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Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, I do not particularly need a lecture from the Deputy Leader on the language I use. As a student of the period of history that I mentioned - obviously, the Deputy Leader is not - the parallels with the manner in which the people concerned treated those children are very stark.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I used that language in order to highlight the horrors we witnessed on television last night. I do not need a lecture from the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am fully aware of the Deputy Leader's background, which is all the more reason she should have understood what I was trying to say.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: What does Senator O'Donnell know?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We need only look at their huge profits.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I also support Senator van Turnhout's call for the Minister to come to the House and hope the Cathaoirleach will look benignly on a request that rarely succeeds. In this instance, we are facing a crisis of enormous proportions. I want to put on the record my appreciation of RTE's investigative unit, which has done itself and the country a great public service in highlighting what many of us...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Care Qualifications (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. Leitrim County Childcare Committee, of which I am chairman on a pro bono basis, has completed a survey of 253 people who have completed FETAC training since 2004. We have found that, in the main, people are working in part-time or full-time jobs in the child care sector. I refer to that figure in the context of ongoing investigations into child care facilities being...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Care Qualifications (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I appreciate that the Minister is responding to the debate on behalf of his colleague. It is also an opportunity for the Government of the day to highlight what it believes to be its priorities rather than to address the specific issues that are raised in the question. In this instance, I must say I am somewhat disappointed with three quarters of the reply. It does not really address what...

Seanad: Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. While Fianna Fáil supports the Bill, we have some concerns. For example, the move towards in-advance declarations will reduce the scope for tax evasion but must be properly enforced in order to be effective and to have a positive impact on State revenues. Car owners should not be unfairly charged for making an off-the-road declaration, given that they will not...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We would like the real Minister to come - the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I hope he turns up.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I share the concerns raised by Senator Quinn and also referred to by Senator Healy Eames. What Senator Quinn raised is fundamental to the Government's core policy. Will the Leader consider asking the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, to come to the House to discuss the whole area of competitiveness in the context that, on the one hand, there are several thousand...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We destroyed Portugal and the US too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise for interrupting but there seems to be an implication, both in Ireland and Europe-wide, that there could be disputes arising out of this. Despite Mr. Dillon's suggestion that people should welcome this proposal - on the face of it, it is akin to stating the obvious that they should welcome it - the fact that an appeals process is being enshrined in the proposal seems to suggest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful for the response but am I correct in observing that Eircom controls the infrastructure to a large extent and that it then sells its use? I have forgotten the term for it but I understand that Eircom has the line to the house and thereafter, the line goes from outside the house into the house. Do the witnesses foresee a difficulty in this respect? Has there been evidence that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: All right. It appears as though the inference is the Department does not anticipate any real difficulties from an Irish perspective. I acknowledge it cannot anticipate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Through the Chair, the witnesses do not foresee a need for legislation that would, for example, compel in the national interest or is it the case that this regulation will address that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I will not keep the witnesses. I am curious about a number of issues. Will these proposals have a negative impact on small and medium-sized enterprises? I ask in the context of the reference made in the presentation about how there would be access to buildings, private property and so on. As for the appeals panel, will it cost much and what will be its powers? The witnesses have outlined...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: A breakdown.