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Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Marty found nothing.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: It is only a draft report.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: They have not been allowed in this country.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I would be grateful if Senator Norris would exclude me from the allegations he has made repeatedly in this House about councillors having a direct influence. I want to record that any decision I have taken on this matter, going back over a number of years, as it pertained to debate in this House, both in regard to the proposed motion and otherwise, was reached after conclusions I came to...

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris is fully aware of my position on the procedures that were being adopted towards bringing a motion before this House. That is what I objected to primarily, which was a matter of which he would be aware——

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: ——as were many of my colleagues within the Fianna Fáil parliamentary group but that is a separate issue. Having said that, the carefully constructed building the Government presented to the Irish people and that I supported was destroyed in the dust of Shannon Airport last Sunday morning by, I understand, a flight crew member and not a cleaner — that has since been clarified — who...

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, a committed European, who comes, like myself, from a part of the country that has benefited greatly from European subsidies and which now lives under a new dispensation. It would be no harm to put in a little plug for the BMW region here. The Government is vigorously defending its record against naysayers who suggest the region is losing out, but those of us...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: At the risk of incurring the wrath of the Chair, the issue riveting the nation is whether any of the Bloomsday ladies in the photograph that was in the national media this week caught Senator Norris. There is growing concern among people west of the Shannon that there is another anti-west lobby on decisions on the re-opening of the western rail corridor. A report was published some weeks ago...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (2 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Regarding the single reference in the Bill to the Director of Public Prosecutions, will the Minister of State assure us that the investigation the Government has initiated into the lack of communication between the offices of the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions will be thorough and reveal the exact circumstances such that it will not happen again? It is not the first...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I want to focus on the wording of subsection 2(4). In his Second Stage reply, the Minister referred to the manner in which court cases would now be held. He suggested this would radically change the approach to this crime and that was why successive Governments ignored the issue previously. It would put the spotlight on the victim, in this case the child. However, 1935 and 2006 are very...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2006)

Paschal Mooney: The other aspect of my contribution concerns allegations made by those who have gone through the system who were subject to heinous sexual assaults, whose perpetrators were jailed. Those victims have accused the legal system of not giving them the same equality in dealing with their case in terms of the provision of a book of evidence, counselling and all the other components of the...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Before commencing, I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. On Report Stage each amendment must be seconded.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Reflecting on the last few remarks of our friend and colleague, Senator Feeney, how could the Minister of State possibly ignore the flattery of such a distinguished Member of the House? She has put forward a passionate argument in favour of the amendment, to which I add my voice. Senator Jim Walsh's comments reminded me that I was present in this House when a previous Government withdrew a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I could not help but reflect that I will make telephone calls asking people to watch "Oireachtas Report" tonight to see the spat between Senators Ryan and O'Toole on the Order of Business. All Senator Norris's talk about ballcocks should also make for riveting television.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I referred to Senator Norris because I was trailing his coat tails.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: On a serious issue, I found it somewhat coincidental that Senator Norris referred to Lord Denning's "appalling vista" remark in the week in which Richard McIlKenny, one of the Birmingham Six, died. I am sure Senators will join me in expressing sympathy to Dick McIlkenny's family. The "appalling vista" to which Lord Denning referred was the prospect of accepting the possibility that the West...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: I share the concerns of Senator O'Toole and of Senator Ross, who I understand indicated he would be making a contribution along the lines of comments he wrote last week in his capacity as business editor of the Sunday Independent. He made the point that whenever there is any wobble in the equity markets, representatives of one of the major stockbrokers in this country, which in effect is...

Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Bannon, other Members want to speak. Irrespective of the attempts to have a go at the Minister of State, other Members want to speak and the Senator is wasting their time. I would be grateful if he would allow the Minister of State to continue without interruption.

Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

Paschal Mooney: Just under three minutes.