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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator should solve her own problems.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: As ever, Senator MacSharry displays his ignorance and rushes in on a perceived populist line. I did note, however, that he prefaced his remarks today by referring to his home base and some Sligo issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: A north-west issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I thought he mentioned Sligo but maybe I misheard.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Of course. We need to be reasonable about all of this. It was only last Thursday or Friday that the judge came to a conclusion on the matter. The Senator should not be distracted so much by speculation and half-baked idle gossip. Of course there was all of that over the past few months but we do not have to rise to any of it. The judge has come to a conclusion on the matter. There was...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: The Cabinet gave the matter consideration and it will give it further consideration following the advice of the Attorney General. I urge the Senator more caution and less haste. We might make more progress that way. I compliment Senator Hayden, as did my colleague Senator Mullins, on her efforts. I am delighted the Cabinet reached a conclusion on the matter dealing with housing and...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I refer to the progress that has been made in the Stormont House talks. Hopefully, the remaining vestiges of paramilitarism can be removed. There is continuing criminality and large-scale smuggling in the Border areas. Cross-Border smuggling of cigarettes and fuel laundering continue to cause problems, costing both Governments hundreds of millions each year. The south Armagh region has a...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: And indeed in Kerry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I very much welcome the representatives of the commission and thank them for their views and the overview. They have certainly given us a wide range of food for thought, but I do not see this scheme being advanced much in the remaining lifetime of this Parliament. It is important, however, and I am glad that the public debate has commenced. It will be a matter for the next government to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: All right. I wanted to come to the liabilities. That is one of the glaring omissions of the present arrangement. I know a colleague who was pilloried somewhat over things he owned, but what was not known, although I knew it, was that he owed millions to financial institutions. That was not declared at all. Dr. Byrne is quite right: this thing is meaningless. It does not say what anybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I will be brief. I welcome the Commissioner and her colleagues. I share fully my colleagues' support for the gardaí. I appreciate the great difficulties the Commissioner is having generally, but particularly along our Border, and I very much welcome the additional resources she has allocated to that area. Given the huge number of Border crossing points and the fact that there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: They are brief questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Second, the co-operation and liaison between the Garda and the PSNI is excellent, but does the Commissioner see any way that can be enhanced further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Last February, the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Dublin unanimously recommended the creation of a task force - the Commissioner may be referring to a different one - on a full-time basis to deal with all aspects of criminality there. Does the Commissioner see merit in that? I am aware that it is subject to talks in Stormont, and I hope it comes about, but what is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: As ever, Senator Mark Daly excels in being mischievous. However, this morning there may be a grain or a morsel of merit in a little of what he stated.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I was recently struck by the issue of retirement. People obviously reach retirement age, although some argue it is too young, but that well known, good, able-bodied man with great advice and expertise, Chief Superintendent Pat McGee, retired and he-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: Of course, I do but I have nothing but praise for the man.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: I will make the point generally. It would be wonderful if it was possible to make available through a forum of some kind the advice and expertise of senior people who had retired from the force, especially those who had served in Border areas for a long time and were familiar with the criminal mind, having gone through so many court cases, prosecutions and so on. Society does not do well in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Paul Coghlan: They are in constant contact.