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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Healy Eames is some example.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: A Chathaoirligh, I have a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I agree wholeheartedly with everything that was said this morning by Senator Paschal Mooney about the LE Eithneand her crew and the sterling service it provided on behalf of all of Europe in the Mediterranean. I am pleased it has been replaced by a sister ship. I pass on our good wishes and congratulations to Rear Admiral Mellett on his position and promotion. He is shortly to take up the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the launch yesterday in Killarney of a spiritual tourism project. This is something that could be of benefit to many towns, cities and places throughout the land and that could lead to many interesting trails. I compliment Reverend Simon Lumby, who has now retitled or expanded the title of his church, St. Mary's Church of Ireland, Killarney - Cill Airne - the Church of the Sloes,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: We have noticed them on the fairways in Killarney and such places. On that point, I also wish to add my good wishes to Paul Dunne and Pádraig Harrington today.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I endorse the call of Kerry County Council, initiated by Councillor Michael Gleeson, that common sense prevail regarding gorse fires. We all know of the potential damage which can be caused. This has gone on for hundreds of years. Landowners and farmers burn at certain times in the interests of regrowth. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, landowners and the fire service...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Let us see what happens and await the outcome, and allow these talks the oxygen they need and allow the councillors and executives of the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, and the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, who represent 1,000 councillors and have been elected by their peers. I plead with Senators to let this continue.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I too would like to be associated with the kind words of tribute to our dear colleague, Senator Jimmy Harte, on his retirement. As everyone has testified, he is a sincere and thorough gentleman. I wish him and his family well in his further recovery. Please God, it will be complete in due course. I would like to be associated with the call by Senator Hayden for a debate on housing. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I would like to second the motion and reserve my right to speak later.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I have already seconded the motion. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, and appreciate very much the valuable work he has done in the past as co-chair of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, and the work he is doing in his current position. I thank the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, for the contribution he made earlier in the debate. I acknowledge the work of the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: They did not leave their mobiles. We have a photograph. There is a number people can ring. I asked about it.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: No, I personally did not need them and I was told I would not get an answer, but I would never know who might come to see me. I doubt that Senator Cullinane knows who they are either, by the way. It is 18 years since the introduction of the Good Friday Agreement and the area to which I refer is still commonly referred to as bandit country. In a democratic society, this is not normal or...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: The Acting Chair does not need to say it to me, I know. Other people were over time. The Minister said a blind eye will not be turned and I accept that. The truth about it up there is that they do not need a blind eye. Policing is so light they are able to carry on with impunity and certainly with scant regard for the law.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: We did not rant.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Which one is the Senator?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome Senator MacSharry back from his purgatory in the bunker. It is good to see him back on his feet in this Chamber. He was always something of a dancer. He talks about pundits and players but, given his own acting ability, he endeavours to play both roles.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: He should be careful because sometimes talent can skip a generation, as we were reminded recently.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Of course. One is allowed a little poetic licence. I too welcome the superb capital plan and genuinely feel that people will pay much more attention to Senator David Norris's welcome of it than they will to Senator Marc MacSharry's false criticism. I do not want to go on about the capital plan; it speaks for itself, and others have referred to it. Today, I would like to mention briefly...

Seanad: Ireland 2016 Schools Programme: Statements (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.