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Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: ——that it is in order to somehow rub the Government's nose in it.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: I am prepared to accept the word of the elected Minister for Foreign Affairs of this country. He asked a direct question of the Secretary of State of the United States, a friendly country, and was given the answer that nothing illegal was carried out on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Ireland. I accept that simply because that is the way international relations operate between...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: The argument is that if they did not tell us about the US marine, they did not tell us about anything else. My confidence in the American assurances was shaken by that incident.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: There is no question that the Americans were wrong on that occasion, and the Irish Government took the appropriate steps. The US Ambassador was summoned by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and he was told that it was unacceptable behaviour. I believe the Americans understood our position with regard to that incident.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: It is unfair to single out the Minister for Foreign Affairs in this motion and to state that he has been hiding evidence or hiding the truth. I have the greatest respect for Proinsias De Rossa, who is the president of the Labour Party and a former distinguished Minister.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: Forgive me. He is a former president of the party. He also has a distinguished record in Europe. However, I understand he was the only member of that committee to put forward a proposal that Ireland be singled out with regard to this issue. That is wrong.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: In the same context, the fact that the Minister for Foreign Affairs called for a review of the relevant civil aviation legislation, the Chicago Convention, was ignored. The reason he sought this was not just because of the developments in civil aviation since the conclusion of the convention in 1944 but because the convention currently only applies to military, police and customs aircraft...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: Perhaps I could have a few extra seconds while the substitute is changing. Any rational examination of the manner in which international affairs are carried out at diplomatic level will show that Ministers use Government jets and official carriers. Business at international level is now conducted by aeroplane. There is no suggestion that the 147 CIA owned flights were associated with...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: That is the stated fact.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: Not all these flights.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Paschal Mooney: It is incorrect and mischievous to bundle all 147 flights together and claim that they were operating in an illegal fashion on this country's territory. It is damaging to this country's interests to suggest it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market is a serious matter. As Senator Dardis pointed out, it concerns 475,000 people who will be without health insurance and 300 workers who face a bleak Christmas. All the indications were there following the judicial decision. I am not an apologist for BUPA, but it has regularly and constantly said in the media and in paid advertisements that if this...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I was not aware of that. I thank the Cathaoirleach and I am glad because this matter will exercise the minds of many people over the next couple of weeks. I hope the Government will speedily address this issue. I agree with the sentiments expressed about the Competition Authority's inadequacy on this. I hope the Leader will encourage Irish people to take up the proposal of the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: People should examine the source of a product, and if it is Irish and competitive, buy it, because this protects Irish jobs.

Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I have much sympathy with the argument that is being made. During Second Stage and on previous occasions I have argued that there is a vacuum in the relationship between the Executive and the Oireachtas on European matters. I appreciate that the constitutional treaty was going a long way to tidying up many of these deficiencies and Senator Quinn referred to a strengthened role for national...

Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I would again be grateful for the Minister of State's clarification on this. I was of the opinion that because the issue of validation arose on Second Stage, the Minister of State went quite a long distance in explaining the reasons. Am I correct in saying that apart from section 2, it also formed the core of the Bill in that it relates to the validation of certain statutory instruments?...

Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Several times.

Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: If this debate has revealed anything, it is an undercurrent of concern among Senators regarding the process involved in how information relating to the laws, directives and statutory instruments of the European Union emerges and is communicated to the public. In that context, I again suggest to the Minister of State that when he is reflecting on this matter and on the wider issue of the...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, I have been anxious to speak on the Bill and, unfortunately, time is running out. If I can be accommodated I would like to make a brief contribution. Given that an arrangement is being made——

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Senator.