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

Paschal Mooney: It is a separate regulation and not one with which we are dealing today.

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

Paschal Mooney: My final question related to consumer groups.

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

Paschal Mooney: I am of the view that proposal should go further. Airlines should be able to carry musical instruments as checked-in baggage for free. Difficulties are going to arise in the context of the practical workings of this. The trend among airlines is towards minimising the amount of material passengers may take on board and they have already introduced severe financial restrictions in place in...

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

Paschal Mooney: I feel strongly about this matter. On paper, this appears to be an excellent initiative because difficulties with baggage are the bane of people's lives. I do not just refer to professional musicians in this regard but also to families whose children may be carrying small musical instruments with them as they go on holiday. All sorts of restrictions have been introduced in this area. The...

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

Paschal Mooney: I would be grateful if we could also obtain some feedback on how the system of red and yellow cards will operate in respect of a matter of this nature.

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

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Chairman.

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

Paschal Mooney: Does the debate on these provisions come under the red card-yellow card system? In other words, can the proposals be changed? Ms Brogan mentioned that they will be brought before the Council in June, which seems very imminent.

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

Paschal Mooney: To clarify, I am talking about the provision under the Lisbon treaty whereby national parliaments can give a yellow card to a particular Commission proposal before it proceeds any further. Ms Brogan is talking about what happens at European Parliament level whereas I am talking about what can be done by national parliaments where they do not agree with a particular proposal.

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

Paschal Mooney: Is Ms Brogan saying that national parliaments have no input?

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

Paschal Mooney: It is my understanding that there is a yellow card system whereby a number of national parliaments can coalesce to object to Commission proposals before they advance of the Council of Ministers.

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

Paschal Mooney: I am referring to the obligations and functions of national parliaments. I am not talking about the Council of Ministers or the European Parliament.

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

Paschal Mooney: My question relates to the process which allows national parliaments, not acting unilaterally but in a co-ordinated way, to veto certain provisions. Will Ms Brogan clarify at what point in the deliberative process national parliaments can object to the proposals? Rather than wasting time on it here, she might get back to me at a later date.

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

Paschal Mooney: In the absence of such a provision, all we are doing here is feeding into a ministerial decision. In regard to restrictions on baggage, Ms Brogan indicated that under the new proposals, passengers will be allowed to take small musical instruments on board an aircraft. Will this allowance be in place of or in addition to the existing on-board conditions which both Ryanair and Aer Lingus...

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

Paschal Mooney: That is a flaw in the proposals in that it represents no addition whatsoever for passengers. Where will passengers put the rest of their personal baggage, the carry-on item or items that usually go into the overhead bins, if they substitute a musical instrument, such as a banjo, guitar, fiddle or lute? This will generally apply to travelling musicians, for instance, who are performing...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State and look forward to seeing him in our home county tomorrow. We will give him a very warm welcome, as usual. I compliment my colleague, Senator MacSharry, on bringing forward this legislation, and the theory behind it is to be commended. Nevertheless, it raises some fundamental questions. The purpose of the Bill is to provide new offences and prohibit...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: He indicated he had set up a legitimate moneylending service but if a person fell foul of him, he did not have to violently attack anybody. All he had to do was provide an implied threat. He would turn up in his van outside a person's house, with "Viper" written across the van in big and bold lettering, and he or his associates would just sit there. How does a Bill like this address such...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader might convey those remarks to the press.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to raise a point of order. To avoid any ambiguity about the comments made on this side of the House, we fully support the decision of our Chief Whip in supporting by vote at the Committee on Procedure and Privileges the holding of the hearings in this Chamber. Our only concern centred on the actual date being on a sitting day. We fully support the principle of holding the hearings...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I also support Senator Leyden's comments. It is unacceptable that this Chamber, which is for the primary use of passing legislation and debate, should be handed over to a House committee, important as its work may be. There are other avenues that can be explored in this House and there is a question mark over the Committee on Procedure and Privileges because it seems this matter was...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.