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Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim. Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (12 Sep 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I take this opportunity to congratulate the newly appointed Leader of the House. I and the other long serving Members of this House, and I am sure I speak for the newly elected Members, value the expertise and experience Senator O'Rourke brings to the House. We are privileged that she has this position and I look forward to working with her during her term of office. I wish to refer to a...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim. Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (12 Sep 2002)

Paschal Mooney: As Senator Cummins pointed out, we can argue about these issues in another context and at another time. This debate is much too important to allow that type of political chicanery and opportunism to creep into it. It is grave disservice to the country that these issues are being introduced into the debate. They have nothing to do with it. Members of both sides of this House have already...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I echo Senator McDowell's request in relation to Ireland's membership of the Security Council of the United Nations. However, I also applaud the initiative of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Cowen. When Ireland assumed that important role earlier this year, he immediately initiated a process whereby representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs brief the Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I reiterate your welcome, a Chathaoirligh, to our distinguished visitor who has spoken with great passion and commitment. I am very much aware of the sense of occasion and history on which we are about to embark. In that context, will Mr. Cox address what appears to be a democratic deficit? He referred both here and outside the House to "connections". It appears the 65% of our people who...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements. (23 Oct 2002)

Paschal Mooney: Many Members have correctly referred to language. Without any reflection on the contributions of other Members, Senators O'Rourke and Hayes have already brought their broad experience to bear on the debate. We must consider the question of language as it relates to Sinn Féin. I share the view expressed by a number of Members about the manner in which Sinn Féin uses language. I have been...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I join Senator O'Toole and others who expressed concern about the imminent decision of Iarnród Éireann in relation to freight. I come from a county that has fought strenuously for employment over a number of years and has succeeded to some modest degree. The first breakthrough was in the mid-1990s with the establishment of the Masonite company. Many Senators who travel on the N4 through...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I want to convey to you with all the power at my disposal that there has to be a debate to address this serious issue. A board which has been appointed rather than elected cannot take precedence over elected representatives either here or in the Dáil.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements. (20 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I reiterate the warm welcome to the Taoiseach and the honour he has brought on this House by coming before us. I am sure he will agree that there are few crumbs of comfort as we approach the end of the year in relation to Northern Ireland and North-South relations. The one glowing light is the good and improving relations between Britain and Ireland. I must take issue with my friend and...

Seanad: Report on Immigration Policy: Statements. (27 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I am sure the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, experienced a spark of recognition when Senator Brian Hayes called for votes for emigrants. He would have been present for the many previous debates on the issue in the Chamber. The task force has come to no conclusions on the matter, but I must nail my colours to the mast. I would go further than Senator Hayes's noble aspiration of giving the vote to...

Seanad: Report on Immigration Policy: Statements. (27 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: One way of addressing the problem would be to introduce single seat constituencies, but that is an argument for another day. I also support the Minister's views in that regard. All countries which have introduced voting for citizens of their countries who are non-residents implement a registration process. This can, in a sense, be inhibiting in that it makes people stop and think about...

Seanad: Report on Immigration Policy: Statements. (27 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: May I raise a point of order? In the enforced absence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs we are extremely grateful that the Minister for Education and Science and the Ministers of State, Deputies Aylward and Gallagher, have been here. Officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs are present in the House and I know they will take a report of this debate to the Minister. As a former emigrant...

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (27 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: Yes, that will be done. Acting Chairman (Mr. Mooney): The Senator should sit down when he is ahead.

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: In the context of the historical parallels drawn, the soldiers, sailors and airmen's fund, from the time of the First World War, was jointly administered. The lighthouses around the coast—

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: —were jointly administered until this new dispensation. There were a number of other orders also on which there was joint administration since 1922, of which one of the more obscure of was the Office of Ulster Arms, which operated out of Dublin Castle, a rather interesting departure in the context of two sovereign Governments, yet it was a throwback to the 16th and 17th centuries. For the...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of information, are we dealing with section 6 or section 7?

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: Would the Minister of State agree it is vitally important that the institutions are restored as quickly as possible to avoid difficulty, as Senator Hayes and the Leader of the House will agree was outlined in some detail at the recent British-Irish Interparliamentary Body discussions in Manchester on Monday? I understand the date of 1 May is set by legislation and cannot be changed by...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I seek clarification of the Schedule of the Bill under the heading 2. In the Implementation Bodies Agreement: (b) any reference to the Assembly shall be read as a reference to the United Kingdom Parliament. Does it suggest that if the Executive is not restored all the powers contained in the Implementation Agreement will revert to the Parliament of the United Kingdom? It would be useful if...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Nov 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I know I am jumping ahead but can the Minister of State add anything to the reference in paragraph 2(b) of the Schedule that any reference to the Assembly shall be read as a reference to the United Kingdom Parliament? Is that then by inference that the United Kingdom Parliament has overall sovereignty in relation to these matters? It says in paragraph 2(b) that any reference to the Assembly...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I second Senator Ryan's proposal to have a debate on the Middle East. As the Cathaoirleach will be aware, this House has a long and noble tradition of debating middle-eastern issues and I cannot help but reflect on the relevance of Winston Churchill's comment that, as the world moved on, the grey steeples of Fermanagh and south Tyrone continued to emerge unscathed. We seem constantly to focus...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Paschal Mooney: I join my colleagues from the west, Senators Burke and McHugh, in referring to the BMW region. Will the Leader consider providing Government time for a debate on the entire panoply of quangos, semi-State companies, agencies and other non-elected bodies which have been created over the past ten years? I grew up with two issues – saving the west and draining the River Shannon – neither of...