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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Was Senator Bacik listening to me? I stated there are 700 fewer gardaí in Dublin than there was last year.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am interrupting Senator Bacik because she is not listening. The Senator is merely doing the Government's spin.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: There are 700 fewer gardaí on the streets of Dublin where the Senator lives.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Why does Senator Bacik not answer that?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Is this a party political speech?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Senator is abusing his position in the House with a party political speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: This is a terrible abuse.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Cathaoirleach should have a word with Senator Jim D'Arcy.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That was then; this is now. The increase in crime figures has happened on the Government's watch.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: The Leader should not go back into history. I am talking about the past five years of this Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That is the fact. There are 700 fewer gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Last year there were 700 fewer.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Try to tell that to people in my part of the country, because they have not get the message yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: They are still waiting for the new Jerusalem under Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: That has to be the great cliche of this Government - "everything possible."

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: Yes.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I move recommendation No. 4:In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:"19. The Minister shall, within 1 month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Employment and Investment Incentive in particular in how it relates to companies more than seven years old.".

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. One welcomes any initiative that will encourage SMEs, which are the backbone of the Irish economy. I applaud the Minister because I know he is very focused on this. Senator O'Brien is absent but I understand that because of the relatively new nature of this initiative and its implementation, the amendment attempted to address the efficiency and...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: I have always admired Senator van Turnhout's commitment to children and to addressing the damage being done to children. She has outlined in a cogent, effective and convincing manner, the reasons the Minister of State should take her amendments on board. We are living in a changing world. I am not sure that I totally agree with the reference to the fact that "pornography" has become muted...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Paschal Mooney: My apologies for wanting to return to my earlier comments but this Bill is as much about enforcement and here is a section dealing with fines. The report I referred to earlier, which the Minister of State did not allude to, has indicated serious inadequacies in the manner in which child pornography crimes and sexual crimes against children are followed up. For example, there is no...