Results 5,781-5,800 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: It is a bit rich to hear Senator Daly talk about elusiveness in light of his own history. His colleagues have found it difficult to track him down on occasions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We should park that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I have of course.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: There has been and there is concern about the gap between the European Central Bank rate and the standard variable mortgage rate. Some of us have been questioning AIB, Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland at the recent hearings of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. We should state honestly that there are four component parts. AIB has indicated strongly that it will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: More importantly, Senator Jim D'Arcy raised the matter of policing along the Border. I am concerned about the situation in the Louth division and in Dundalk. The local gardaí have to manage and monitor 34 crossing points. I do not believe they have the proper allocation of personnel to cover that. The crime lords who are engaged in the smuggling and fuel laundering mentioned by...
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: On another day, please God.
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I do not think the Senator is right.
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I, too, welcome the chairman and the other two distinguished members of the working group. I thank them for all the work and effort they have put into the report. It is a fine report despite whatever snags we might see. Perhaps they can be overcome but we will wait and see. I am reminded of the old chestnut of whether one can have representation without taxation. As has been said in the...
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I do not think we would have the wide variety of Independents who were appointed by the Taoiseach of the day to this House.
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I have respect for them all. They are all excellent people, who are very distinctive and different in their own ways.
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I am speaking as the current Whip on the Government side. We all have to deal with practical reality. I have a few questions. Vocational nominating bodies will still have their rights, but the report envisages more nominating bodies coming on the scene. Is that correct? Perhaps the representatives of the working group can answer that. I am confused. I feel a little like Senator Norris...
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I thank Senator Craughwell, but I do not think I am that bad. Regarding the postal votes and the passport overseas, we all agree with one person, one vote, but what role will the returning officer have? Will it be just the receipt of ballots? I think I picked up that we will have to download our ballot paper, but then someone said everything would have to be done by post. That might need...
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Finally, I presume the group has checked that the proposed changes to the composition of the Seanad can be achieved without constitutional change. I was thinking-----
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I know that, but Mr. O'Toole will forgive me for this.
- Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We all got it by e-mail.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Let us remember that he is a Frenchman.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I again very much welcome the living city initiative. I may have asked the Leader this already. It might be useful in due course when we have some more information about these special regeneration areas in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny and we have the maps to have a debate if Members were interested. It is a tremendous initiative for owner-occupiers of properties...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I would say that is mission impossible.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on how clearly he set out the aims and ideals of the plan as embodied in the spring economic statement. They are ambitious but obtainable. It is a good programme as he has outlined it to us. Apart from being a European requirement, this is a useful exercise in the management of our economy as well as in charting our recovery...
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Our small business sector needs more support. This, please God, is in the pipeline. Many people have not yet witnessed the benefits of our recovering economy and some families are still struggling to make ends meet. However, if we hold our heads, the situation will continue to improve. The Minister for Finance will have more scope to assist matters further in the upcoming budget. The...