Results 681-700 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 17: In page 28, line 41, to delete "any".
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 21: In page 30, to delete lines 5 to 24.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: Amendment No. 22 is a substantial Government amendment. We on this side of the House outlined on Second Stage that we felt this Bill was not complete and we forecast it would be heavily amended by the time it would leave the Seanad. That has transpired and, as the Minister of State said, it will be amended further by the time it gets to Dáil Ãireann. I referred earlier to bonds and the...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment, as it makes a clear statement of intent. We are used to local authorities dealing with the provision of obvious infrastructure and services; the legislation mentions substantial works, refurbishment, upgrading and enlargement, as well as the replacement of roads, car parks, sewers, wastewater and water treatment facilities. I also welcome the inclusion of high...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 28: In page 33, to delete lines 3 to 38. This was debated at length on Committee Stage and many Senators spoke on it. We are opposed to the reduction of a quorum of An Bord Pleanála from three to two. There is no reason for this change. The rationale given by the Minister of State previously was that the workload of the board required the quorum to be revised...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I refer to the comments of Senator Cummins. Those of us on this side of the House understand and appreciate that clarifications and consultations must take place with the Parliamentary Counsel and the Attorney General with regard to amendments before the House. We fully understand this is part of the parliamentary process. We have a difficulty with the Bill being rushed through the House....
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I understand that.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State does not order the business of the House.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 31: In page 37, line 12, to delete "creation, management, restoration or". This amendment also relates to language used. We are of the opinion that the Bill is being complicated in circumstances where it is not necessary to do so. The wording used in section 35 is too prescriptive. For example, the phrase "secure the creation, management, restoration or preservation of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I draw the Leader's attention to the pressure on businesses. As we enter the middle of the Christmas retail season, it is very striking how many shop units in city centre areas are closed. One need only walk two streets from here, towards Grafton Street, to see the number of units that are closed or to let. This indicates that businesses are closing. I suspect many more are just holding...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator is a good hand at it himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: I support the calls for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to come to the House to debate social welfare fraud. The national broadcaster did a good job last night by throwing a spotlight on this area. We all agree that resources in that Department should be re-allocated to investigations. Indigenous industries such as agriculture and fishing are inundated with inspectors and some...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: We lost our competitiveness.
- Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009: Motion (8 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009: Motion (8 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: It is a good morning for a hanging.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: Yesterday the Leader promised a debate on competitiveness in the economy. I respectfully suggest this is probably too little too late and that today might see an opportunity to address competitiveness, whereby businesses could begin to compete and create and protect jobs again. Today the people will pay the price for what essentially has been incompetent and misguided leadership in the past...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: It has been the same in Waterford for the past ten years. It is cute hoorism.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: We cleaned up Fianna Fáil's mess before.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Paudie Coffey: This is the first time Fianna Fáil has had to clean up the mess it made.