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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am not surprised that the Government side is applauding the fact that the unemployment rate is down and I would certainly be very happy for anybody who has been out of work and has found work. I hope that continues, but it is cold comfort to 160 people in Carrick-on-Shannon and the surrounding areas of my hometown in County Leitrim, who are losing their jobs this morning in the MBNA office...

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is very welcome.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister of State need only look at the medals.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The swimming pool in Drumshanbo is an example.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We have the plaque with the Minister of State's name on it for posterity.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: She did it on her own.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: It happened with the England fans at the Scotland game. They were singing anti-IRA songs.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Coghlan is disagreeing with me. Maybe he went from the leafy suburbs, where he was born. I am talking about the real Dubs. Now look at them. They are proudly wearing the Dublin shirt, not just at the football matches which they attend in enormous numbers, but all over the place. There are so-called colours nights in Copper Face Jacks where one will see the Dublin shirt and all...

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am sorry about that.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I was referring to the economic aspect of the result rather than the winning team.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House again. Fianna Fáil supports this motion and recognises the critical role played by sport in society. With over 1.7 million Irish adults participating regularly in sport, the State has a central role in supporting sports activity across the country through infrastructure and policy supports. As a result of unprecedented levels of investment...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Once again, child care issues dominate the media. Comments were made following the gender equality conference in Dublin in recent days at which there was severe criticism of the lack of investment in child care facilities nationally and the continuing pressure on those who are referred to as being in the squeezed middle. Vincent Browne had problems with that definition last night on his...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State who is representing the Minister for Justice and Equality and acknowledge that this is not an area within his brief. Having said that, I am reassured to some extent that at least it is on the record now that the Minister will meet the key stakeholders, including the organisations I mentioned, which is a significant step forward. Correspondence with the Minister...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Do not mind the Chair.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: My quip was exactly that. I have the height of respect for the Chair and particularly for the current encumbent.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State, but I am disappointed that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, is not present to take this particular motion on the Adjournment. Earlier today many Members of both Houses visited a lobby organised by the sports coalition in Buswell's Hotel, across the road from the House. In the course of the presentations made by various individuals,...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful that Senator Michael Mullins has raised the issue of the forthcoming proposed strike by teaching unions over junior cycle reform. It provides me with the opportunity to indicate in the House that Fianna Fáil supports the principle of external assessment and opposes internal assessment. I commend our colleague in the other House, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, who pushed the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I did not suggest it was an exclusive effort, but as our spokesperson, he fought the fight from the outset to ensure the junior certificate would be recognised as a State examination. He also pushed actual reform not along the lines suggested by the former Minister, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, but in the manner which has now been accommodated in a compromise by the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am very grateful to the Minister of State for clarifying the matter. The devil is in the detail. The detail is contained in the last paragraph and it includes the fact that the Department is considering the legal implications. It is a very serious matter for the Department to draft legislation that might further limit those who have entered the country who are genuinely seeking...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter. This is a very recent development relating to the Dano case taken by a Romanian national against the German state which refused to pay her unemployment benefit. According to what I read, the person in question was refusing to seek work and felt that the state should still be obliged to pay...