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Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am afraid the Senator is way over time. I ask him to conclude.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: My understanding is that all Members are entitled to five minutes. Senator Craughwell had two minutes left to speak at the outset and it is now three and a half minutes since he commenced. I have given him a certain amount of indulgence.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I have given the Senator three and a half minutes.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator has had three and a half minutes. I agree with what he is saying but that is the ruling of the House. It is nothing personal.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Like my colleagues on all sides of the House I deem it a great honour to have this opportunity to say a few words in tribute to the late former Deputy, Senator and Councillor, John Carty. I wish to convey our deepest sympathy to Kathleen, to his brother, Michael, whom many of us knew as a councillor and personally, and to all the extended family and the Regan family. I remember shortly after...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I support the comments made on the attacks of the Office of the President. It must be remembered it was not an attack on the person of Michael D. Higgins but an attack on the institution of the presidency. That is something that should give pause for thought to the members of the public who have increasingly become disillusioned with party politics. Perhaps we have a responsibility...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, to the House. I recall that when he came here not long after he had been appointed, he said that one of his priorities was to address this ongoing issue which has been, in a sense, a running sore in our immigration policy for almost 20 years. At the beginning of the cycle of the Celtic tiger we began to attract more and more...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator should move on. That was a lifetime ago.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: He should say something innovative or creative for a change.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: He should not bore the people by talking about what happened many years ago.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is a poor start.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: We are not going into coalition with the Senator's party.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: This is boring.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Will he be able to drink the tea?

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: For those who did not pick up on that, this question of whether Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should go into an alliance–––––

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I will but seeing as it was raised, all I will say is that we, in Fianna Fáil, will not dig Fine Gael out of its troubles. I can tell it that. It should not rely on us to do it whatever about getting the Shinners to do it. I may as well put it on the record now.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is one of the great non-events of all time. It is interesting that it is coming from Government Ministers. They must be getting very nervous in their constituencies when they start spoofing about the possibility of an alliance-----

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: In the context of this motion, our main concern has been a wastage of public money that started last year when Mr. John Tierney went on national radio and said that €50 million had been spent not on water conservation, on metering or on improving the infrastructure but on blooming consultants, if one does not mind. I am still waiting to hear how that money-----

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Do not suggest for one moment that Sinn Féin would not use consultants because that is definitely taking a spin too far.