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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I thank the Minister of State. I wish to tease out the matter briefly.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I wish to comment further on the point the Minister of State responded to. Why is there a discrepancy and variation between local authorities? I assumed it was due to resources. Clearly that is not the case and instead it is due to competence and administration. Why is there a wide variation in the way local authorities treat such housing? Is the Minister of State, in her capacity as...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Before Senator Reilly responds to the Minister of State, and in light of the discussion we have had on this matter and the fact that some local authorities do not discharge their responsibilities along the lines desired by the Department, I wish to comment further. I have been informed that Cork County Council has left some houses vacant for between two and three years, which is totally...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I want to ask the Minister of State a question on this amendment and on the section. Does she have any statistics that would back up the suggestion that houses in local authority areas are lying idle and have not been refurbished? Any houses that become available in my part of the country are immediately refurbished and allocated simply because there is pressure on the local authority to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: It had nothing to do with the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: It was the economic downturn that closed those post offices. The Leader is peddling rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is not a fact at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: That is a fact without context. It is only propaganda.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inter-Country Adoptions (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I emphasise that I am not suggesting what the Adoption Authority of Ireland is doing is in any way incorrect, rather I am saying there appears to be a perception, including in the media, that parents are afraid to raise concerns about their relationship with the authority and their referral by it to third parties, which process is costing them a great deal of money. They are afraid that if...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inter-Country Adoptions (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: This is my first time to welcome the Minister to the House in his new capacity. We both know that elements of this Adjournment motion were discussed at a committee meeting last week, but that is purely coincidental. I was not even aware of the committee's wide-ranging discussion until I read about it the following day. I was prompted to table this motion by one or two instances of parents...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Before I call Senator Crown, I welcome to the Chamber the newly elected first chairman of the expanded Limerick City and County Council. Councillor Kevin Sheahan is very welcome to the House. He is with Deputy O'Donovan and friends in the Chamber. We are seeing a bit of history in the making with his appointment and his presence in this Chamber.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: For clarification purposes, it does not make reference to this in the actual section. Will the Minister point out the part of the section that refers to it?

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Minister saying that it is covered?

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Section 20 relates to the provision of personal public service, PPS, numbers to Irish Water. I know the Minister is aware that concerns have been expressed about how this information could be used by Irish Water. I seek reassurance that the personal data that will be conveyed to Irish Water will be used exclusively for the purposes as outlined and that it cannot or will not be sold on to a...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: My motive in opposing the section was that no assurances have been forthcoming with regard to what could happen to this data. I understand this issue has been raised by some of my colleagues at briefing sessions. I want the Minister to put on the record that the use for which the data are provided to Irish Water, which she has outlined, will be the exclusive use to which it will be put....

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 17: In page 24, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:"(2) Failure of the trustees to notify members of changes as outlined under this section shall be deemed an offence as prescribed under section 3 of the Pensions Act 1990.". This is a matter on which my colleague Senator O'Brien had wished to contribute, but unfortunately he is not able to be present. On...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 15: In page 19, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(3) The powers conferred on the Minister by this section of this Bill shall not be utilised until after the Department of Social Protection make all reasonable efforts to recover these payments through installed repayments.”.The Minister will be aware of concerns expressed by Free Legal Advice...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I take the point.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(3) Section 232 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):“(4) The Minister shall provide a copy of any regulation or variation to a regulation that she proposes to make under this section to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and...