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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I know, but the tone has already been set.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is unfortunate that Senator Landy question a warmth that was spontaneously expressed for a former Taoiseach on a personal and human level.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I know, but the Irish people, who take it on themselves every five years to decide on Governments, will not welcome someone dancing on the grave of a politician who is a decent, honourable man and who tried hard in difficult circumstances. History will judge him more kindly than Senator Landy and his compatriots do.

Seanad: Rare Diseases: Motion (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte don Aire. Bhí mé ag caint ar maidin ar Riar na hOibre ach níor labhair mé i nGaeilge, cé gur seo seachtain na Gaeilge. Gabh mo leithscéal mar gheall ar sin. Like many of my colleagues, I have only school Irish however Seachtain na Gaeilge is important and something I fully support. I wish to focus on one issue in this debate but first I wish to declare an interest,...

Seanad: Rare Diseases: Motion (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am sorry. Please forgive my ignorance.

Seanad: Rare Diseases: Motion (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am glad you clarified it, Chairperson. My compliments to Senator Colm Burke and Fine Gael ON putting this motion before the House. Senator van Turnhout's reputation precedes her. The Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, is very much on top of her brief so I assume that she may be aware of this, but I will put it on the record anyway. As a result of my networking with the Prader Willi...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I had been hoping it would be a Leitrim crystal bowl but perhaps when we get a Taoiseach from Leitrim.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: Far be it from me to divert from my friend and colleague from County Leitrim. He might be sincere in his comments, but my colleagues and I were excoriated while on that side of the House by the then Opposition because Ministers were travelling abroad during St. Patrick's week. The criticism was not exclusive to the Opposition, in that it came from the media as well, which branded every...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I agree with Senator Comiskey, but I am astonished by the turnaround that inevitably occurs when governments and oppositions shift.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I raised the issue in the House and on the tourism committee two years ago. Not only was I excoriated, but the media came down on me on the basis that I was supposedly attempting to stifle its right, which I stoutly defend, to investigate the public cost of Ministers travelling abroad. Ignoring Senator Comiskey's remarks on the report, something needs to be put on the record. This is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That indicates the level of - I will not say ignorance - lack of understanding among the general public, which has been fuelled to a large degree by the media through the years. This is about the week of St. Patrick's Day - the most important week for the country's economy and the future well-being of the country. I applaud the Government on what it is doing.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: They switched overdrafts to term loans and called them new loans.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister needs to provide more clarity on what is happening in the banks. We have public service directors sitting on bank boards, yet they are massaging the figures by turning overdrafts into term loans, which is crippling small businesses. Last weekend, the Heritage Council issued a report which indicated that if the Government were to accept its recommendations, upwards of 5,000 jobs...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements, Questions and Answers (6 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am very encouraged by the Minister's remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: That is an absolutely outrageous statement to make, either inside or outside the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, if the remark in question is not withdrawn, the Fianna Fáil Senators will leave the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: The eurozone.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: While I accept what has been ordered, I am sure the Leader will agree that it is somewhat light, even on a Thursday. Will he endeavour to get some of his ministerial colleagues to consider bringing forward more legislation on a Thursday? Once again, the Government has been embarrassed, but I am sure it is also seething with anger at another leak from the European Commission to the finance...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: I am talking about the perception from the EU and that it is not receiving the level-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Paschal Mooney: It is possible that the level of acceptance the Government is conveying of it being ad idem with the EU and the troika in respect of budgetary policy may not necessarily be what it appears. Given that it is very much in the news I reassure the Leader and the House that Fianna Fáil remains steadfast in its support for the Government in respect of the referendum. It is with regret that the...