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Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: At 0% growth.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is better than putting it into Irish banks.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It would create jobs.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Please correct me if I am not right. Even though I spoke earlier, as there is still some time remaining I would be entitled to put another question to the Minister.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to raise two issues in the context of the Government's commitments, one of which relates to the sovereign bonds. There was a suggestion earlier in the year that pension funds would be actively discouraged from investing in Germany and France and that they should be repatriated to Ireland to help the Irish economy. Are there any developments on what is referred to as partial capacity?...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for her comprehensive review of the current state of her Department and of her various initiatives. I also thank her for the clarity she has brought to a number of initiatives, especially the one that is now proving the most controversial in regard to employers' obligations to provide sickness cover. To put all...

Seanad: Alcohol Pricing: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and I compliment her on the initiatives she has taken on substance abuse in general. I wish her well. I am grateful to Senator van Turnhout for the amendment, which has been accepted by the Government, because it is significant. I am also grateful to her for quoting many of the relevant statistics, which prevents me from having to repeat...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, I am reluctant to interrupt and I know the Minister is trying to make a political point but the record also shows that the then Minister also said that he would engage in widespread public consultation on the issue.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is, in that the Minister is being selective in his quotes.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: That was an unfair comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I share the sentiments expressed on this side of the House in particular in respect of the former Minister of State, Deputy Penrose. As already has been stated, he came to this House a number of times. I remember specifically a debate on electoral legislation in which he was so expansive and impressive that Members wondered whether he was a Minister at all because he took his own line. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I would hate to think that would happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I do. I do not wish to dwell on this matter too much, other than to state that Deputy Penrose took that decision in what he believed to be the best interests of his constituents and anyone in politics would applaud anybody who does that. Members should remember that "Teachta Dála" means messenger to the Dáil and he carried a message from his constituents who elected him to this House and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As that message was not accepted, he took an honourable course.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. My question relates to Senator Paul Coghlan's comments, the sentiments of which I share, on the meeting of the Taoiseach with Ms Angela Merkel in Germany and to the references made by Senator Quinn and others to the euro crisis. I believe it is vitally important to keep this issue on the agenda and in that context, I ask the Leader to convey to...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: In light of the assurances given by the Minister, the amplification of the debate and the context of the criteria being addressed, I support Second Stage.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister and commend Senator Bacik on her initiative. I observed the contrast in the two contributions from the same party. My mind kept going back to the reality of what we are being asked to debate and agree to which is essentially an amendment to existing legislation. It is not necessarily about the wider issues relating to all sorts of inclusivity. I agree fully with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I endorse Senator Barrett's comments regarding public service contracts. However, I would caution that to go down the road of looking exclusively at cost-benefit analyses for public works projects may not be the best approach even though it may seem the most technically efficient. If, for example, a cost-benefit analysis had been carried out, as was proposed 15 years ago, on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Therefore, I caution against an excessive focus on this aspect. Perhaps Senator Barrett is informed by a symposium currently under way at the ESRI and reported on in The Irish Times yesterday. For those of the view that past Governments have somehow been incompetent in implementing public service contracts, it should be noted that problems in this regard are not unique to Ireland....

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: That is my point.