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Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It is a very important point of order. There is an important distinction. Senator O'Toole is being somewhat mischievous and should withdraw his comment.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I endorse what the Deputy Leader and Senator Quinn said about the question of Iraq. One can only assume that Senator Ryan suffers from the type of advanced amnesia that affects academics in the context of debates of this nature. When he comes out into the sunlight, I would suggest that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minster of State, Deputy Kitt, have given the utmost clarity to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I compliment the Minister for Foreign Affairs who – for the first time as a Foreign Minister – delineated the difference between military and political neutrality. This country will make its decision in light of inspector Hans Blix's report next Friday. To use football parlance, I ask the Leader to keep her eye on the ball in terms of what is happening in the region in general. There is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: It is rubbish.

Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: While I am reluctant to interrupt the Minister, I remind Members that there is a convention in the House that Ministers are not interrupted, especially when Senators have an opportunity to express their own point of view.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to Senator Norris for mentioning Leitrim and giving us publicity. Normally we must rely on Dustin the turkey to give us national publicity.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I know that and stand corrected. I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for guiding me in this regard. The House should not allow this day to pass without recording its condemnation of the bomb planted in Enniskillen in the past 24 hours. I am sure this will find agreement on all sides of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: I thought we had passed that stage. I live within half an hour of Enniskillen and have relatives in the county and the town, which I know well. As the Church of Ireland bishop said this morning, when we hear of Enniskillen and a bomb in one sentence, it cuts one to the quick. In this House we had the legacy of the 1988 bomb in the person of the distinguished, much remembered, lamented and...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Like my colleagues on the other side of the House, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt, to the House and thank him for his elucidation of the current situation as he sees it. I will not dwell too much on yesterday because it has been fairly well aired by the Minister and by the contributions so far, other than to say there is a growing body of evidence which suggests that the...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: He does, however, go on to state that we as a country are determined to discharge our international obligations both in trying to avert conflict and in carrying out the decisions of the Security Council. Membership of the United Nations and the primacy of the Security Council have been a central plank of Irish foreign policy since 1946 when Ireland first applied for membership. It was the...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: These facts do not indicate that he is intent on wreaking destruction and havoc on innocent women and children in Iraq. Despite America's hurt and awesome military might, the Bush Administration needs to understand that unilateralism has had its day and that the rule of law among civilised states supersedes all other considerations. A set of rules must be established and accepted before...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements (Resumed). (6 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Next Tuesday, 11 February 2003, at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Usually this House, and countries generally, welcome the creation of new countries: the most recent new member of the family of the United Nations was East Timor, with which we have very strong relations. However, today marks the ending of a country. Seventy-five years ago, in the aftermath of the First World War, the state of Yugoslavia was created out of the remains of the Austro-Hungarian...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2003)

Paschal Mooney: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I endorse all that has been said so far, particularly in regard to Mr. John McCabe. Those of us who used the offices located in Kildare House came to know John particularly well. We missed seeing him as often when we moved over here, although he spends much of his time around this part of Leinster House. The greatest tribute that could be paid to him is that he will be talked about for long...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: This matter inevitably creates a great deal of emotion and when one becomes emotional, one suspends one's critical faculties, particularly in political debate. Great sincerity and an extremely high moral tone have been mustered by the Labour Party. I find it somewhat ironic that Senator Ryan should adopt such a tone in the presence of a Minister, Deputy McDowell, who has honed a similar tone...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I referred to both the Senator and the Minister.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: Perhaps the Minister will clarify if it is true that, as part of the illegal trafficking that has been conducted in Europe and in order to ensure a safe passage for illegal immigrants, traffickers have advised those who wish to enter Ireland and other countries to burn their passports and other documents. If they take the advice, illegal immigrants who are actually economic migrants have a...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I agree that those who genuinely cannot escape the conflict in the world, as they cannot acquire documentation, should be helped. We should not forget that those who have documentation are advised to burn it. I would also like to ask the Minister if he thinks it is right that Irish citizens who show up at Dublin Airport to travel with Ryanair cannot leave the country if they do not have...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: Surely we should be thinking about our citizens in this context, as well as worrying about those coming into the State.