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Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Ideologically, he is on the left. In the absence of Senator Hayes, Senator McDowell admitted that, from his perspective, he did not and could not support the sustaining of work practices in the public sector that would not be accepted in the private sector.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: All of us agree on that point. Senator McDowell went into some detail but did not want to discuss specific cases because we all knew what he was talking about. I would be the first to support the public sector. Like all Members, I have always believed in a strong, vibrant public sector. I have never taken the view that everything should be thrown to the private sector, particularly as I come...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator has one minute remaining.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Long may it continue because he is theatre at its best and we really could learn a great deal from him in that regard. If I had my hat on, I would take it off to him. Answering his argument, which was eliciting the comments and reactions from this side of the House, is like trying to separate the wheat from the chaff; I will leave that to the Minister of State to do in his own forensic and...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I am always entertained by my friend and colleague, Senator Norris.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: There he goes. I was about to pay him a more fulsome compliment in that there are people who pay to hear him. It is wonderfully refreshing that we do not have to pay to hear him in this House.

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Like my colleagues, I welcome the Taoiseach's attendance in the House and I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Treacy, to the House. I emphasise the importance of our continuing to focus on European issues. I was pleased that the Taoiseach gave a confident reassertion of the importance of Europe to our...

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: That was negative. The reason I suggest that is because about 12 months ago I had the experience of being in Norway where I spoke with various Norwegian politicians and inquired why Norway is of, but not part of, the European Union. Norway cannot be in the European Union because its people rejected joining twice in referenda. The margin, in the early 1970s and again in the 1990s, was much the...

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: It takes the two of them to break the consensus. They are like two spitting divils.

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: It remains a problem.

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. Without engaging in hyperbole, I wish to state that the tabling of this motion represents an historic event in the distinguished history of the House. The motion is equal in significance to that taken in the Lower House. Over 50 years ago, both Houses of the Oireachtas debated the problems of emigration. It is difficult to believe at this remove that our predecessors...

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I move: That Seanad Éireann, concerned at the plight of undocumented Irish people living in difficult circumstances in the United States of America: —welcomes the high priority being given by the US President and Congress to addressing the issue of immigration reform in a way which takes account of the particular position of the undocumented, and also of the security of US borders;...

Seanad: Tax Evasion: Motion. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome our friend and colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, and I also thank the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, for taking time out of his busy schedule to address this motion in the House. It is very gratifying that a senior Minister should attend the House when his brief and Department are addressed, and I applaud the...

Seanad: Tax Evasion: Motion. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: From listening to Opposition comments and reading the Minister's speech, there seems to be a clear dichotomy between perception and reality. Anyone reading this would have the living daylights scared out of them. I will quote the specific figure into the record. As the Minister has stated, the overall tax debt is 2.5%, down from 30% in 1989. We are second in a list of the top 22 countries,...

Seanad: Tax Evasion: Motion. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I am reminded a little of Ian Paisley speaking after the initial attempts at agreement last December. He wanted sackcloth and ashes, photographs and blood on the floor. That seems to me to be the motive underlying the motion. The Minister addressed this point so well that I will not elaborate. The wording in the motion before this House includes the following - "believes that the failure to...

Seanad: Tax Evasion: Motion. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: If the Senator believes that, he and I are on a different side of the line. That is why I am here and the Senator on the other side of the House. I am no expert in this area, but I suggest that social welfare fraud is easier to detect. As all Members agree, social welfare fraud involves taking money from the State to which one is not entitled. It is not any more complex than this in that a...

Seanad: Tax Evasion: Motion. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I accept that totally. I often wonder at the cases one reads about in newspapers of people living on the margins who have been imprisoned because they were perhaps driven by need to engage in social welfare fraud. On the other hand, a person in an important corporate position who has been involved in wrongdoing will not usually end up in the same situation. There are two types of cases....

Seanad: Early Childhood Education: Statements (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome my friend and colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. I also welcome the opportunity for this House to add its voice to the evolving child care policy, which is a relatively recent phenomenon due to the growth in the economy over the past seven or eight years. I must declare a small interest in this matter as I am...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should not believe everything he reads.