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Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are cognate and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Before calling Senator Bacik, I draw the attention of Senators to the following printing error in the Bill which occurred when it was being reprinted following Committee Stage. In page 119, between lines 23 and 24, a line of text is missing. The text which was erroneously omitted reads as follows: "(2) In section 29(2), any reference to a licensee is a reference to a relevant person." The...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: It is agreed.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: I agree with Senator O'Toole that there is a certain element of farce, theatre and pantomime about this motion at this time. Confidence is what the political discourse must be about. The Houses of the Oireachtas must convey it to all who are out of work and their families. I am one of them because my eldest daughter and many of her contemporaries, having received a third level education,...

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Earlier this week, Members of this and the other House had the opportunity of meeting with a delegation led by the newly re-elected SDLP MP, Dr. Alasdair McDonnell from south Belfast. He accompanied the newly elected moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly of Ireland, the Rt. Reverend Gordon Hamilton. The Leader will be aware that on one or two occasions in recent months I asked him to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Ross found the flaws in the last legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: I fully support Senator Quinn's position, having been in the House long enough to know that joining central European time was one of the first initiatives he proposed in the Seanad. I hope the Leader will have something positive to say on the issue. I ask the Leader to request the Minister of Foreign Affairs to come before the House in the early part of the autumn-winter term to discuss the...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: While this is a difficult occasion for Senators on all sides, I hope, as many speakers have stated, it will bring some comfort to Sheila and the extended family of the late Peter Callanan. I am in a unique position, having known Peter since I was elected as a young man to the committee of 15 of the Fianna Fáil Party national executive when he was the constituency delegate from Cork...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Bunaíodh Údarás na Gaettachta sa bhliain 1980. Tá an ghníomhaireacht Stáit seo freagrach as forbairt eacnamaíochta, sóisialta agus cultúrtha na Gaeltachta. Is é caomhnú agus láidriú na Gaeilge mar theanga bheo, le cois í a thabhairt mar oidhreacht don chéad ghlúin eile, an bunchuspóir atá le polasaí Údarás na Gaeltachta. Déanann bord...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Will the Senator name the newspaper?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator could name the newspaper.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: I share the views of Senator O'Toole who asked the Leader to arrange a debate in the light of the invitation extended to the British monarch. Those of us in County Leitrim and the north west are living in the least spoiled and the most beautiful part of Ireland, nothwithstanding the pleas made by my good friend, Senator Coghlan, to divert the monarch towards Killarney. The Queen visited...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: My wife comes from west Cork which is perhaps even more beautiful than Killarney and I come from County Leitrim which is probably even more beautiful than the Beara Peninsula. There is a need to extend this invitation. Perhaps when it is formally conveyed, it will afford an opportunity to discuss the matter. As Members know, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ó Cuív, has...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Members on all sides of the House agree that it is shameful that soccer, the only organised sport on the island of Ireland which is enjoyed and supported by the broad masses on both sides of the Border, is divided. I have called repeatedly for a debate on the issue. It would be wonderful to see a team representing the island of Ireland, as happens in the case of rugby, cricket, tennis and...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Graeme McDowell who plays at Royal Portrush Golf Club is referred to as an Irishman because the sport of golf is also united on the island. It is shameful that the one sport which could unite and have a deep impact on both traditions on this island is separated. I ask the Leader to bring the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy O'Keeffe, to the House to address an issue...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: This will be between the wild country and the Kingdom.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: Follow that one, Jerry.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Paschal Mooney: I share the comments made, particularly by Senators O'Toole and Norris but I am sure by others also, on the EUROSTAT survey. In fact, it is not a concern any more, it is real anger at a multinational which is hiding behind statistics and the assumption that somehow because we are an island nation we have higher transport and taxation costs. The EUROSTAT survey blows that argument completely...