Results 781-800 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yes. The Deputies would know about the general point I am making. I have taken this opportunity to make the point in the presence of people who effectively dilute and transmit news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: RTE: Governance Issues (25 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I think the input of the Seanad should be mentioned as part of the background and context to the legislation when it hits the Dáil. It should not have to wait until it reaches the Dáil to be discovered. Background information, such as the fact that it was debated in the Seanad as part of the legislative process of the Upper House, should be mentioned as well. The impression is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Has any of the delegates heard of places such as Clogh, Muckalee, Moneenroe and Conahy? They are real communities and not that far from Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. Castlecomer would have been the central point for communities living in these areas to access services. They are real communities. I find it extraordinary that Bus Éireann states it is not prepared to reveal plans to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Does that mean that in all or most cases they will not carry free travel pass passengers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Government is not providing enough money for social services, although it promotes itself as looking after rural Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: It is said locally that that will tie in nicely with the by-election in Carlow-Kilkenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The service will be withdrawn after the by-election.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am aware of that, but I wanted to clarify the position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to Ms Graham and Mr. Murphy for clarifying the changes in the transport system. Has Bus Éireann ever considered applying to the NTA for licences for feeder services using smaller buses such as minibuses to provide a service where it is withdrawing from the Expressway network?

Seanad: Report of British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on Cross-Border Police Co-operation and Illicit Trade: Statements (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will enthusiastically endorse the recommendations of the BIPA committee on cross-Border policing co-operation on illicit trade. Due recognition has been paid, and rightly so, to our friend and colleague, the Government Whip, Senator Paul Coghlan. This is an important report because it focuses on an issue that those of us who live in the...

Seanad: Report of British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on Cross-Border Police Co-operation and Illicit Trade: Statements (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am delighted that the Senator and his colleagues at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly have focused on this issue. I hope it will reinforce the Government's commitment which I do not doubt for one moment to try to eliminate this problem. We will never wipe out smuggling because it has been ongoing in the Border counties since God was a boy because of the various complexities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector and Annual Report 2013: Teagasc (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I have three very short questions. About two years ago members of this committee attended the Green Week in Berlin and one of the stands that impressed me a great deal was about scientific advances that had been made in improving yield. Is Ireland at the cutting edge of that technology that ensures that we have the maximum yield from dairy herds, particularly in light of the ending of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Our colleague in the other House, Deputy Willie Penrose, published a Bill recently to reduce the time to discharge bankruptcy from three years to one year. Last weekend at the Labour Party conference, and subsequently, the leader of the Labour Party and Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton, endorsed this initiative by her colleague. Speaking with Deputy Penrose it is obvious that this has...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Pistols at dawn.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: He has set his face against it.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am aware of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: It is not impacting on the people who need it.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: In the past 24 hours, Members of the Seanad received a leaked report relating to overspending by the HSE. The Comptroller and Auditor General's office is involved and this is a very serious matter, as it raises questions yet again about the competency and efficiency of the HSE. A figure of €3 million seems to be involved in the overpayment of salaries. It seems extraordinary that in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am very much aware of that.