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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for dealing with this matter. Cromane is a wonderful place on the Ring of Kerry, just beyond Killorglin and alongside Dooks, home of the natterjack toad, which is a protected species.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Dooks is also home to a wonderful 18-hole links course. Cromane overlooks Castlemaine Harbour and is a gateway to the Dingle Peninsula. Close by in this wonderful countryside are Rossbeigh, Kells Bay, Mountain Stage, Cahersiveen and Waterville. It is hard to imagine it in this day and age, but specially equipped tractors are having to enter seawater at Cromane to offload fish from seagoing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: The Cathaoirleach is welcome. I am happy to do so at any time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister of State for his response, which prompts me to revert to Kerry County Council on this matter. I will not say I was misled but it is news to me that there was no application from the council in this regard. I am grateful to the Minister of State for his courtesy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I strongly support what Senator Ó Céidigh stated. The report is an important body of work, to which we referred previously. I hope the Leader will meet the Senator's request in early course and that the Minister will appear before the House to debate and discuss it further. On Brexit, we should not get too upset. Everything we are hearing is based on leaks. The papers,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: What about the law?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: What about the Benn Act?

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Senators, please. There is no such-----

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Gallagher, there is no such thing as a point of information.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I am sorry, Leader, but the Minister to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Everyone will be called in due course. The Minister, without interruption, please.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Senators, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for giving us the exact position as of now. I join with her in congratulating Commissioner Hogan on his hearings on Monday and his success. I believe that we have not reached the eleventh hour just yet and, therefore, we should not upset ourselves. I am not saying that the Minister of State has done so and she has been very factual. We have...

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator is making very interesting points. However, I must warn him that he is in injury time. I thought we all accepted that regardless of religion, there is but one God.

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator has highlighted what may be an interesting contradiction in the Constitution.

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Time permitting.

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator is well over his time.

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: That is why I am being lenient with the Senator.

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: Having heard all the speakers, I must say: "Long live the Seanad".

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Paul Coghlan: I call the Minister of State to respond to the debate.