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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Daly is waffling.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator does not have a monopoly of wisdom on any of those issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator likes to mix up his facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I hope I am invited to a tea party, to whichever one the Senator is referring. I am sure he knows all about cronyism. Let it be stated the Government was the first ever to give members of the public the opportunity to apply for positions on State boards. Departments will continue on their websites to invite expressions of interest in vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: Unlike all previous Governments, the Government has cast the net much wider in seeking talent to serve on State boards.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I challenge the Members opposite to name anybody whom they believe is not qualified to fill a position for which he or she has been proposed or is filling on a State Board. I will leave it to the Deputy Leader who I am sure will respond more fully on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: The local elections are over. We must look ahead.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I actually do not. I was going to raise something else, but in view of the interruption, I will deal with it tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: No fear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: Senator White is suffering from selective amnesia.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I think I should ignore the speculation of the romantic opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: There will be more about that matter. I know that it is interesting to speculate, but we can do so next week. I very much welcome the announcement made by the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on the adopt a woodland in Killarney National Park conservation project. Early in March I spoke about the ongoing threat posed by Rhododendron ponticumto the native oak woodland in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I thought I was being interrupted from the rear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I am not rowing with anybody here. There is huge public support for this effort.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: It is our most important national park.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: They are very pleasant also. This is a very serious issue. I salute the work of the volunteer groups and the Department's staff during the years in trying to eradicate all seeds and saplings and for the clearance work that has already been done, but it is obvious that much more needs to be done. This invasive species-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: It is a wonderful idea to get conservation groups, walking clubs, university groups and other interested groups involved and set up a volunteer charter which the Minister has now announced. It will provide for the necessary maintenance work to be carried out.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: I do not know what is wrong in Castlecoote, but the Senator can tell me afterwards. I salute this effort which is both serious and required. While wonderful work is being done, much more needs to be done and many more people want to become involved. Is it not wonderful that we will save the oak woods? I think they will survive, but this will help them to thrive. Members opposite are...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Paul Coghlan: They do not realise the uniqueness of the oak woods both at Derrycunihy and across the lake. There are two types of oak tree that are to be found nowhere else in Ireland or Europe. I will leave it at that because Members are inclined to be giddy and distracted.