Results 2,721-2,740 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: Paul Cullen of The Irish Times refers to a very serious report in this morning's newspaper. The report was commissioned by the Department of the Taoiseach on the Department of Health and Children. According to it, there is a scandalous situation in that Department where many staff have little or nothing to do, while others are run off their feet. The Department is in crisis daily. Morale...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: It needs to be aired. It was raised in the Lower House yesterday by the former Ceann Comhairle. Does the Leader agree that tourism has been so badly affected that if we are to assist the industry properly, as we should, that service is vital? It is an industry in which the south west and my home constituency lead very well. With the assistance of State agencies, we must get around the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: That is a good combination.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: Dream on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: I add my voice to the words of welcome for Senator Mark Dearey whom I wish him. I am delighted to see another businessman in the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: We have heard from Senators Fitzgerald, White, O'Toole and Boyle. The most urgent need in restoring faith in the economy is to restore faith in the banking system. The lack of credit is at the heart of this. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to allow us to have a debate on banking today. It is urgent because, no matter what is being said, the opposite is happening. There is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: That is why I am proposing the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: I am giving a reason I have proposed the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: He has stressed the need for an urgent response to the plans mentioned. I want to hear from the Leader who is the conduit between the Government and the House about that response and the Commission's plans. The Commission must get off its butt and give an answer to the banks and the Government in order that we can get on with saving the banking system and boosting the economy. For that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: We will all have to go.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: No canvassing allowed on the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: That was not the intention.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: The Cathaoirleach would be right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: We would be happy with a Minister of State.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: I, too, would like to hear from the Leader on the banking crisis, an issue we raised so vociferously yesterday and today because the ongoing problems are appalling. Only this morning we learned about the allied issue of mortgage provisions. Some time ago I proposed that the Leader invite the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Honohan, to come before the House. I suggest we also invite a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: The country needs to hear from Brussels on NAMA and the plans of the two major banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, and how they intend to get out of this situation in the coming five years. These plans have been languishing in Brussels since November or December. If the Leader cannot give us the information we need, we would accept it from a Minister of State. We appreciate that the Minister...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: Take it as read.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: We agreed that previously.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)
Paul Coghlan: An honourable man.