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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have two questions in response to what the Minister has said and, in particular, his reference to a specified official which is a welcome and important part of the Bill. In regard to the reference to the armed forces, why is it necessary to specify that it should be a high-ranking officer? Could it not just be any member of the armed forces? How does one define who is a high-ranking...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Senator Dearey summed up the difficulty we are facing in the delivery of health services, a matter that must be debated in the House, when he referred to the "absence of any political presence" in their delivery. The health and safety of our citizens are too important for it to be absent of any political presence, as is the spending of billions of euro of taxpayers' money. While a balance...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask the Leader to investigate claims made yesterday that, owing to the industrial action taking place in our public services, social welfare offices were closed to people wanting to collect social welfare benefits. I would like him to tell us the number of offices and the benefits that were affected by that industrial action. This is an important issue that the House should address....

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to share time with Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I raise an issue which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions, that is, the attitude the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, has taken towards emigration and the creation of jobs for young people. I wish to focus on the fact that in the past two years the number of people under the age of 25 years who have lost their jobs is...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of that. Those bearing the brunt of the changes which have place place in the labour market and the economy are young people. They do not have a voice or representation which other parts of our society enjoy. On young people and emigration, in the past few weeks the Tánaiste has been questioned twice regarding her role in the matter. I would like the Minister of State to take...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I was interrupted many times by mobile phones. I would be grateful if the Chair gave me one minute to complete my contribution. More could be done to select industries to receive support targeted at job creation for young people. What is happening in the gaming industry is an example. Some two thirds of the people working in electronic media are under the age of 35 years. More should be...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Fine Gael does.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It is being taken in Committee today.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the points made by Senators Norris and O'Toole on the levy proposed for independent broadcasters.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister should come to the House to explain why it is proposed. Yet again we see a regulator that is willing to impose costs on independent businesses as opposed to making hard decisions about itself. I support what Senators Fitzgerald and McFadden said about the need for a debate on this report. For too long a vision of child care for children in need was the inside of a bed and...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course, the Green Party is in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have one question for the Leader. I repeat a call I made last week for a debate on emigration and the Tánaiste's views on that issue. Last Thursday night on an RTE programme the Tánaiste was asked to comment on the nature and extent of involuntary emigration in our country and she would not answer the question. She would not acknowledge its existence or the extent of it. As I said...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the call made by colleagues for a debate on the proposed reorganisation of Departments. I welcome the apparent suggestion of a Department with responsibility for public service reform and another Department that will focus specifically on the need to train and educate the unemployed. However, I wish to make two points. First, these proposals are being driven by the McCarthy...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: They need a willingness and determination to project themselves and to fight their corner at home and in overseas markets. I would go so far as to suggest that it would be good to see the same attitude from the Government.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I visited St. Laurence O'Toole's special school in Dublin on Monday morning last. In the course of our work as politicians, we spend some time visiting schools and trying to understand their needs. I have never visited a school which does such important and hard work in such difficult circumstances. This school looks after young men and women who, for different reasons, are not part of our...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support my colleagues in asking for an urgent debate on the banking economy. I also support Senator Walsh's comments in this regard. It is imperative that we have a debate soon. NAMA was sold to the country and this House on three different levels. First, it was to get credit flowing. We have seen that this is not the case. Second, it was to reduce the need of the State to take...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Where does this fit in with the concept of NAMA and the discussion on how it will operate? In the House, I argued that NAMA would be a creature of bubble economics and a slave to the vested interests that brought our country to the brink.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It is crucial that we have this debate. If NAMA does not work, the losers will not be the banks, they will be the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I call for a debate on the Renewed Programme for Government of 10 October last. This programme for Government was negotiated by Senator Boyle. He was part of the team that led to the delivery of it. The introduction of this programme for Government states: we have a responsibility to lead by example. ... We need to start a process...so that the highest standards apply and they are truly...