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Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 38 and 38a, on the additional list, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 39 and 40 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 32 and 33 are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Bring in a supplementary budget?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Fine Gael did the very same.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The record shows that Fine Gael did the same.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Some months ago, I raised a question with the Leader about the deteriorating state of secondary roads around the country. My concerns have been reflected in the report of a group of engineers that was published this week. It rated the country's roads, from motorways to local roads. That there has been a severe deterioration is obvious. I advised the Government that it should not follow...

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I said that.

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I said that too.

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, the Senator accused me of being selective.

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Not without reform.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I thought Mr. Bryan was the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise as I had to attend to Seanad duties as spokesperson. Unfortunately, I had no choice but to miss part of the meeting. It was not done out of disrespect to our distinguished colleagues. The debate on commonage is ongoing in the committee. I was particularly impressed with Andy Bleasdale from the National Parks and Wildlife Service who seemed to have a grasp of the problems. He...

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire and welcome her to the House yet again. It is interesting that the Minister concluded her presentation by referring to a quote from the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in which he stated that investing in early childhood education and care must be a shared commitment. The Minister noted it is a firm commitment of the present...

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (26 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: As for the ¤200 million, which as a reforming Minister she undoubtedly would wish to use much along the lines she has outlined in her presentation, it simply would be taken in and absorbed by the Exchequer, as has happened since 2009. Expenditure on child benefit under the previous Administration decreased from ¤2.5 billion to ¤2.1 billion, which is a decrease of half a billion euro, from...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Some ¤640 million was taken out of the child benefit system after 2008.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The hard decisions were taken. That is why we lost the seats.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Very good.