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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: No, I can assure the Senator that the Chair will allow him to raise the matter.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: I have received notice from Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide assurances that additional funding will be available if needed to retain all existing courses at the Castlebar campus of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. I have also...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: No problem.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister of State and the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Last Friday, with many other public representatives, I was shown around the most beautiful mental health facility, Deer Lodge on Mill Road in Killarney. It is a wonderful facility which was constructed at huge cost, but it is lying idle. It has been ready to be opened for some time. It has been designed as a replacement unit for the very old O'Connor Unit, as it is known.Senator Ned...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: I did not want to go there today.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: With a large pinch of salt.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Butler is looking very well.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Well done.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tourism Project Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, to the House. He is almost as familiar as I am with the subject matter we will deal with. He opened the gardens of Killarney House, which are a tremendous asset, last year. It is the St. Stephen's Green of Killarney. A significant number of visitors have passed through the amenity. The Minister of State is an annual visitor to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tourism Project Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Not necessarily; the Cathaoirleach should not read that into it. I thank the Minister of State most sincerely. The significant line was: "I intend to open the historical rooms element of the exhibition during the summer." I look forward to him doing so as early as possible in time for the main part of the season. It seems, however, that there is a delay in opening the interpretative...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tourism Project Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Perhaps there is a reason for the delay. I do not know whether the Minister of State can tell me anything about it, but it is a question that is on everybody's lips in the town of Killarney and among those connected with the tourism industry in the south west. If the Minister of State can say a little about it and perhaps about management of the centre when it is opened, it would be appreciated.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tourism Project Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: The Minister of State's Department will manage it.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Amendment No. 1af is not included in this group.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Is the Senator's phone interfering with the system?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: We do not need it on though.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Amendment No. 1ag is outside the scope of this grouping. We are debating amendments Nos. 1x to 1ae. Amendment No. 1ag is in the next slot.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Amendment No. 1ag is not.