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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Waterford-East Tipperary.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I broadly agree with all that has been said by Senator Power. Her remarks afford me an opportunity to commend to the House Women in Parliament: Ireland: 1918-2000, a book I had the privilege of producing in 2001 with Maedhbh McNamara, a senior research assistant in the Oireachtas. I commend it to those Members, particularly my male colleagues, who may not be au fait with the history of...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Senator White married one.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: And Senator Comiskey.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Mooney is not finished yet.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I was only a day ahead of the Minister of State in learning the same facts.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It was statistical.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: The same statistics indicated that women do not vote for women.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is harder.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is gospel.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: No, not on the ground.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister of State for his openness and frankness and the honesty with which he brings his considerable experience, which is very understated and shows the humility of the man I know. I appreciate this issue will not change overnight. All I attempted to do was stimulate debate based on historical evidence which suggests that under the current terms of reference, and those...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister. As a former distinguished Member of this House, he has a greater understanding and respect for the institution that the Seanad is despite proposals to get rid of us. I assume the EU directives include the T90 test. Has there been any advance in the discussions the Minister had with members of Leitrim County Council and Oireachtas Members from the area? Unlike...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Is that the T90 case?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I have great respect for Senator Keane, but her extraordinary statement has suggested once again that the Dáil and the Seanad are somehow two sides of the same coin. We are not. We are separate institutions.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As the Chair has pointed out, what happens in this Chamber with regard to policy is what happens in this Chamber. What happens in some other House is what happens in some other House.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Certainly. The then Minister, Dick Roche, increased the levy. If I remember rightly, he would have liked to have increased it further but the existing legislation did not permit him to do so. As I am deviating slightly from my two colleagues, Senator Keane will probably get to her feet again to say we should have uniformity of policy. Our previous experience in this regard influenced me...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I do not want to detract from the exchange between the Minister and my colleague, but Senator Ó Domhnaill's observation that not all material is recyclable recalls an issue I raised on Second Stage. There is some confusion among consumers as to whether certain types of plastic packaging are recyclable. In some cases the branding indicates they are recyclable when in fact they are not,...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is relevant in the context of the Minister having stated-----

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Yes, but the arguments made by both the Minister and Senator Ó Domhnaill focus on the promotion of recycling over landfill. I am merely asking whether it is the case that significant volumes of recyclable plastics are being assigned to landfill in error and whether the Department has any measures to address that.