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Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Which amendment is the Garda vetting amendment?

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Amendment No. 7 is in the name of Senators Mullen and Quinn and arises from Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are alternative to one another and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Is Senator Quinn formally seconding the amendment?

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: We are about three minutes away from the agreed end time of this debate. I call the Leader.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Is it agreed to resume at 6.45 p.m.? Agreed.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Does the Minister wish to add anything? No.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report Stage (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: As it is now 5.45 p.m., and with the agreement of the House, this debate is suspended and will be resumed at 6.45 p.m.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Political Funding Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am pleased to see that he has returned from his foray into hostile territory in County Tipperary.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Political Funding Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I wonder whether a covert operation was underway given the announcement that Lar Corbett is retiring. Had the Minister anything to do with influencing him to make things easier for Kilkenny this time out? Those of us on this side of the House are pleased to give the legislation a fair wind despite some reservations on how it will be executed and the impact it will have. A great deal of...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (7 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter and welcome the Minister of State. However, I put on record my disappointment that the line Minister is not present. It is a practice I have never really supported, irrespective of the administration. I understand Ministers can be called away but it is vitally important for the status of, and respect for, the House that the line Minister...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the Minister to the House yet again. I endorse what he said in his opening remarks that this important legislation has passed all stages in the other House without any controversy. The minor amendments tabled in the Dáil, important as they are, have been accepted by the Minister. I hope it will have an equally speedy passage through this House....

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I do not wear glasses and I do not have red hair.

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I will not include Foster and Allen. They are great ambassadors for the country.

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Remember Oscar Wilde.

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister of State for elaborating on the motion, as amended, by the Fianna Fáil group. I could not help but remark to my colleague that if we were on the other side of House, we would probably be making the same argument. I do not mean any disrespect to those who work full-time in the Department of Education and Skills. It is inevitable - it always happens - that when...

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: -----on the basis of media reports-----

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I want to do it in order to put it on the record of the House.

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: If Senator Landy wants me to be absolutely correct about the comment that was made to a Government Senator-----

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I have obviously touched a sensitive nerve here. The comment I am going to make, which was often made to us when we were on the Government side, is "Look in the mirror - you are in government now, boys and girls". The Senators opposite have to face up to that particular reality.