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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: If Senator Daly is a dutiful public servant-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I have.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: No, Senator Daly is wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader knows that Senator Daly has not-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: Yes. I ask the Leader if any Member of this House - that includes Senator Daly - has made anything available. A dutiful public servant would make the information available to NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: He could use privilege to put it on the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I have one other matter to raise.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I know you have.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: The matter that Senator Ó Murchú referred to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: Those two Deputies went to the Minister for Justice.

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I join others in welcoming the Minister of State to the House. In regard to this subject, we know that the heart of the Minister of State is in the right place. His appointment by the Taoiseach was one with which everyone heartily concurred. We are in difficult times. My colleague referred to banks, an area where there is genuine difficulty and some confusion about what is available. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I call for a debate in early course on banking for a host of reasons, not least being those serious matters touched on this morning by the Leader of the Opposition, Senator O'Brien, and Senators Conway and Ó Domhnaill. In addition, as has been acknowledged, now that the State has such a stake in the two pillar banks we should discuss the role of the public interest directors, of whom there...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I will leave it to the Leader. I agree with my colleague, Senator Sheahan, with regard to his concerns for the coast guard particularly at Malin and Valentia and the equipment that has apparently been stored for the past number of years and not used.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I look forward, as I am sure the House does, to the arrival of the Bill on NAMA to which Senator Daly referred. I am sure Senator Daly will have an opportunity to speak on the Bill to assure us that he now accepts fully that there have not been any crooked or sweetheart deals in the past-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: -----seeing that we have had such categoric assurances in that regard from the chairman of NAMA-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: -----whom, I am sure Senator Daly will agree, we will have the opportunity to hear further.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I am sure Senator Daly would accept that he does not enjoy a monopoly of wisdom on this matter, no more than any of the rest of us.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: I know we are not. In anticipation of the Bill, however,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: -----seeing that it has been mentioned, I am sure the House accepts that due diligence is in place on all acquirers, who cannot sell in trust. We understand the law. Let us look forward to the Bill, I will leave it at that. I wish to ask the Leader about a separate, slightly related subject. The question of trust and confidence in the banking system is so important now that the State's...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Paul Coghlan: Is that agreed? Agreed.