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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: My colleague, Senator Comiskey, commented earlier on the withdrawal of mammography services in Sligo General Hospital, but that is not the full story. Breast cancer is not a issue that should be politicised but it saddens me to say that the parties in this Government politicised the issue from the moment they embarked on the campaign trail seeking votes in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency. A...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am letting my rottweiler lose on the Leader here.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Why will they not call in the county managers in the counties where they are not doing that job?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: They are still falling behind. There would not be a homeless issue if they were building the houses.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The opinion poll published in The Irish Timestoday would seem to indicate that the people have lost trust in this Government. That is not surprising when one considers the mounting evidence. The Tánaiste has been critical of her partners in Government over Fine Gael's attempts to relieve the tax burden on the wealthy. According to Mr. Liam Doran, the hospital trolley situation now...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is exactly the point I was trying to make about the food cluster.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I hope we do not get the reputation Delaware has for some of its companies.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Does the Minister have any specifics on Carrick-on-Shannon?

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. We all join him in welcoming the continuing reduction in the unemployment figures. However, to pick up on the theme explored by Senator Kelly, this is not much comfort to people in the part of the country in which I reside. On Friday last, 160 people walked out of their employment at the former MBNA facility in Carrick-on-Shannon and will not be returning. The...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister can answer my questions when he is replying to the debate.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I only have six minutes in which to make my contribution.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The perception in areas outside Dublin is-----

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: -----that the vast majority of jobs in the high-tech sector are going to Dublin.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs 2014: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I was about to develop the point that, presumably, one of the main reasons for this is that clusters have been created in the Dublin docklands, where Google, Facebook and other companies established their European headquarters. Subsequently, even more high-tech jobs have been created in the area in question. The Web Summit, which took place recently and which has been held here for a number...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Last weekend, I attended the official opening of a heritage centre in the village of Kiltyclogher in north Leitrim, close to the home of the Irish patriot Seán Mac Diarmada. The centre was initiated by the local community council and funded by Leitrim County Council and the peace and reconciliation fund. Its opening was hosted by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Leader for the translation.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am sure the young lady to whom the Senator referred is suitably embarrassed. She is, of course, very welcome.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Her name will be there for posterity in the Official Report. I second the amendment put forward by my colleague, Senator Marc MacSharry. Notwithstanding Senator Craughwell's initiative and the Leader's opening comments, today is the day to discuss this matter. Indeed, it might well be part of the problem that we keep putting off that discussion. According to the Order Paper, our business...

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome his balanced approach to the complex issue of the Middle East. I agree with him and utterly condemn the outrageous attack on a synagogue in recent times in which four rabbis died and 13 other people were injured. Let us remember that 24 children lost their fathers, a fact which is sometimes forgotten in all of the reportage on this...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Many of them are in County Leitrim.