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Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: So they would not be excluded?

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I second amendment No. 3. We have had a debate on amendment No. 4 and, like my colleague, I would like to know if the Minister, having reflected on the Committee Stage debate, has anything further to add. I do not want to reiterate the arguments that were put forward. The Minister is fully aware of them. I appreciate also that on Report Stage I have only one opportunity to speak so I hope...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Do not play dirty. That is not correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It is about symbolism.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: People are playing at the gates. They are waiting for the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Without re-opening the debate, some of us on this side of the House agree with Senator Healy Eames's comments. Our query relates to how Senator Bacik seemed not to separate her role as a Senator from that of her role as Deputy Leader. No one on this side of the House had an opportunity to respond to her position. When is it intended for the Minister for Finance or the Minister of State at...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Is there an opportunity for the House to debate the question of whether austerity works? It is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone that it does not work. The last budget was the tipping point for the majority of taxpayers. With water charges and the property tax coming down the line, a further €2 billion or €2.5 billion remaining to be taken out of the economy, although...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sectoral Plan (2012 Edition): Motion (18 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I compliment the Minister of State on the amount of time he has afforded us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sectoral Plan (2012 Edition): Motion (18 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the initiatives that have been taken. Great praise is due to Dublin Bus in respect of what it has done with regard to what has been something of a sore point for many years. During the debate on the Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 in the Seanad, Senator Barrett referred to the legal position of existing taxi drivers as against that of those who are coming into the trade now. He pointed...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: He never got much thanks for doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I support the impassioned plea made by my colleague, Senator Denis O'Donovan, on the fodder crisis and the amendment proposed to the Order of Business. I inform the House that this very serious issue was raised at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning. It was traumatic to hear the distressing tales from the south of the country, in particular,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: What about the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am curious to know why no office holder of the House accompanied the cameras. That is the reason I asked the question.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: With all due respect, I would be more than happy to have anybody come into the House but we do not have sufficient legislation which the Chamber is supposed to be about.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: This is the second House of the Oireachtas and it is for the purpose of debating legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Please do not try to smear what I am saying in relation to the young people.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I would welcome any group coming to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: That is not the point. That is typical of this Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Why did she bring it up first?