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Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I will move then if it is tainted.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: We well remember it. God be with the days.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Will the Senator lay that publication before both Houses of the Oireachtas?

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: We can read it at our leisure.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I am impressed. It was only to help the Senator that I suggested he lay the publication before the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Like my colleagues on all sides of the House, I welcome the Minister. I also applaud him for his reforming zeal. He follows in a very impressive tradition because his predecessor was and remains, within his new portfolio of Education and Science, a politician of vision. I have often felt that because of the clientist nature of our political system we have not appreciated those who have shown...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: They cleared the water tables and did a great job.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is a quick learner.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It is a good tactic. I thank the Senator for the advice. I had not thought about it.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator was not at our meeting.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: As secretary of LAMA, the Senator should know the answer to that because he looked for it.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: There is a psychology at work here.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The quotation relates to paragraph (f), but the amendment relates to paragraph (c) in section 7 of the Bill.

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Irish Community in Britain. (12 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, in the absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who will be representing our country abroad on this significant weekend for Irish people everywhere. It is appropriate that I should raise this issue on the Adjournment as it concerns the Irish community in Britain. In recent weeks, the British Government introduced a Licensing Bill in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Irish Community in Britain. (12 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I am very reassured by the Minister of State's reply. I am particularly reassured as I am fully aware of his ongoing engagement with the Irish community generally in Britain and particularly with those members who come from County Wexford. We may have met on one occasion in that context some years back. I am also reassured by the fact that he is aware of the real possibility that an important...

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (20 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It refers to section 6. We are discussing amendment No. 12 which proposes to delete lines 20 to 47 on page6.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I thought I had lived long enough not to be shocked by revelations relating to this nation's obsession with drink. In the context of Senator John Paul Phelan's request that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform come to the House to debate crime, I am sure the House will join with me in asking the Leader to afford us an opportunity to hear from the Minister what proposals he has to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It is important that a message be sent from this House. I hope other leading figures in the sporting world will take a similar courageous stand.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Once again, I welcome the Minister of State to the House. His role is now central to the unfolding events in the Gulf region in the context of the humanitarian response of the international community. I am sure all sides of the House will join with me in expressing our deepest sympathy to the families and relations of the 12 soldiers who died in a tragic accident in Iraq, following the...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It brought home Ireland's indirect role, given that Irish citizens, wearing the uniform of other countries – as has been the case for centuries – are involved in this conflict. We should remember that we are dealing with a human tragedy. I echo the remarks of Senator Norris and others that, in any conflict, it is the innocent who suffer. This is a sad occasion because events of the past...