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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I must say that the hem of the Leaders' diplomatic skirt is slipping.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am addressing the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am saddened and disappointed because the Leader is capable of so much more and better. He is totally departing from the standard he set and upheld in a previous Seanad whereby, to my recollection, we never took all Stages of a Bill on one day.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I support Senator Fitzgerald and other speakers on that matter and I look forward to the Leader's response. It is a shocking practice and we should not be doing it. I am surprised at the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Other speakers referred to the 25% cuts that have been arbitrarily imposed on small pharmacies. The Leader should ask the Minister for Health and Children to talk to the Irish Pharmaceutical Union. An independent body recommended that these matters should be dealt with on a phased basis. There was a recommendation that they should get away from branded medicines and deal with generic...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: One should not draw attention to any Member's absence.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: It is only occasional.

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am taken by the arguments made by my colleagues, Senators Regan, Alex White and Bacik. I would have thought it was fundamental in a democracy such as ours that we would pay all due credence to the prompts, guidance and judgments of bodies such as those mentioned in this instance, namely, the Irish Bankers Federation and the free legal advice centres, FLAC. As Senator Bacik said, this is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Has the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 slipped entirely off the radar? The regulatory body which exists in shadow form in Navan is complaining about the delay in implementing the legislation, which is bringing the entire system into disrepute. That body received 90 complaints last year, of which 20 related to management companies and could not be dealt with in the absence of...

Seanad: Stardust Tragedy: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I wish to share time with Senator Fitzgerald.

Seanad: Stardust Tragedy: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We very much welcome the motion. I wholeheartedly concur with everything that has been said so far by the Minister of State and other speakers. We are very grateful to members of the Stardust victims' committee. We commend and thank them and their solicitor, Greg O'Neill, for all their work and efforts over a long period. While it is a pity it was delayed for so long, this was a very...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Does the Minister of State wish to respond further?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Is Senator Mullen pressing his amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We have been saying that here for the last two weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Easy on now.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Some very useful suggestions have been made this morning, first by Senator Twomey about written answers to questions, a matter on which I have campaigned in the past and in which I know every Senator is interested. We should have a facility in Parliament whereby Senators can receive written answers to questions put to Ministers. In the absence of that, I fully endorse what Senator Twomey...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We are pleased the percentage is increasing.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Archbishop.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: She is only picking up on what we have been asking in this House for two weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: She knows the Cabinet would leak anyway once it gets the report.