Results 2,501-2,520 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Fianna Fáil wanted to charge €400.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: It will be used.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Fianna Fáil spent over €100 million on PPARS.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: We have had to listen to a lot of it.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: It was not the Ceann Comhairle.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: The Ceann Comhairle was not present. He did not allow that, as he was not here.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: They charge for it in the North. They have it all rolled up into one.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: It is flawed.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: I do not do that.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Is Deputy Brian Stanley going to Fine Gael meetings also? Is he infiltrating them?
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Do not forget it founded the State and all of the institutions that go with it. The Deputy's party for many years tried to usurp them.
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: We will not be lectured by Sinn Féin. My party founded the State.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the many Deputies on all sides of the House for their contributions. The discussion has ranged far and wide and I will not be able to address every issue but, in the time available, I will try to deal with the main issues involved. I wish to turn first to the question of capital investment in our water services. Many Deputies have referred to the fact that billions of euro have...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin in government in the North and with reference to the budget for the period 2011 to 2015 has stated, "In Northern Ireland the services are currently primarily funded from public expenditure. This creates pressures in other areas ... for example health and education funding needs to be diverted to cover the associated water costs." This is an admission that water services in...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: They are leading people up the garden path. Vulnerable individuals were left high and dry after attending meetings and hearing about promises that could not be kept.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: The Socialist Party and Sinn Féin have marched people up the hill on many occasions only to then abandon them. I have no doubt that they will do the same on this occasion. Turning to the metering programme, I will respond to comments from Deputies suggesting the new measures being introduced have resulted in water meters being redundant and in the fact that conservation is no longer a...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: In summary, meters, the first fix scheme and the water conservation grant can and will contribute to conserving and saving water.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: It is important to recap why we need a single national publicly owned utility responsible for water and sewage treatment. The reason is simple - the previous system of providing water services through local authorities with limited public funding was not capable of delivering the scale of investment that we needed.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: The process associated with the investment programme was slow, bureaucratic and inefficient and, inevitably, each local authority prioritised its own needs without, in many cases, examining the potential for regional solutions to deliver economies of scale. Yesterday the Minister highlighted where that had got us and it is no harm to remind the House again. More than 20,000 people are on...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)
Paudie Coffey: Dublin's capacity is on a knife-edge, as we have seen.