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Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: For the information of the House, my understanding is that it will be a matter for Members to table amendments to the Government amendments on Report Stage. In other words, when the Government amendments are published, if Members wish to amend the Government proposals on Report Stage, they can table amendments to the Government amendments.The text of the Bill is still the same. As soon as...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I understand what the Senator is saying but it is a matter for the Department, rather than the House, to publish the amendments and I presume the Minister, in goodwill, will ensure the amendments are published in sufficient time to allow Members to table amendments to the Government amendments if they so wish. Otherwise, this is not proper procedure because it would not permit this House to...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The deadline is governed by when the Bill is ordered to be taken and debated on Report Stage. The business is ordered accordingly.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Craughwell. As the Leader will be aware, we have repeatedly raised this issue since the time of the original debate with the Minister, Deputy Burton, in 2012. Her comments at that time will haunt her and her party into the general election. She said she would be opposed to introducing this measure until there was a...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Sorry, I was to second that amendment. I did not realise the Senator had proposed the amendment. I am very sorry.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment to the Order of Business by Senator Darragh O'Brien in respect of funding cuts to Rape Crisis Network Ireland. I do not understand where this Government is coming from.Why does it constantly seem to undermine NGOs that are doing an extraordinary job across the whole field of human endeavour? It is not just about the rape crisis centres, which we are discussing this...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Tusla has proposed new contracts for rape crisis centres which put at risk the autonomy of rape crisis centres.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to the House. While I know where Senator Norris is coming from, I disagree with him. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to be a very committed Minister of State, particularly to her brief. Whether it is Kilkenny city or Dublin city, she will bring the same commitment to that role. I have every confidence that what she has...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: My earliest recollection of Dublin was of a vast place, which was not quite as vast as it is now. My late father was a Member of this House in the early 1960s and I travelled with him on many occasions, primarily to visit the amusement arcades on O'Connell Street, which were there even then, and also the cinemas. I especially remember the buzz and life about O'Connell Street. It was like...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: -----and Clerys, of course. The first time someone decided to do something about the streetscape of O'Connell Street was the Wide Streets Commission, which went back several hundred years. It did a wonderful job at the time, but it has not been followed through since. Certainly since self-government, we seem to have neglected Dublin. Not only that, we have destroyed it in many places....

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Senator O'Donnell was lording it in some shebeen located in Wexford which was broadcast on radio last week.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The snobby lot.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: He might be, actually.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am not a bit sorry for them after last weekend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. The brief we have received indicates that there was much debate about very important issues. I wish to focus on two. One is slightly related to the main one about rail transport. I assume this is the TEN-T package. To put it in context, a directive relating to rail transport was brought before the committee a couple of months ago and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am very grateful to the Minister for his clarification and I appreciate the demands on funding. I have no doubt whatsoever that most of us would agree there is a need to maintain our existing road network. Representatives of the National Roads Authority appeared before this committee and told us there is something like a €300 million shortfall in terms of maintenance funding alone,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: -----support what the Minister is saying, namely, the development of the western rail network would link up with Foynes, for example. The current system of freight transport to the eastern and the south eastern ports was inefficient. We have an existing infrastructure, which I appreciate needs funding, and I understand everything the Minister said about the funding challenges. However, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Mooney: And of benefit to the economy.