Results 2,501-2,520 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I strongly support Senator Cummins regarding the Paul Coffey report. Both Houses of the Oireachtas passed a resolution establishing the inquiry into the Stardust fire. Mr. Coffey made clear in his report that the families concerned were wronged and left under a cloud. The report recommended that both Houses should correct the public record. It is lax of us not to have not done so given...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: They will be here next week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: They should kiss and make up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Steady as she goes.
- Seanad: Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, and thank him for his attendance. He has always been one the better performers from the Seanad's point of view. He also did great work when a Member of the Seanad. I thank the Minister of State for his overview of the Bill, which we welcome. Some interesting questions have been posed by colleagues from all sides of the House. I look...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Last week the Leader undertook to brief the House yesterday on the remaining legislative programme. I understand he may have given a briefing to the group leaders. We all know how important our economic recovery is but, sadly, the Government is currently impeding that possibility by continuing to procrastinate in regard to NAMA. I believe it has received a legal framework and advice. Did...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator is reverting to type.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I second the amendment proposed by Senator Twomey to the Order of Business. Despite the dire straits in which we find ourselves and all the disagreements which have been mentioned, it is good to know that in the national interest, the IMF welcomes the concept and the model of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA. As we all know, the orderly restructuring of the financial sector is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The case is over but there will be probably be an appeal.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The expenditure review committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Colm McCarthy has concluded its work and a report exists. Amazingly, the latter's delivery to the Government is to be postponed. Further, the Government will not consider it until some indefinite time in the future, presumably after Ministers have read it whenever they get it. Are there divisions and disagreements within the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: -----and what has been stated about the report since the various leaks. It appears the report will not be published before the autumn at the earliest. Perhaps there are tactical considerations, although I am not aware of them, but the Lisbon treaty has been mentioned and, as Senator O'Toole and others have stated, it is important that we get an early opportunity to discuss the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The Leader is talking through his hat.
- Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator is running out of time but the Leas-Chathaoirleach is generous.
- Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the motion and the amendment and I welcome the Minister of State to the House for the debate. Holding jobs in the appalling circumstances we are in is vital. We need a suite of measures such as this amendment recommends and PRSI breaks to enable employers to keep employees and increase their numbers. The amendment is timely. Several tourism interests have been in contact with me...
- Seanad: Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Maurice Cummins has made an important and relevant point. Everybody-----
- Seanad: Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Where a person is in a nursing home, perhaps suffering from dementia, and has a large family, the family is not in a position to do anything about the house. Nobody can touch it. The parent is in a nursing home as a result of ill health or mental infirmity. It is ludicrous to expect that person to make a payment annually to the local authority. I echo Senator Maurice Cummins's appeal that...
- Seanad: Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: We should hear the Minister's response.
- Seanad: Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Given the Minister's fair mindedness, he must see this is absolutely ludicrous. As Senators have stated, it is against good State social policy. Effectively it concerns the same house. I do not want to be repetitive but these are people who are doing the State a favour. This must cut against everything the Minister believes in. I salute his fair mindedness and, in common with my...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: That is a new line of inquiry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Leyden is only saying that because he has been wandering around the Middle East.