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- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: That is slightly unfair.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Hanafin does not know what is happening today, with respect.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: They were playing catch-up.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I wish to share time with Senator Maurice Cummins. I ask that I be allowed six minutes and Senator Cummins will speak for two minutes.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Like all the other speakers I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He has been very faithful to this House. I was going to refer to him as a man of the House but that would not be too kind given his status now. Senator Norris referred to his speech being rather dull which may be the fault of the figures and the situation. I refer instead to the speeches he wrote himself in a...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Yes, I am allowing Senator Cummins two minutes. We have 6,000 so-called "tax exiles". These people hold Irish passports, they have very generous terms with regard to the number of days they can be in the country and I do not wish them to be out of the country. Their spouses, girlfriends and everyone belonging to them are Irish citizens and they are resident here. As we know, many of them...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The Minister of State will have another opportunity tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I agree with the points put forward by Senator Fitzgerald. We are all in this together, but it must be acknowledged that mistakes were made. The spirit should be proper and correct. The books should be properly and fully opened and all cards should be face up on the table. In that way, meaningful dialogue and discussion can take place and something useful might emerge in a proper...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Yes, but it is very relevant to the question that will follow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: It was a very important conference of the Irish Hotels Federation, people who are on the business front line trying to attract tourists, which is so important to this country. We are aware of how hard hit these people are at present. The Leader and I took part in several of the discussions at the conference. The federation made a useful proposal with regard to extending free travel to all...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I hope so; I am sure it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: We have always been broad-minded on this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism was mentioned. It was very fortunate that the door of the helicopter did not hit the rotor blades or drop off over a built up area. People could have lost their lives. It was a very serious incident. We have six of these helicopters. They appear to be sturdy machines but the left hand door of the helicopter concerned came off for an unexplained...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: It has been abolished.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: That is the reason the investigation is so important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: It only brought down the price of drink.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Correct.
- Seanad: Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Deputy Mansergh won a few battles.