Results 4,881-4,900 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator has made his point.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Amendments Nos. 7 to 10, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Leader's announcement in regard to the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill in respect of which we discovered only yesterday that there will be an entirely new section. It is understandable that the request from the Opposition should be acceded to, and I am glad it has been done. In putting forward his amendment to the Order of Business, Senator O'Donovan makes an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Precisely. The United States envoy to Northern Ireland, Mr. Richard Haass, is meeting representatives of the five parties in the second week of December and there are serious issues to be discussed in regard to events of the past, flags, parades and so on. Of course we hope for a satisfactory outcome to these discussions. Closer to home, the end of this month will see the publication of...
- Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: She was lucky she met someone so pleasant.
- Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: It is always good to hear the expert, Senator Quinn. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for all his usual courtesy and kindness, as well as for his overview of the position. He did not say a single word with which I could disagree. I compliment Deputy Doyle, Chairman of the joint committee that has produced this report. I agree with him that the farming and food...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I strongly agree with the comments made by Senator Thomas Byrne on bogus trusts. People need to be extremely wary in all of these cases. We have already seen some instances of trusts being without legal standing. That is enough about the matter for the moment. I welcome the announcement of the Luas cross-city rail project. It is tremendous that a loan for it has been arranged with the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I would like to be associated with and wholeheartedly agree with the tributes and sentiments expressed regarding Fr. Alec Reid of Clonard monastery. He was truly a giant of a man in regard to the peace process. He was effective, in his quiet way, in steering it along the course it took and in bringing it to fruition. Like Senator Bacik, I would welcome a debate on the peace process. The...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: He would never get it past the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?
- Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Does Senator Barrett wish to make a final comment on the amendment?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the good news that the Japanese market is being reopened to Irish beef. This trade is worth a great deal of money. The report of the Smithwick tribunal was delivered to the acting Clerk of the Dáil on Friday. Some preliminary checks have had to be made with the Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure there is no interference with anything that is before the courts. Perhaps...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I join Senator Darragh O'Brien and other colleagues in commending Judge Peter Smithwick on the valuable work he and his inquiry team conducted in producing this report over the last seven or eight years. I share the sentiments expressed by all of those Senators who contributed on that issue. It is important, as Senator Darragh O'Brien stressed, that nothing in this report detracts from the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I believe that has been agreed. I want to refer to one recommendation of Judge Smithwick, which states: "That frameworks and procedures be put in place to allow for the structured and regular exchange of intelligence between the PSNI and An Garda Síochána, which exchange should be governed by information-sharing protocols rather than ad hoc decision-making." In that regard, he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: We must not forget Kerry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: That is a good answer.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)
Paul Coghlan: We will see that one out.