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Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: —the speedy resolution of this problem.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: The conservation and preservation works were promised by Government many moons ago but nothing has happened yet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: I support Senator MacSharry's call for a debate on local government funding and I wish to be associated with the kind tributes to Jim Kelly, which are richly deserved. I am glad the Minister for Finance will bring some level of transparency to bear on the benchmarking process, as he announced here last night. Will the Leader indicate which Bills will be initiated in the Seanad in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: It is good to see everybody on the other side back and refreshed from their glorious Stateside—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: Certainly – I am always in your hands.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: You know I am always very quick, a Chathaoirligh. In light of recent developments – I read the pronouncements from the Leader with great interest – I invite the Leader, in the interest of transparency, to consider circulating her "Dear Seamus" letter. We might find it instructive in understanding the grey area of the overlap between the Ministries—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: —not to mention effective in the matter of getting the finger out. Last week I raised a matter concerning the comments of the Director of Corporate Enforcement regarding people appointed by the State who are operating at sub-optimal level in protecting the interests of taxpayers, which is something we do not condone. I have since read of the initiative of the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: It is about the whole question of State bodies.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader's party met in one of my hotels.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: I, too, support Senator Brain Hayes's call for a debate on what he referred to as the tyranny of a few. It is clearly the oppression of the majority by the minority. We cannot expect to succeed in upholding democratic values if we tie the hands of the gardaí. We, as true democrats, must rely on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. There is an urgent need for a highly...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: What is the position of those hotels? I concur with Senator Quinn's congratulations to my namesake in Rome. It is wonderful— (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: In my case, the John is largely silent but I say well done to the Pope.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: Unlike the Senator, I do not get to stay there since I live in Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: I support the views outlined by Senator Brian Hayes and others on the situation in the North. So much has been achieved that we must not allow the hope justifiably built in both communities to be diminished. The current situation is a slight, faltering step which will be, as other speakers said, corrected in a matter of days. We must be patient a little longer. We should leave the timing of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Paul Coghlan: I was surprised to hear my colleague, Senator Brian Hayes, mention that the House may not sit next week. I have not heard any reference to such an adjournment from the Leader, who is normally rather informative. I am surprised that I have not received a letter or any other form of communication to explain the matter. I look forward to hearing clarification of this subject from the Leader. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2003)

Paul Coghlan: On reflection and with the benefit of hindsight, would the Leader agree that it was rather unladylike, to say the least, if not unparliamentary for her to use the four-letter "c" word when last we met?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2003)

Paul Coghlan: She should remember what the use of that word did for her former constituency colleague and former Taoiseach, Mr. Albert Reynolds.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2003)

Paul Coghlan: Of course I have. For the record I should say I made no approach to the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2003)

Paul Coghlan: I have. Regarding gangland crime, and the defiance we witnessed yesterday, I would like to follow what Senator O'Toole said—

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2003)

Paul Coghlan: The Cathaoirleach knows how brief I always am.