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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course, the Green Party is in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Fine Gael does.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It is being taken in Committee today.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the points made by Senators Norris and O'Toole on the levy proposed for independent broadcasters.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister should come to the House to explain why it is proposed. Yet again we see a regulator that is willing to impose costs on independent businesses as opposed to making hard decisions about itself. I support what Senators Fitzgerald and McFadden said about the need for a debate on this report. For too long a vision of child care for children in need was the inside of a bed and...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to share time with Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I raise an issue which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions, that is, the attitude the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, has taken towards emigration and the creation of jobs for young people. I wish to focus on the fact that in the past two years the number of people under the age of 25 years who have lost their jobs is...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of that. Those bearing the brunt of the changes which have place place in the labour market and the economy are young people. They do not have a voice or representation which other parts of our society enjoy. On young people and emigration, in the past few weeks the Tánaiste has been questioned twice regarding her role in the matter. I would like the Minister of State to take...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I was interrupted many times by mobile phones. I would be grateful if the Chair gave me one minute to complete my contribution. More could be done to select industries to receive support targeted at job creation for young people. What is happening in the gaming industry is an example. Some two thirds of the people working in electronic media are under the age of 35 years. More should be...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask the Leader to investigate claims made yesterday that, owing to the industrial action taking place in our public services, social welfare offices were closed to people wanting to collect social welfare benefits. I would like him to tell us the number of offices and the benefits that were affected by that industrial action. This is an important issue that the House should address....

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Senator Dearey summed up the difficulty we are facing in the delivery of health services, a matter that must be debated in the House, when he referred to the "absence of any political presence" in their delivery. The health and safety of our citizens are too important for it to be absent of any political presence, as is the spending of billions of euro of taxpayers' money. While a balance...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I concur with the point made by Senator Bacik. I draw a parallel between this legislation and a Bill passed in the House around 18 months ago on the establishment of a national transport authority. The latter Bill included a clause prescribing that the new organisation publish a strategy to ensure the objectives set out in the legislation were implemented. Senators frequently raise the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The amendment appears to make eminent sense, but I have a question for the Minister as to why the figure of €15,000 is being included in the Bill. It is unusual to see an actual figure included in this legislation. I think it would have made sense to give the Minister the ability to state what the figure is and then perhaps revise it over time in line with his or his Department's...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have two questions in response to what the Minister has said and, in particular, his reference to a specified official which is a welcome and important part of the Bill. In regard to the reference to the armed forces, why is it necessary to specify that it should be a high-ranking officer? Could it not just be any member of the armed forces? How does one define who is a high-ranking...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support Senator O Brolcháin's call for a debate on Oireachtas reform, the future of this House and the way politics is conducted. I also want to make it clear to him that my party and I will not take any lectures on integrity from him or his party which has shown an avarice for political office that puts Fianna Fáil to shame.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: A debate on the Passport Office is needed for the sake of those involved in providing public services. It is apparent that there is a crisis among the public in respect of those who work in the public service and the way services are provided. Before the events at the Passport Office, there were thousands of medical card and social welfare applications not being dealt with or handled....

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: We are not speaking about that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Leader knows all about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Senator Feeney in her call for a debate on the future of the Seanad conveniently ignores the fact that her party has been in control of the Seanad for the best part of 20 years and has not done a tap about reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: On the call for a debate on the role of politics, the media and the reshuffle yesterday, I call for a debate on the report of the innovation task force which was released last week. It is very important that it be debated in the House. It was all about rewarding loyalty in the past as opposed to having a vision for the future. It is already apparent to everyone that it was an opportunity...