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

Paschal Mooney: I am reluctant to go down the road of trying to reply to the political points made, although I wish to make two points. I have the greatest respect for Senator McDowell, who has great expertise. He was also his party's finance spokesman and there is a possibility that at some point in the future, he may again become Deputy McDowell and may end up as Minister for Finance.

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

Paschal Mooney: I am afraid that for those of us from the country—

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

Paschal Mooney: —it will be a cold House for people from the country—

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

Paschal Mooney: —coming up looking for—

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

Paschal Mooney: I am speaking to the motion because an attack was made on the decentralisation policy that has been pursued by every Administration since the foundation of the State and which has not been implemented until today. It will be implemented within the timeframe. It is a happy day for the people of County Leitrim. My late father sat in this House and on many occasions, along with his...

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

Paschal Mooney: I compliment the Government and the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon. I hope he will also ensure that the relocation of the sections of the Department of Agriculture and Food from Sligo to Leitrim will take place. The site has been purchased in my home town of Drumshanbo and is now at the conveyancing stage. That decision was pursued by the Government not as part of a decentralisation...

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

Paschal Mooney: It is no wonder when we have to listen to him paint a picture of dismal gloom to a point where I was almost in tears until I woke up and realised he was not talking about Ireland 2003 but about some never never land in which Fine Gael resides. The circle is complete. Fine Gael lives in the past and we have a putative Minister for Finance who does not believe in decentralisation. I will be...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (2 Dec 2003)

Paschal Mooney: This has been discussed. Acting Chairman (Mr. Mooney): My understanding is that amendment No. 34 was not formally moved or discussed before now. The Minister of State is indicating that it was discussed in the context of other amendments, but it was not formally moved previously.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: That is the wrong information.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is wrong again.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Does the Senator believe everything he reads in the papers?

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should join the party. He will be welcome to find out the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I have never been more relaxed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Beware of Kerry men bearing gifts.

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I move: That Seanad Éireann: notes a major review of the Government's development co-operation programme has just been completed by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, DAC;

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It is a gender thing, Senator Bannon is not comfortable around powerful women.

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: All that is left for me to do is to reflect on behalf of the House on the comments made by the Minister of State and, perhaps, make one or two final points. I am pleased the Minister of State has, with his usual clarity, acknowledged that we still have much to do. I welcome his commitment to coherence and the initiatives he is taking in that regard especially in light of the CDI report.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Unsolicited E-mail. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to speak on this issue which is daily increasing in importance. I compliment the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on his recent initiative, which has received the support of our EU neighbours, to outlaw and eliminate spam. A study by the US research organisation, Pew Internet, has found that unsolicited e-mail or...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Unsolicited E-mail. (26 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I acknowledge the Oireachtas Library for providing me with the statistical information on the problem and Ailish O'Hora who wrote an article in the business section of the Irish Independent on the impact of spam on Irish business. Will the Minister of State or anyone else attend a European Forum for Electronic Business seminar, "Spam – the Death of e-Mail", which will start at the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I am sure Senators will join me in marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy which took place on Saturday, 22 November 1963. Some five months before his death the President graced the Houses with his presence at a joint sitting of the Dáil and Seanad. My father was honoured to be a Member of the Upper House at that time and was present in the Chamber for...