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Seanad: Business of Seanad (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 2 and 5 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As it is 7.50 p.m. I am now required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendment No. 4 is hereby negatived, that the Bill is hereby received for final consideration and the Bill is hereby passed."

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I go a certain distance with the Minister. I remember that when the Minister of the day withdrew the right of councillors to intervene with regard to waste management it attracted a great deal of criticism. However, decisions being taken on the ground were not in the national interest. I have always felt the size of our country means local and national representatives work more closely...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As this is the first occasion on which he has visited the House since his appointment, I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte. This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 118, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and has been placed on the Order...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I do not want to detract from the exchange between the Minister and my colleague, but Senator Ó Domhnaill's observation that not all material is recyclable recalls an issue I raised on Second Stage. There is some confusion among consumers as to whether certain types of plastic packaging are recyclable. In some cases the branding indicates they are recyclable when in fact they are not,...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is relevant in the context of the Minister having stated-----

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Yes, but the arguments made by both the Minister and Senator Ó Domhnaill focus on the promotion of recycling over landfill. I am merely asking whether it is the case that significant volumes of recyclable plastics are being assigned to landfill in error and whether the Department has any measures to address that.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I have great respect for Senator Keane, but her extraordinary statement has suggested once again that the Dáil and the Seanad are somehow two sides of the same coin. We are not. We are separate institutions.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As the Chair has pointed out, what happens in this Chamber with regard to policy is what happens in this Chamber. What happens in some other House is what happens in some other House.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Certainly. The then Minister, Dick Roche, increased the levy. If I remember rightly, he would have liked to have increased it further but the existing legislation did not permit him to do so. As I am deviating slightly from my two colleagues, Senator Keane will probably get to her feet again to say we should have uniformity of policy. Our previous experience in this regard influenced me...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister. As a former distinguished Member of this House, he has a greater understanding and respect for the institution that the Seanad is despite proposals to get rid of us. I assume the EU directives include the T90 test. Has there been any advance in the discussions the Minister had with members of Leitrim County Council and Oireachtas Members from the area? Unlike...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Is that the T90 case?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed). (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Much of this debate is the reaction to a populist view. I could not help but be amused by, and agree with, my good friend and colleague, the Minister of State, when he talked about the man sitting in the bar who did not vote but was propounding on the issues of the day and criticising the elected Member. Over the past number of months, in the course of attempting to introduce valid...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: In my initial contribution I attempted to suggest that, in the context of the amendment tabled by my group proposing that an interim report be published for public consultation, I was questioning the need or desirability of having a constituency commission at all. I referred to an article by Mr. John Coakley, the detail of which I have already acknowledged in my earlier contribution. Mr....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: -----Carlow-Kilkenny and Longford-Westmeath later became familiar combinations. This resulted in peculiar combinations such as Kerry West Limerick, Waterford East Tipperary, South Mayo South Roscommon, East Mayo Sligo and Leitrim North Roscommon, which gives me some fuel for a further debate on another amendment on the reasons why I think the Leitrim should become a single entity. However,...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I will reserve making any further comment until we come to deal with the section. End of Take

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I fully accept the Minister of State's bona fides, of which there is no question. We are all in agreement that the independence and integrity of the commission must be maintained. However, I will attempt to illustrate that perhaps there is a requirement for the Government to examine whether the commission model is now fit for purpose. After all, it was introduced on foot of a political...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Waterford-East Tipperary.