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Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: There is not much left. It is all gone.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the situation in Greece. I called for such a debate on the Order of Business every day last week. On Thursday we called a division on an amendment to the Order of Business. A number of months ago the Leader facilitated the Seanad in being the first House of the Oireachtas to debate the situation in Greece in the light of what could happen...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have called each morning on the Order of Business this week for an urgent debate on what is happening regarding Greece and the eurozone. That was supported yesterday by Senator Twomey. Senators Coffey and Ross made the same points today. Less than a year ago, commentators talked about the PIGS group of economies, which was an awful phrase. Those economies were Portugal, Ireland, Greece...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It has not been. That is what Deputy Bruton said for the past year. He was rubbished by the Government but it is now considering it.

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. It is the first time I have addressed the Minister of State since she was appointed to her new post, so I wish her the best of luck. I wish to focus on the cost and business implications of this Bill. Our country is rightly prioritising the smart economy as an engine that will deliver a sustainable economic...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the point made by Senator Boyle. I welcome opposition to the Government and especially to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, but the Garda Síochána is charged with implementing the law and should not under any circumstances step into the arena which creates law, which is politics.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Some of the points in the speech would be investigated by the Garda and for those lines to be blurred is a profound mistake. I say this on behalf of the individual gardaí who had to rush to a gangland murder on Friday night and who stand outside head shops all over Dublin city. Such rank and file members are the people who will suffer from such statements and a line was crossed yesterday...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: the capital city still does not have a high speed integrated and sustainable public transport system to entice commuters from their cars to reliable public transport; Dublin Bus is taking more buses off the road and reducing routes, therefore cutting services to local communities;...

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I did not say that. I made a point of asking the Minister of State to deliver-----

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: -----the same service.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I did not say "barmy".

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I asked how one could deliver the same service with fewer buses given that the funding to Dublin Bus has doubled. The Minister of State should answer this question. The money Dublin Bus has received since 2000 has doubled from €40 million to €80 million.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: He is misquoting me. I am taking this as an opportunity to put my question to him again. If he will not answer a point I did not make, then he might answer a point I did.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: No, we have not advocated that.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I call for a debate on a subject that could overshadow many of the themes we are discussing today. I refer to events in Greece on Friday, when a small member state of the European Union announced to the international markets that it believed it would not be able to meet its expenditure and asked member states to support it in an act of solidarity. That event will change the path and choices...

Seanad: Internet Filtering Systems. (22 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister for taking this Adjournment matter. It relates to Government thinking on dealing with the issue of illegal file sharing across the Internet. There was some publicity about that in recent weeks in regard to a freedom of information request to the Government through an organisation called Digital Rights Ireland. It was looking to establish Government policy on how it...

Seanad: Internet Filtering Systems. (22 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Everyone is supportive of any measure that can be taken to deal with the evil of child pornography and its distribution on the Internet. The consequences of a course of action that could be taken may be more far-reaching and profound than is understood. The response of the Minister of State concerns the discussions taking place - referred to in the first part of my submission - but does not...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I agree with Senator Quinn's call for a debate on the parts of the economy which are doing well. In recent weeks, I visited companies in my locality which work in digital media and arts. Ireland has companies which are world-leading in these areas and which show the agility, spirit and degree of adventure to which we aspire our wider economy to share. These companies are not recognised on...