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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: With all due respect to Senator Moloney, it is a bit late in the date in the day to be reminding people of a 5 p.m. deadline.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I gather this issue came up yesterday on the Joe Duffy show and it seems many of the disability groups are not aware of it. However, I did not get up to speak on that issue. Senator Moloney is, of course, right to remind people that it is very important that the consultative process be maximised. Was the Leader aware that RTE had planned to produce the programme on the Houses of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: My question to the Leader is this. Where is the money going to come from? Are the doctors, the nurses, the teachers and the front-line services, those on maternity benefits, single parent families and all of those who are vulnerable in society, who are struggling under the yoke of increased taxation, the ones who will have to find this money? Where is the €300 million going to come...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I will finish on this point, for which I am grateful to Senator Norris. There is a famous character in a Seán O'Casey play called Mrs. Burgess, who says: "Yous are all nicely shanghaied now!"

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I find the Government's policy on local government finance contradictory. On the one hand, the Minister of State said there is ¤960 million. I ask him please to correct me if I am wrong about the following. Legislation was introduced some years ago to ring-fence that amount of money which meant the Government could not touch it. I am inclined to believe that happened. Otherwise he would...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On the section, my understanding was, although I am open to correction, that an attempt was made some years ago to ring-fence the money derived from motor tax for the local government fund. I am assuming that because this transfer of ¤150 million is being introduced in legislation, the precedent set in the past is now being broken. Will the Minister of State correct me if I am wrong about...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It may not be that amount. Is that correct?

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stait go dtí an Teach. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Fianna Fáil Party is opposed to the Bill on the basis that in our view it is a continued Government attack on motorists struggling to make ends meet. Financial incentives were put in place in 2008 and this encouraged drivers to switch to fuel efficient cars with low CO2 emissions. It was...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Fees have declined by 30% over the past three years.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: He is on 5%. With the margin of error, that could be 2%.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: A third of them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Yesterday, members of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, of which I am one, travelled to RTE at its invitation to see at first hand the work being done in various departments within the station. One of the most enlightening and informative aspects of the visit was the newly developed digital department which is now relaying programmes on RTE Player and iPhones and tablets,...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am sorry to have to press the Minister on this as I understand perfectly from where he is coming. Does that give any indication of the path I am attempting to go being addressed or are these people outside the loop completely? If they are placed in that category, it will not matter legally that these are acting chief executives, regardless of time served, and they will be treated the same...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Yes and no. What I am getting at is that it seems almost certain that the fixed chief executives who have not been appointed to the super-CEO position will be redeployed within the administration of the new education and training boards.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I understand.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Yes. I was reluctant to say that.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am getting a sense of where the Minister is coming from. I am sorry to put the Minister on the spot but for the purposes of the debate, how many acting chief executives will effectively be stepping down? Is the number large?

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Is it that many? That would be a horse of a different colour in the context of fixed chief executives. If the number was smaller, an arrangement could be put in place. I am thinking about the expertise that would be lost if people return to former positions within the education system. A two-tier system would then be in operation for future advancement between those who are fixed chief...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Section 37(1)(d) reads: referred to in section 30(1)(d), by a person--(i) nominated under section 30(9)(a) but not appointed on foot of that nomination, or (ii) nominated by the same body which nominated the member who occasioned the vacancy,selected by the education and training board concerned.In terms of casual vacancies, will this provision only apply to the nominated panels that were...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Only the people on the original panel could be selected. There could not be additions.