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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Paul Coghlan: That would not be possible.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I have. This is grandstanding at the 11th hour on Senator Daly's part.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I am sure the Leader will, in his own good time, clarify the matter. We are all grateful to have the banking inquiry report but the inquiry was hamstrung, as we said yesterday, by the legislation. The inquiry could not make findings of fact and could not make any recommendations against any individual. We all know who was to blame and the sovereign had to step in. We shall debate the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Paul Coghlan: There is VAT on sales.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Paul Coghlan: It was only grandstanding anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: What a load of codswallop.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I agree fully with everything Senators Bacik and Mullins have said about the falling unemployment figures. It is very welcome news and I do not think we wish to see any halt or decline in that trend due to anything that might happen in the very near future. I compliment Senator Mary Ann O'Brien on her fine words and comments about our revered Senator Feargal Quinn, which are well-deserved....

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator might want to sing a song.

Seanad: Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, and thank him for his remarks. He is always interesting on this and other subjects. I agree with what everybody else has said. I compliment the four Members who were involved, Senators Michael D'Arcy, Susan O'Keeffe, Sean D. Barrett and Marc MacSharry. I accept that they put enormous time and energy into the inquiry and that very few...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: Thanks to Senator Diarmuid Wilson.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I know all about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Susan O'Keeffe.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator has already mentioned Senator Barrett.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: It is reciprocated.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I heartily agree with all the fine tributes to the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Cathaoirleach, the Leader of the House, the Opposition leader, Deirdre and her staff, and the staff in all the sections of the House including the Library & Research Service and the ushers. Everybody has been very kind to us. I pay tribute to those Members who have announced their retirement including Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Paul Coghlan: That just sharpens us. What can I say about the Opposition Whip, Senator Diarmuid Wilson, who was Government Chief Whip in a previous Parliament I was honoured to be a member of? He made my job very easy. Members have heard all the tributes paid, and he deserves them all. I did not have to do a lot on many occasions. He used to refer me to the foreign office but that was a joke between...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I am slightly emotional. I sincerely thank my proposer, Senator Jerry Buttimer, and my seconder, Senator Paddy Burke. They said a few things about me.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Coghlan: They employed some poetic licence, if I may say so. They said things about me. They made me sound like a Jack of all trades but, hopefully, not a master of none. Jerry joked about me - well, he did not joke. I believe I was at a function with him once and I must say he was a very pleasant dining companion, and I was very happy to accompany him. He picked me up at home to take me to that...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I thank Senator Conway-Walsh.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Coghlan: We have a few of those too.