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Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Níl mórán Gaeilge agam. Is féidir linn labhairt as Gaeilge. I wish I could converse sufficiently effectively to be able to put forward my points of view, but that is my weakness. I have always admired Senators on all sides of the House who have been able to speak in our first language. They might ask why I do not go out and learn it, but that is another matter. Like Senator Keane, I...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I also support this in principle. It reminds me, as somebody who like many Members on both sides of the House has over many years lobbied on behalf of the undocumented Irish in the United States, that one learns a great deal. I learned a great deal from Senator Zappone in justifying the reason this amendment should be accepted by the Minister. I learned a great deal about US immigration law...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Am I permitted to ask the Minister a question on immigration, as these amendments relate to the topic?

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I am not suggesting that I will oppose these technical amendments. I congratulate the Minister on the initiative he mentioned relating to a citizenship ceremony but is it his intention, in the context of the review inferred in the comments, to consider a nationality test? This matter came up with previous Ministers responsible for justice matters over the past ten years, and I am not...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: King Solomon would say it could be either English or Irish.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: As Senator Ivana Bacik pointed out, the Minister has reversed the provision on retirement age by proposing the substitution of 70 years for 65 years. Having elicited further information from the Minister on the other matter, I believe I am on a roll; perhaps, therefore, he might also indicate whether he is considering changing the retirement age for members of the Garda Síochána which has...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: It is a great loss of talent at 57 and 60 years of age when they do not wish to retire.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We are talking about retirement ages in this context.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I appreciate that I am stretching it, but it might be an opportunity for the Minister to elaborate.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Harbours Acts 1996 to 2009 (Transfer of Functions of Dundalk Port Company): Draft Order (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: A Chathaoirligh, could we have some order, please? The new Members should understand that business is going on.

Seanad: Harbours Acts 1996 to 2009 (Transfer of Functions of Dundalk Port Company): Draft Order (7 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to point out, with respect, to the relatively new Members - those of us who have been Members of the House a little longer will understand - that when the Chair is speaking, we should have silence in the House.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I also welcome the Minister to the House. I endorse all that has been said by the Minister and Senator Healy Eames regarding the motivation of Senator Leyden in bringing the Bill to the House and their hope the situation is regularised. If the Bill does nothing else, it will alert the general populous to the fact that a substantial number of people do not make wills. According to a number...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: We would be grateful if the Department could circulate the guidelines to Members of both Houses.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I thank Senator Bacik.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator O'Donovan. With regard to the point made by Senator Healy Eames, with respect, there is a simple solution. All she needs to do is to vote on what we proposed yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Sorry?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: Thank you for your ruling, a Chathaoirligh. In the context of the contribution by Senator Zappone, we on this side of the House welcomed the decision by the Senator, along with the leader of the Independent Group, Senator van Turnhout, to oppose the guillotining of the Bill. It occurred to me that the combined vote on this side of the House, coupled with the seven members of the Independent...

Seanad: School Curriculum (5 Jul 2011)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. When I went through details of foreign languages being offered in the education system, with particular reference to what I consider to be minority languages, I was surprised to learn that Mandarin Chinese does not feature on the school curriculum. To put the issue in context, in the junior certificate uptake last year, five schools provided...