Results 4,841-4,860 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: From 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock on RTE, live from Athlone.

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Thank you, Acting Chairman. As my colleagues will tell me, and as Senator Walsh is very much aware, it was always a formidable task to follow the then Senator, and prior to that Minister, Doyle in this House. One had to be on one's toes and nothing has changed in that regard.

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: In fact, on the last occasion Deputy Doyle – I believe I am right in referring to MEPs as Deputy—

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I heard that phrase being used previously and I thought I would put it on the record not wishing to appear smart, but to give her her true status.

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The last time Ms Doyle and myself passed each other at Dublin Airport, she had broken her leg and some wit said that Ms Doyle, in common with all her colleagues in the European Parliament, had broken her leg for Ireland. I am not sure if it is true but it was a good story and, in a sense, it conveys the immense amount of work MEPs get through, which she conveyed also in her contribution. It...

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: They are, but the fact that they are here, and I realise it is only for a short time, means they are involved in dealing with pan-European issue. They are our future and in the context of what Ms Doyle said, I hope those young people, some of whom, statistically, will sit as Members in this House or the other House at some time in the future, will address the issues she has brought up about...

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The late John Healy, a good Mayo man, referred to it at one time as the permanent Government. Perhaps Ms Doyle might have a view on whether the current talk of reform in both Houses might somehow be relevant to what she is doing in Europe. She might have a view to express on the way the European experience can be brought more into the mainstream here.

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: She stated unequivocally that this would happen. Wherefore is this House and the other House, given that this deal has been done and dusted in Europe with the decision taken by a committee followed by the co-decision procedure? Our Ministers are aware of this initiative which I presume will now take the form of a directive to be implemented in our law. Ms Doyle does not have to address the...

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Perhaps she will take us through the co-decision procedure, its legislative impact and its relationship to the so-called powers of the Houses because it raises a fundamental issue about the future political direction of the European Union. In terms of the legislative process, the European Parliament is obviously far ahead of the Oireachtas, which appears to be stuck in a time warp. Does Ms...

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Yes, that is the drift of my question but I am being diplomatic. Is there a separate style of politics in Europe, a political way of doing things, which is somewhat foreign to us due to our peripheral nature and the culture we described earlier? Should we start adapting our political processes to be more specific?

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Should we introduce a list system for elections? Ms Doyle pointed out that some of the best people are drawn back to their home countries. Is it correct to assume this is a direct result of the list system and would not happen here because of the peculiarities of our system?

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: This leads, on the one hand, to the creation of a vacuum in the Parliament but also a continuum in that the country to which a person returns can then replace him or her with someone equally as good. I thank Ms Doyle for coming before us. As she stated, these issues are so complex that we do not have sufficient time to address them all. I have raised only a few pointers.

Seanad: Address by Ms Avril Doyle, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I believe I speak for other Senators and the Leader in wishing Ms Doyle well.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Bannon should realise he is in the national Parliament – not at a county council meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Is this a Cumann na nGaedheal text from 1932?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Did Senator Bannon get this from the archives?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Dream on.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: We know where the Labour Party stands on decentralisation. The Senator has written off the rest of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: No, the Senator is not. He is in a party which wants to go into Government with—