Results 941-960 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: De Valera.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: There is more hot air there, too.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: There it goes again.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The messages, language and actions of leadership in this country and the messages the public is receiving are very important. Regarding the banking sector, when we see Mr. Boucher accepting the massive increase in his pension entitlements, which is an entitlement according to this contract, it sends the wrong message to the public and to those under serious pressure paying their monthly...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That was very dangerous advice. It is a lesson to us, as political leaders and a political class, that we need to be responsible and very careful in the messages we give and the language we use. It is time we had a debate on this because many wrong messages are being given and many wrong actions are being taken. It is not giving our people hope and we need to debate it.
- Seanad: Dental Services (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Before I speak to the Adjournment matter I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Seán Connick, to the House. It is my first opportunity to congratulate him publicly on his elevation to Minister of State and I wish him well. He will do his very best for the people of Wexford and the south east and I, as a fellow parliamentarian from the...
- Seanad: Dental Services (20 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I note no final decision has been taken, which presents a window of opportunity. We must acknowledge the excellent preventative work carried out by dentists on the teeth of medical card holders and I have outlined the benefits of that. The Minister of State said the HSE is examining the issue. I ask him to urge the executive and the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Our children are leaving the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: It is time for the Leader to listen to the youth.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Confirmation.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That is a matter for the local authority.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I welcome the decision by Mr. Richie Boucher not to take the hike in pension entitlements. As I said in the House recently, the messages we give and the language we use are very important, especially at this very sensitive time. To accept that massive hike would have been wrong and at least Mr. Boucher has seen the light. However, the Government must put mechanisms in place to ensure no...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: He is asking everyone to resign bar the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Put him out.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: What is the Senator on about? I never said anything about a â¬6 charge.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator is incorrect about this â¬6 one-off fee.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Greens are trying to include provisions that should not be in the Bill at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Bring the Bill to Report Stage and we can debate it then.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Someone knows.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on pension entitlements. I hope sitting TDs and Senators in receipt of the ministerial pension relinquish it in the national interest. As actions speak louder than words, it is about time we started to show leadership in both Houses of the Oireachtas. It is welcome that Ireland's European Commissioner has relinquished her pension. She is on...