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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I am particularly enjoying this debate and it is especially welcome that there are a lot of young people in the Gallery listening to it. I have listened carefully to many points from all sides, including differing perspectives from within my own party, Fine Gael. Senator Richmond outlined his views while Senator Mulherin outlined her opposite view. I will be frank and open at the outset...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We vote for the leaders of our parties. Does Sinn Féin?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Only for one candidate.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paudie Coffey: That is democracy, all right.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Paudie Coffey: There is only one candidate.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Groups (4 Apr 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister for State with responsibility for health promotion to the House, where I again raise important issues during a Commencement debate concerning the health service, not just in my county and city but nationally. In 2013, the previous Government, in an attempt to create efficiencies within acute hospital services, decided to reform the acute hospital network and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Groups (4 Apr 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister of State for taking up my genuine concerns about capital plans adopted and pursued by the HSE. I acknowledge that the hospital groups were set up for the optimal configuration of acute hospital services in the interests of patient safety, as well as to achieve cost-effective patient safety. Unfortunately, until the boards are in place, we will not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I thank all the contributors so far and I commend Deputy Collins on her Bill. We have to acknowledge that there is concern in the public regarding the public ownership of water. That has been reflected through the Deputy's Bill, but also through the expert commission and indeed our own work on the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. Like Deputy Ó Broin,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the delegates from the Central Statistics Office for coming before the committee this morning. I commend the entire agency, as others have done, on its work. The data and analysis produced is critical for policymakers in informing correct and official decisions in the interests of our country. I will focus on a couple of areas. There is much focus on vacant dwellings because in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Every member of the committee is focused on vacant dwellings. We understand that there is a big demand for housing and we want to exploit the potential to assist in that. It is important that the CSO only publish aggregate data but in the interests of accuracy, would it be appropriate to define a habitable dwelling? It is already defined by Revenue by property tax so would it be possible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Tell us about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Paudie Coffey: There is no doubt that the Government is still trying to grapple and deal with the consequences of the Fianna Fáil legacy that was left to this country and its impact on public services. This was outlined by various speakers in the House. There are many problems that remain to be addressed. I will speak on two examples that are of concern to me. There was a recent announcement by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Paudie Coffey: This is our first sitting since the UK elections and it would be remiss of us not to comment on them. Obviously, they have an impact not only on Ireland, but on Irish society and people North and South of the Border. It is important that at some future date the Leader makes provision for a strong debate in the House on the outcomes and consequences of that particular election. This is in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We will see new Ministers too. I certainly hope that there will be no change in this House and I hope the Leader of the House retains his place, because he has shown exemplary leadership in all debates in this House. I wish him well in that regard.

Seanad: University Hospital Waterford Cardiology Services: Statements (27 Jun 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I, too, welcome the opportunity to debate this issue. I am saddened, however, that we are debating it after a week in which we saw a terrible tragedy in Waterford. I remember Mr. Thomas Power of Bell Lake in Waterford who last Sunday passed away at only 39 years of age in an ambulance en route from University Hospital Waterford to Cork. He left behind a young widow, Bernie, to whom I offer...

Seanad: University Hospital Waterford Cardiology Services: Statements (27 Jun 2017)

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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the significant contribution and the expertise of the professionals who have spoken today, and their experience at the coal face. It is important that we, as policy makers and legislators, hear where the gaps and deficits are so that we can influence the real decision makers, who should be here to listen to the real-life stories and the frustrations I am hearing from those...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: They are the number crunchers within the HSE and Tusla.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I know they are. Let me give my opinion because I wish to put my frustration on record. In 2011, I made my maiden speech to the Dáil on the issue of suicide. I lost six close friends over many years for different reasons. While some of them may never have been saved, the questions I want to ask today concern access to service. When somebody confides in a community leader, whether it...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Would a shared psychological service among GP practices be a solution?