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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I would like to echo the welcoming comments that have been made. I thank the Minister and Professor Reilly for their comprehensive statements and replies. I will pick up on one or two things that have been touched on. Like Senator O'Neill, I have to say I have not heard any great understanding of the worries of the Silvercrest workers and families in all of this. The Minister has said on...

Seanad: The Gathering Ireland 2013: Statements (31 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It has also been done in Bundoran for a long time.

Seanad: The Gathering Ireland 2013: Statements (31 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and echo the positive comments that have been made about his progressing and promoting of The Gathering initiative which has been several years in gestation. I hope the early indications are positive in that regard. It is early - only one month into the year - but perhaps he might provide an update. He has gone into some considerable detail...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I must insist, I am sorry.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris is completely ignoring me no matter what I say. I am merely trying my best here.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris has gone into double time now. He has had eight minutes instead of four.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: This is not creating a precedent. Senator Norris not only exceeded his time, but went so far over it that he went into the stratosphere. I merely alert the Senator. There are procedures of which he is fully aware and the House has other business.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is in extra time.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We are now moving towards penalty shoot-outs.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We are well over time.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator has four minutes.

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Citing impacts on the environment, the economy and on health the Green Party of Canada seeks a ban on artificial fluoridation products. The 2000 Nobel Prize winner for medicine, Arvid Carlsson, who opposes water fluoridation took the debate to the Swedish Parliament where he helped to convince it that it should be illegal on ethical grounds. The US National Kidney Foundation has updated its...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: -----one of the safest and most beneficial cost-effective public health measures for preventing and controlling and, in some cases, reversing tooth decay. Health Canada supports fluoridation. The World Health Organization said fluoridation is an effective way to prevent tooth decay in poor communities, that in some developed countries the health and economic benefits of fluoridation may be...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: They also opposed other public health programmes, notably mass vaccination and mental health services. Can anyone imagine putting fluoridation in with those very important issues? Water was fluoridated in large parts of the Netherlands from 1960 to 1973 but the supreme court declared fluoridation of drinking water unauthorised. As a barrister, the Minister of State is probably aware that...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I thank Senators Norris and Quinn for tabling this important motion on an issue that has generated a great deal of controversy. I would like to outline the Fianna Fáil position on this. We believe that fluoridation is a public health measure that is good for the oral health of all age groups in society. The then Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Micheál Martin, launched the final...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: When one gets to the high moral ground, it can be a very shaky position.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We had good tutors in the Progressive Democrats and no doubt Fine Gael has the same in Labour. I endorse everything said by Senator Conway about the undocumented in the US. I have had the honour and pleasure over many years, along with colleagues on all sides of the House, in advancing this case. No matter where a development took place, the Opposition parties would have criticised it. If...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I note the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government may give a direction in writing to the board on the performance by the board or the subsidiary and that he may, by direction in writing, amend or revoke a direction under this section. The Bill then goes on to say in subsection (3) that the Minister shall not give a direction under this section without first obtaining...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I note the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government may give a direction in writing to the board on the performance by the board or the subsidiary and that he may, by direction in writing, amend or revoke a direction under this section. The Bill then goes on to say in subsection (3) that the Minister shall not give a direction under this section without first obtaining...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We are being told by Ministers that the country is broke, so from where do they expect to borrow the money? The section states: "The Board may, for the purposes of this Act ... borrow money (including money in a currency other than the currency of the State) from such persons as it considers appropriate, whether by means of the issue of debentures (or other debt security) or otherwise."...