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Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I hope the people are not codded by that. What I am saying is that the €50 million spent is very questionable and I do not believe it has been fully accounted for in terms of where it was spent and how the procurement process was undertaken.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I support this motion primarily because of the Government's history of ineptitude in setting up Irish Water, the concept of water charges and how it has gone about conservation. Many good points could have been sold to an increasingly sceptical public, but that opportunity has been lost over the past 12 months because of the sheer incompetence of this Government in how it addressed this...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Government has not dealt with it.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Before I call the next speaker, the Tánaiste indicated that she had to leave. She apologised. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I will be brief asking this question because unfortunately I have to leave. I thank the witnesses. To follow up on what Deputy Fitzmaurice said, I have had the same experience. I was surprised to hear that 600 claims were settled because that is not the reality in terms of the few people who have contacted me. The most recent case is a neighbour who has no idea where he got the petrol...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: He is now stuck with a bill for €2,500 to €3,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Even though he has comprehensive insurance. He is not covered. I do not know where the witnesses are getting their figures from or the criteria-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The insurance industry here has a great deal to answer for, and it is not good enough to come in here and roll out those statistics when we know the reality on the ground is totally different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Paschal Mooney: And there are different companies adopting different policies.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We have covered a lot of ground on this amendment, but I want to add a brief comment. I do not think the Government has actually got it yet. It really has missed the plot. The people think this company is probably the most disgraced and discredited that has ever been created. They also think the Government is responsible for it and that it is protecting it and they have smelled a rat....

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Norris covered much of the ground I intended to discuss but there are some variations I wish to outline. I ask the Minister to clarify the provision for at least 12 and not more than 60 members. Why did he consider such a wide gap in the numbers appropriate? Long experience has taught me that when it comes to Opposition amendments to Government legislation on specific organisations,...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Please enlighten us.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Marie-Louise, we love you.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thought Senator O'Donnell independent.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I have a point of order. In 1983, the then Labour Party–Fine Gael coalition abolished the rate support grant which gave local authorities the right to raise revenue, including through water rates.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: What is the Senator talking about?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State is welcome. A common theme throughout the Committee Stage debate on this section and the amendments and throughout the entire debate is trust. As Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú has referred to this issue in some detail, I will not go over old ground. However, the overwhelming majority of the more than 4,000 e-mails I have received in recent days about this...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is precisely the point I am making. The Government is selling off a strategic asset.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: As the Leader did not offer Christmas wishes in his opening remarks, I did not do so either. I echo all that has been said by other Members in wishing the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach, the Clerk and Clerk Assistant, the staff of the Seanad Office and the indispensable and indestructible ushers - without whom the House would not function - all the joys and blessings of the holy season.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: In light of the Leader's reply, which indicates that the Government would be happy to sell off a strategic asset, which might also indicate a willingness to sell off Irish Water, I am pressing the amendment.