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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am disappointed to hear that. If the Leader was aware of the unavailability of the Minister until 1.45 p.m. perhaps he could have taken the opportunity to include statements on topical issues for an hour prior to that. If the occasion arises in the future, and if the Leader has been given sufficient advance notice, he might give consideration to such a measure, in particular on a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Will the Leader inform the House what is going on in Government Buildings? Are we facing into an early election? Is there a split between the two parties?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: People are asking what is going on. I respectfully ask the Leader to give us some indication of that in his reply

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (5 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Minister, Deputy O'Sullivan, taking the next matter?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (5 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stait

Seanad: Penal Reform: Motion (5 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and say, as my colleague has already indicated, that Fianna Fáil is supporting this Private Members' motion. However, we have severe criticisms of the manner in which the Government has been addressing the various deficiencies in the criminal justice system. One of the issues that has attracted media attention in recent days is the continuing...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thank Senator Gilroy for that kind thought. She certainly has more money than I have but she deserves every penny of it. She is a very talented and committed broadcaster. Her appointment will enhance considerably the status of RTE. I call on Moya and the newly appointed members, when they take their seats on the newly appointed RTE board, to reverse the decision by RTE management to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I appreciated the Leader's response yesterday to my remarks about the ongoing saga of the long wave 252 transmitter. Earlier this morning, at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, I sought and received the unanimous backing of the committee for the newly appointed RTE board, which was announced by the Minister for Communications. Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy White,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I apologise if I am wrong in that regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Now that he has outlined specific areas of policy that are affecting the diaspora, it would be opportune if the Minister of State were to come before us in order that we might have an opportunity to discuss matters with him. If we had a debate of even one hour's duration, it would be very welcome. I echo the comments made by Senator Barrett in respect of RTE's long wave 252 service. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I commend our colleague, Senator Barrett, on his article on Irish Water in The Irish Times. Along with Senator Cullinane's earlier comments, I believe it should be required reading for the Government in light of the apology announced yesterday by the current Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly. As has been pointed out, this House debated the Irish Water Bill without a guillotine and it seems the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Last weekend, as a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, I and a number of colleagues from this House, including the Leader of the House, attended a plenary with a difference. We spent Monday visiting the battlefields of Flanders in south-west Belgium, on the border with France. From an Irish point of view, we were specifically interested in, and had the opportunity of paying...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Please allow the Minister to continue.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Is the issue Senator Daly wishes to raise the same?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator van Turnhout has raised a separate issue and I want the Minister to deal with this specific issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I support all that has been said in regard to the motion. I have no difficulty about a move towards recognising Palestine as a state. This is, in fact, policy which is accepted even by Israel itself, I believe, in terms of a two-state solution. I want to echo the remarks of my colleague, Senator Bradford, that whenever the issue of the Middle East comes up in this House, it is one-sided,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Long Wave Radio Transmission: RTE (15 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thank Mr. Jennings, Mr. McGuire and Mr. Coakley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Long Wave Radio Transmission: RTE (15 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Sorry about that. I think I already did it. With the agreement of the Chair, I would be grateful if the witnesses might inform the committee of the outcome of the consultations in London.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Long Wave Radio Transmission: RTE (15 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: RTE should take that up with the Department of Social Protection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Long Wave Radio Transmission: RTE (15 Oct 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I am flying a kite.