Results 821-840 of 5,046 for speaker:Paschal Mooney

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That goes on, but how would one address it? Senator Ó Domhnaill is right in saying that the electoral register is in a mess, but the problem arose from the abolition of the rates.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Rate collectors went around a county and were able to identify who was living where.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The register was reasonably accurate; in fact, it was nearly always accurate. Senator Ó Domhnaill spoke about a reduction in the membership of political parties. There was a tradition in Fianna Fáil, and I am sure the same was true for the Fine Gael and Labour parties, that when the draft registers came out annually, a special meeting was held. People trawled through the register...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The rate collectors have gone but, in addition, the membership of political parties and their proactive nature at local level have greatly diminished over the past couple of decades. That is the problem we are left with, so how does one address it? I am firmly of the view that local authorities should continue to be involved; otherwise, the new electoral commission will have to be provided...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The voice of reason.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: They do not have to do that.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Why not take it out of the local authority?

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: One would spend more.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is accepted.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I find it rather instructive that the Government side seems to be a little like the cat that got the cream, in terms of some of the announcements being made. Let us put one thing in perspective about the €500,000 for events and festivals across the country. As a former chairman of north west tourism, we did not quite get that amount but we received a substantial amount up to some...

Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Mar 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister back to the House. As all of us here know, and as the Cathaoirleach has said, this is a Seanad Bill. What disappointed me somewhat was that when the Minister, Deputy Reilly, introduced this Bill to the House and there was a long debate, it got very little media coverage at the time, although it got some. Perhaps that was because it was the summer, but I would like to...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: This week, the Irish Hotels Federation, IHF, held its annual conference in Ballyconnell, County Cavan. A great deal of positives news on the tourism front came out of that meeting. There are indications of a strong resurgence in the hotel sector around the country, as suggested by the number of hotels that have been bought in the past 12 months. There was also a great deal of praise for...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yesterday, I raised with the Deputy Leader the withdrawal of services by Bus Éireann. I am pleased to say that at its meeting this morning, the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport, of which I am a member, has agreed to invite representatives from Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to come before it in the next two weeks in order to discuss their policies....

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: It is an all-Ireland team. The Senator should have said we have 6 million people.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister, without interruption.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator will get an opportunity to respond.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Amendments Nos. 107 and 108 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Although many Senators wish to speak, we seem to be exhausting the debate on this. I do not want to go around in circles.