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Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I accept 1916.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I am not going to take a lecture on history.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I am not rewriting history.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Considering that the party of which Senator Cullinane is a member is a past master at rewriting history I am not taking a lecture from him.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Let us be fair about this. All I am saying is that the references to Michael Collins, Eamon De Valera and others who fought the War of Independence-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is very important in light of this motion and of the constitutional convention that an immediate and fast-track approach is taken to including the Irish diaspora in the presidential vote, not only because traditionally the many Irish to had to emigrate have had a continuing and abiding interest in Irish affairs. Given that we have seen a newer and younger generation of highly skilled and...

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister for the lucidity he brings to a very complex area. The Institute of Taxation has indicated this week that the Minister will have very little wriggle room for getting more taxation from the system. It suggests he should look at the VAT rates as being the only area in which he will have some wriggle room, despite the EU. I refer to his comments relating to the beneficial...

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Did they not suggest they should buy shares in it?

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We could go further.

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I was thinking of the suspension of the roads programme, particularly with regard to metro north, which would create jobs and stimulate the economy.

Seanad: Missing Children Hotline: Motion (12 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I extend a warm welcome to the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald. I had the pleasure of working with her in another capacity in this House. She has hit the ground running. She has an active interest in child care. As chairman of my local county child care committee, I am aware of the priorities the Minister has set since she took up her brief and the manner in which she has been carrying them...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (12 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Whenever Senator Bacik attacks Fianna Fáil, she might be more specific-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: -----rather than make sweeping statements which have caused enormous anger among people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is a much more complex issue. It is time she did a proper analysis. It is a global crisis. Are we responsible for bringing down the world economy?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Bacik should cop herself on.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: That is not what they are saying at the doors in Dublin West.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I have sympathy with the proposal that Members debate the fiscal policy of the Northern Ireland Assembly and wonder whether this is part-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I was saying I had a certain amount of sympathy for Senator David Cullinane's proposal to the Leader that we have a debate on the transfer of fiscal powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. I wonder if this is part of the project. As two thirds of the economy of Northern Ireland relies on the block grant and as two thirds of the working population of Northern...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I have no difficulty with that at all. Incidentally, I formally second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. In the light of the political points made by Senators Tom Sheahan and Ivana Bacik on Fianna Fáil's role in government in recent years, I would welcome the Leader considering the possibility of arranging a debate on the previous Administration and the fact that we have...