Results 5,681-5,700 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: No, and the members on the other side of the House should examine their consciences.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Mark Daly is choosing to misinterpret, as ever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: That is Senator Daly's view.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Norris knew what to expect from Senator Daly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: As ever, Senator Mark Daly earns top marks for hypocrisy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator makes great play of agreements, but he should not draw attention to the disagreement on his party's Front Bench. I ask how much agreement he finds within his own party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Senator David Norris summed it up so well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The Government is doing good work on the issue of the minimum wage with the low pay commission and so forth, as outlined by Senator Ivana Bacik. We are making an honest, determined and right effort to set the standard. Furthermore, up to 95,000 new jobs have been created by the Government. We are doing everything possible to strengthen and nurture the recovery which is still a fragile...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We are all aware that the national lottery has experienced three outages or interruptions in service in recent weeks, including the cancellation of one draw. I am concerned about the impact these interruptions could have on sales at ticket terminals and that it would drive lottery players to an online environment. The new operators of the national lottery have made it clear that they see...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: That is a matter of concern too but I accept the ruling of the Chair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I accept the ruling of the Chair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We have to go through proper channels.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Both are very good towns, by the way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I seriously commend Commissioner Hogan on his commitment that by the year end we will have new legislation to eliminate the unfair treatment of suppliers to supermarkets. As we know, the producers of food have been squeezed dry by the multiples and the large supermarkets over the years. This is a serious game changer. It is very significant news.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I do not want to use crude language but we have talked about scata bullán before. The previous Commissioner failed to deal with this matter. Commissioner Hogan deserves great credit for his speech and what he has now promised for the producers. He said that this would happen before the end of the year. He said that there has been a considerable reduction in the proportion of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I am very surprised by Senator Darragh O'Brien's call for the Taoiseach to come to the House today to discuss this matter which is the subject of an inquiry. He knows that the Taoiseach cannot speak outside the inquiry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: With respect, if the Senator were to call on anybody to talk about this matter, I suggest it would be the good judge, but we cannot do this as we do not have the power.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Paul Coghlan: This arose from a letter the judge wrote, solely at his own discretion, to the Taoiseach as the sponsoring Minister saying that because of the Bailey case, its length and other matters concerning the Garda that were ongoing within the case, he needed more time.