Results 4,101-4,120 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I was a union representative. Does Senator Gavan believe that?
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: It would be a huge faux pas.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: He saved €100 million actually.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: He could not support that motion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: A fair share.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I wish to be associated with all the words of congratulation to both Irish teams. It is a great day to be Irish. I was proud to see them qualify and go forward to the last 16 of the European Championship finals. It is was marvellous day and was uplifting for our country. I concur with Senator Butler with regard to what we are seeing with the airlines and what I would call exploitation of...
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator's three minutes are up.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: If the Senator wants to share time, her three minutes are up.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: As long as the Senator is aware that her colleague will then have one minute less.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: There is a minute left in the slot Senator.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator has ten seconds left.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister is due to respond at 6.40 p.m. and we have five speakers. I ask Members to confine themselves to five minutes each and then everyone will have an opportunity to speak, which is the fairest approach. I call Senator Robbie Gallagher.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator without interruption, please.
- Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)
Paudie Coffey: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I support the calls for a full debate on the Cassells report on education. It is important that the House debates the future of education and how we wish to provide for graduates, apprentices and others that will be needed in the workforce in the coming years. The Construction Contracts Act 2013, which was enacted by the previous Government, will apply to certain construction contracts for...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I welcome this debate and I commend the proposers and seconders of the Bill. It is a timely debate and, as somebody who has had the honour to serve in this House, the Lower House and on the local authority, I believe that however a person arrives in this House every person under the Constitution, every Senator who sits in this chamber, has a constitutional right to be a voice in this...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: -----and I would just point that out to Senator Craughwell. I will speak about Senator Norris in a minute.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: Can I just say-----
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I remind Senator Norris that universities that give no votes to graduates can quite aptly be described as rotten boroughs also, I can quite happily say. Can I speak without interruption, a Leas Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister for his response and for outlining the Government's position which is amenable to the Bill. He has also outlined some practical issues with the implementation of the Bill if it was enacted. If this Bill was enacted in the morning as it is currently written - and I appreciate that nobody is suggesting this and that much more detail and further consideration has to be...