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Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: The Leader's party has been in government for the better part of 20 years.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: We brought the economy back to life and we will do so again.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: We created 1,000 jobs per week.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: We created 1,000 jobs per week in the 1980s.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I support the calls for a debate on the economy. I understand Senator Boyle's frustrations and why he wishes to blame the global markets. However, it is not the Opposition that is making these statements but the ESRI, an independent organisation. It said in its report that Ireland will experience the sharpest fall in economic growth of any industrialised country since the Great Depression....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Come into the real world, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: It might not be the case for much longer.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Was Deputy McGuinness left outside?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Is he a Kilkenny footballer?

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (6 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Martin Mansergh, to the House and also the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary, who has left. Deputy Calleary sat with me on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security and I wish him well in his Ministry. New Ministers might bring new ideas to Government and ideas and new vision are needed now. I compliment Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: The Senator should back down when in a corner.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I support Senator Callely's call for the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, to come to the House to clarify the Government position on inter-country adoption. The amount of foot-dragging and indecisiveness on this issue is causing great concern and distress to families in this State and abroad. Urgent clarification is required. Many local authorities...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: They are the mudguards now.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Enough damage had been done.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I, too, support the calls for a debate on NAMA, the proposal for which seems to be half-baked given that those charged with the operation of the agency are unsure of the criteria and terms of reference under which they are expected to work. I ask the Leader to extend the debate to include the whole banking system and the manner in which the banks are demanding the mortgage repayments owed to...

Seanad: School Enrolments. (19 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister of State for attending to hear this Adjournment matter which I am glad to share with my colleague, Senator Maurice Cummins. He has outlined the proud tradition of Mount Sion primary school in the heart of the inner city in Waterford which has provided an essential educational service for the boys of that area for many generations. The nub of the issue concerns the...

Seanad: School Enrolments. (19 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I, too, thank the Minister of State for his response. However, we see the Government every day handing over important decisions such as this to independent bodies, whether they be the HSE, the National Roads Authority or whatever. At times, it is a requirement to be independent, but I ask the Minister of State to take into account the fact that these are real children, not statistics....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I agree with all of what Senator Glynn said, but if the implementation of the document A Vision for Change was carried out to the fullest extent we would not have the problems he has outlined. Yesterday I spoke about the distress of the many newly unemployed people who have joined the dole queues and the way they are being treated. Today I would like to sound a bit more positive. I ask the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: Regarding the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, this has been a shameful chapter in Irish history. I agree all religious orders and the State acted in a shameful way and failed to protect our innocent children. It is better to approach this in a cross-party political way to try to achieve the recommendations in the report. That is how it should be addressed. I support...