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Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator has started and should continue.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I have a list to which I work. The turn of Senator Kate Walsh came and I understood Senator Minihan was taking that spot, as agreed with her.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: With regard to the Minister or Minister of State's speech, it is not circulated until he or she has spoken.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: That is a matter for the Senator's group.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator's opportunity to speak will come. Will the Senator allow——

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Allow me speak please. Everybody's opportunity will come. I have been presented with a list by the group leaders and I am working to it. That is the current position. The Minister of State is on the list at No. 7. If he is prepared to address us now, we can take it from there if that is all right with him.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Excuse me. The script of the speech is here. First, it is not a point of order. The Minister of State had the floor. Can we allow him to speak now?

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should conclude. She is well over her time.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: By agreement, Senator Cummins has allowed Senator Maurice Hayes to use his slot. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I support the calls for a debate on child care but I cannot let Senator O'Meara's comments go unanswered. This Government has been wide awake to the realities of child care and has spent hundreds of millions of euro since the programme was initiated in 1997. My friend and colleague, Senator Cox, raised the issue repeatedly at Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meetings when she was first...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 21 to 23, inclusive, in the name of Senator Tuffy, are out of order as they involve potential charges on the Revenue. Amendments Nos. 24 and 39 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 26, 27 and 28 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (14 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Perhaps the House should dispose of this group of amendments before it reports progress.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (14 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: We can conclude after we have disposed of amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (14 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute. Although mentioned by Senator Brian Hayes, it is probably not widely known that the Doherty family is originally from my home town, Drumshanbo, County Leitrim. Cootehall is only five miles away. All that separates us is the River Shannon and the parishes are almost on top of each other. All Seán's aunts, uncles and cousins still live there....

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I join with colleagues in asking the Leader to provide time to debate the Morris report. I know the McBrearty family. I know the father, Frank, through my showbusiness connections because the family ran a very successful cabaret venue. I have spoken to him and the family are very angry. I hope that in the context of this debate there is some move towards compensating the McBrearty family in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I ask for the Leader's support on this matter. They should initiate proceedings with RTE, the national broadcaster, to broadcast the proceedings of the National Forum on Europe as a package. It has already been televised internally and therefore would not be costly. There would be no technical obstacles to overcome and I believe it would contribute to the debate. My final point is-——

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Why should Ireland as a sovereign State take its cue from the decision of another state? We are entitled in this State to have a debate and to come to our own conclusions about the EU treaty.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: If I were not involved in politics but active exclusively in the area of disability as the parent of a child with special needs, which I am, I would have great difficulty supporting this Bill in its current form. However, I understand the difficulty in which the Government has found itself in recent years. I record my appreciation, and that of others in a position similar to my own who may...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Will the Leader consider a proposal that the House would formally acknowledge in some way the 60th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi who has been incarcerated for the past 15 years? What prompted me to raise this matter is the intention of Galway City Council to confer the freedom of the city of Galway on Aung San Suu Kyi following the example of Dublin some years ago. I understand a relative of...