to me.