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Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We now move to questions and answers. I remind Senators that they have one minute for questions. I call Senator Colm Burke.

Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: An bhfuil ceist ag an Seanadóir?

Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Perhaps, yes.

Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As no further Members are offering to ask questions, perhaps the Minister might wish to use the remaining time to address the wider debate as well as responding to Senator Mullins.

Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister for his time.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I am assuming that is a yellow card which has been issued to the Chief Whip. I endorse all that has been said so far regarding the humanitarian crisis unfolding off the coast of Israel, off the coast of the putative state of Palestine. In that context, it would be important that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade should come to the House. The Leader may correct me but...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We are following the practice of the previous Opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should stand on her own feet. She should consider her own position in opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: "Constructive" was not a word used in the Senator's speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: With all due respect, "constructive" is not a word that springs to mind when one thinks of the Labour Party in opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I hope the Senator is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: He did not do too badly with the football team he had.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. This is a farcical situation. Those Members present are here to make a contribution.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State and would like to pick up on the point Senator Colm Burke made. The Minister of State was chair of a sub-committee of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Scrutiny of which I was a member in the last Administration. She brought forward proposals at that time which would be very much ad idem with what Senator Colm Burke suggested, so perhaps she would...

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I would be interested to hear the Minister of State develop that point. The crisis we now face is not only a financial one but a political one. It has great potential to do very real damage to democracy in Europe, on which the foundations of Europe have been built following the Second World War. It is somewhat apposite that Senator Jimmy Harte made a reference to Hitler. It was in...

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We can make room.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State needs to establish a new relationship with the committees. She will get into a turf war because they are already engaging in the process right now, but they are not engaging in it adequately as this House is suggesting. They are currently engaging in that process.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: What is the role of the Seanad in that context?

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Could we be assured that in backing what is the sentiment of the House in regard to discussing and debating European legislation the Minister of State would also promote the provision of resources for that purpose because it cannot be done in a vacuum? Resources need to be provided if we are to take on that role. It is not enough for the Minister of State to say that she supports the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Paschal Mooney: While it is understandable that many tributes should be paid to the new President-elect, a more important event took place at the weekend which I wish to put on the record of the House. I congratulate Sligo Rovers on winning the FAI cup final. In the scheme of things a famous manager said once that the sport was more important than life or death. I endorse all that has been said about our...