Results 4,981-5,000 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Apart from the hotel, some of them were extremely industrious and created other great companies. The company employs 670 people and 20 new trainees were due to start in the plant. This is a difficult problem and I do not have the solution. As was noted yesterday, the machinery of the State is available and the Minister has made a statement on the matter. In fairness to the SIPTU trade...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I think the Senator has scored another wide.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: We have not been in touch with the Leader.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and thank her for coming to the House to take the Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013. It is a small but important Bill and I am grateful to my colleagues for giving me permission to table it on Private Members' time. There is general recognition across all sides of this...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I understood that was the case from communications via a back channel.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Such details can be dealt with on Committee Stage in any event.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Sheltered.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I thank all of the Senators for their contributions. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, for representing the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform earlier and thank the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, for being present. All Senators, in one way or another, have said that the legislation is intended to level the playing pitch. I wish to respond to the requests...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I understood, probably through backchat or some communication with his good self, that Fianna Fáil shared my view and I felt sure we were travelling in the same direction.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Yes. I understood we were on parallel tracks. The Senator asked whether the legislation applied to pubs and restaurants, and I can confirm that it does not. I thank Senator Landy for his comments. He has strong views on towns and on levelling the playing field. He asked whether the legislation was retrospective, but I confirm that there is no question of retrospection. As he said, we...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: On Wednesday, 22 January 2014.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday next.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I greatly welcome the Tánaiste's announcement earlier today with regard to the reopening of our embassy to the Vatican.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I am always prepared to listen to Senator Darragh O'Brien. The embassy is one of our oldest diplomatic missions. It was established at the foundation of the State. I welcome the announcement in respect of our embassies in Jakarta in Indonesia, Croatia and elsewhere. In fairness, many of us made representations to the Tánaiste in respect of this matter since a number of our embassies...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The economy is recovering, thanks to the efforts of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, and others.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Everything appears brighter than previously and people are more hopeful. It is timely, therefore, that the Irish embassy to the Vatican is going to be reopened. I reiterate that I greatly welcome this development. I hope some fruitful dialogue is taking place regarding that most important company, Liebherr. As has been stated previously, this company employs 670 people. Some 149 of those...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Mullen should welcome it wholeheartedly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: That is the joke of the day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Paul Coghlan: We might send an ambassador to that resting post.