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Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: He is putting the consumer last, not first.

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: We all find the Minister to be such.

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that Statutory Instrument No. 105 of 2014 Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 be annulled.The Minister is very welcome. We accept that Ireland needs a very strong regulatory system to maintain a high quality standard of building for family homes. I am sure the Minister will clarify the matter, but it appears the proposed statutory...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I referred to the President's state visit to the UK because I hoped the Leader would convey the appreciation of this House to President and Mrs. Higgins on the outstanding work they have done on behalf of the nation.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Fianna Fáil Party Senators are feeling wry amusement at the new-found enthusiasm of Senator Mullen for septic tanks.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Senator Bacik is correct. Fianna Fáil Senators are smiling wryly because our party has been fighting this issue for several years. The latter day conversion of Senator Mullen to the issue may have something to do with his tramping through the highways and byways of 15 rural counties. I am sure that has been a new experience for the Senator, coming as he does from the leafy suburbs of...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I wish Senator Mullen well and welcome him and his new-found enthusiasm for septic tanks on board. I hope he will continue to follow in the footsteps of the Fianna Fáil Party in protecting those who are financially impoverished. I welcome much of what he said on this issue. I am sure Senator Diarmuid Wilson and I speak for all sides in complimenting President Higgins and his wife,...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I found it to be an historic occasion and I am sure Senator Coghlan enjoyed the occasion yesterday. President Higgins lifted the morale of the diaspora, including the Irish in Britain, and those of us who are at home. I pay particular tribute to the President's wife, Sabina, who has done an extraordinary job in promoting Irish fashion. Sometimes the consort is left to one side in these...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Having been distracted by septic tanks, I completely forgot to join my colleagues in wishing Jody Blake every happiness in future. While it may be a cliché, the saying that one's health is one's wealth is true. I am aware Jody has taken the decision somewhat reluctantly on medical advice. We are all sorry that is the case and this is a sad day for us. I have served with Jody over a...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion (9 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister. While the motion and Government amendment are similar, the Fianna Fáil Party will divide the House on the issue because, as my colleague, Senator MacSharry, noted, we do not wish to the status quo to continue. Although others have made many of the points I propose to make, it is important to emphasise them in the context of the contributions that have been made....

Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: The third is that "immigrant entrepreneurs are encouraged to come to the country". It has been proven down through the centuries that wherever shifts in population occur and people have moved to a country, those who have come as immigrants to Ireland have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. They are rarely or never a liability on the State because they come here to work and to thrive. If they...

Seanad: SME Envoy Networks: Statements (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome the Minister of the State and wish him well on his appointment as SME envoy. On going through the list of appointments across the SME envoy network, I found it rather interesting that Ireland, by way of its having appointed Minister of State, Deputy Perry, is the only state, with the exception of Malta, to have appointed an individual from a business background. All the other...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I support the comments made by my colleague, Senator David Norris, in utterly condemning the attacks on the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, at his home, involving his family and, more insidiously, the anti-Semitic nature of the attacks.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: There is no place in Irish society for this type of behaviour and this message should go out loud and clear. I know my colleagues in the other House, irrespective of their political differences with the Minister, have also condemned the attacks. The Fianna Fáil group in its entirety utterly and unambiguously condemns this outrageous uncivilised behaviour by a person or persons unknown...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I remind Senators, six weeks ahead of the local elections, of the old cliché that perception is everything in politics. It is not about the reality. Even Irish Rural Link has been chilled to the bone. I am shocked by the statements of the Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, because it is a proven fact throughout the world that public services, particularly bus and rail services, are not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: Yes. The rail service would never be viable because there would always be a population imbalance between the west and east of the country. It is a fact of Irish life. If what the Minister stated is endorsed by the Government, woe betide the Fine Gael and Labour Party candidates who will go before the electorate in six weeks time, particularly those in my part of the country-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: They will rue the day they stayed quiet when the Minister threatened to shut down another service in rural Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Taoiseach or the Minister come to the House today to explain and clarify the Government's attitude to and policy on rural Ireland, not only on this issue. It is long past time that the Government was brought to account for the measures it has taken in the past three years. As has been explained by my colleague, Senator Marc MacSharry,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta: Chairman Designate (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Mooney: I welcome Mr. Moloney to this meeting of the joint committee and wish him every success with the important position he is assuming. I look forward to our future exchanges with him in his area of responsibility. Mr. Moloney mentioned that approximately 7% of the land mass is covered by forestry. He will agree that this is considerably lower than the European average, despite Coillte's...