Results 8,481-8,500 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: On the section.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Stick to the amendments, please.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Order, please.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Order, please.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Leyden without interruption.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: We are dealing with amendments. The Senator is straying from the point.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: We have dealt with that section. We are on structure and separation.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: With respect, the Senator has made all his points.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator does not have to make it personal.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: We are not talking about------
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Senator McDowell is probably correct.
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: We are saving the best one to last. I salute the Minister and thank him most sincerely for the manner in which he has approached Committee Stage and the way he co-operated, in particular with Senator Swanick. There has been goodwill and constructiveness in all quarters of the House today. I support the Bill entirely except for this section, as the Minister knows from my repeated...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: It is for a dual purpose because he comes back with a sliced pan and a bottle of milk for the next day. Let us be practical. I salute the Minister's approach totally. Whatever separation we are going to get must be practical. If it is stupid we will be in further trouble again on Report Stage. I do not want to say much more because it has already been said by those present. It has all...
- Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: I wish the Minister and all his officials very well in the vital work that is ahead between Committee Stage and Report Stage. I wish him every success.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: I apologise to Senator O'Sullivan for missing his contribution but I share his concerns, from what I hear he said. At the same time, as Senator Feighan noted, we have come a long way in recent years with the various agreements and so on. I was at Westminster recently with Senator Feighan and others and there is no doubt that there is tremendous goodwill over there for Ireland and our cause,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: Perhaps I could be an external delegate. I have no problem with it, no matter what people think.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: We are all getting used to long steps around here. We will see what happens once these matters are out of the way. I have been told the back channels are quite busy. I would travel in hope. They know as elected people what they must do and they are aware of the agreements. They are as committed as the rest of us to them. They have their own agendas now. Give them a little more time and...
- Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: The Minister of State is most welcome. I have pleasure in calling on him to lead the way.
- Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: I call on Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Nov 2017)
Paul Coghlan: I have received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address the funding shortfall at Togher family support centre in Cork and to outline the plans her Department is putting in place to rectify this matter. I have also received...