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- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I presume he had a helmet on. Had he not?
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I did not know there are so many economists in the House. We all have sympathy for the plight of the Greek people. Regardless of whether they voted "Yes" or "No", both sides were pro-Europe, pro-euro and anti-austerity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Any decent and respectable citizen would share that opinion. All of us want to keep them in the Union and in the eurozone. Senator Cullinane spoke about debt restructuring. There must, of course, be debt restructuring but I think he meant debt write-off.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: They cannot have a debt write-off. There is no support for a debt write-off in Europe.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: That would impose the burden on taxpayers in every poor country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: It is very simple.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I have, of course.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Of course there must be debt restructuring and re-profiling. It is very simple. It happened in our case. I accept that the Greek situation is worse. Of course the maturities need to be lengthened and the interest rates lowered.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I hope the Greeks are sensible in what they bring to the table this evening. It is plain that Mr. Varoufakis had to go. Mr. Tsipras insisted on his departure, and was supported by his other colleagues in doing so, because Mr. Varoufakis had openly insulted everybody in the last few months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I have no doubt that he would get on famously with Senator Norris. I would like to see the Senator on the back of his bike.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: He was never serious about negotiating. At least Senator Norris would be wise enough to wear a helmet. Senator Bradford referred to clashes between Kerry Senators. I want to put it on the record that I have never clashed with Senator Ned O'Sullivan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator should not prejudge-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I am as curious as anybody else.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We all know in this House how difficult fuel fraud is for the Revenue Commissioners, who have direct responsibility for it, and the serious threat this criminal activity poses to legitimate businesses North and South. Senator Wilson recognises how well these people perform in their illegal activity dealing with stretched petrol and laundered diesel. I welcome the recent announcement by the...
- Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome Senators Maurice Manning and Joe O'Toole to the House. I thank them for all their work in producing this report. I find myself very much in agreement with the outline that our Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, laid out at the start of the contributions. I suppose I am one of the fellows who harangued him often enough on representation without taxation which I believe is a...
- Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator hit the nail on the head. We are all giving our own view, for what it is worth.
- Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Yes, it is wonderful.
- Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The people who read the red-tops-----
- Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Coghlan: What letter?