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Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister indicated to the Chair that he had a prior appointment and that he would be grateful if the House could accommodate him.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I am sure Senator Ryan has no difficulty in accommodating the Minister.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I clarified the position. There should be no bewilderment.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: May I address the Senator's bewilderment? I have already explained the reason so there should be no bewilderment.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: When I called the Minister, Senator Ryan indicated no objection. With respect, if Senator Ryan had an objection he could have made it at that time rather than after the event.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Why raise the issue?

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I would like to raise an issue, through the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I did. I thought the Chair had seen me.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I have a very brief intervention——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: As most Senators will be aware, I have more than a passing interest in sport. A decision was taken earlier this week to appoint a development team to refurbish Lansdowne Road. The plan — which is totally inadequate given our rising population, estimated to be 5 million by 2020 — is to increase the seating capacity at the stadium by 1,000. I have no doubt that our successors will come into...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I have a question for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I appreciate that the Chair's antenna is acutely attuned to any reference to sport, but this has nothing to do with Croke Park ——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: It has nothing to do with Limerick or with officials. The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism has released statistics on the number of applications for capital sports grants. Given the massive amounts of money poured into sport since 1997, when the Government appointed a Minister to Cabinet with responsibility for sport, one would have expected that there would be a decrease in the number...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: The question arises as to why there is a continuous increase in requests for sporting facilities. In that context, I ask the Leader——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Does the Leader agree that the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, should be invited to the House to debate the question of the delivery of sporting facilities?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: Senator O'Toole is engaged in a flight of fancy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: This is the Athlone pact, taking over from the Mullingar accord.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: It was the voters' choice. With respect, that is up to the voters. It is nothing to do with any party.

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (20 Apr 2005)

Paschal Mooney: I have a technical question for the Minister of State. In the context of the amendment, I notice that in section 10(2), a member of the Garda Síochána can arrest a person without warrant. Is this a departure from the norm or is this now normal practice? I know of the concept of citizen's arrest.