Results 941-960 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan

Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I voiced my concerns here this evening.

Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Do not worry about that. It is a pact.

Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Paul Coghlan: We are all agreed on that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I second Senator O'Toole's proposal regarding No. 14 on the Order Paper, the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2005. The House will recall that it voted down a stage payments Bill approximately a year ago. I accept the Senators opposite were under instructions and agreed with it. However, the Minister stated it was anti-consumer and that he would, within six months or so, introduce his own...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Coghlan: The Minister made a promise.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I agree with everything said regarding the International Commission on Decommissioning and congratulate everybody involved. I hope we will not have to wait too long to see the various loyalist paramilitary bodies follow suit. Will the Leader avail of this opportunity to inform Senators of the Government's current thinking on the future of the Great Southern Hotel Group? The chairman of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I heard the Leader was holidaying in Athlone and Mullingar and points in between.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: That has gone to the other constituency.

Seanad: Garda Investigations: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I agree with the sentiments expressed by all the speakers in this debate. I compliment my colleague, Deputy Brian Hayes, for the initiative taken by him. I also compliment the leaders of all the groupings in this House, the Taoiseach, Deputy Kenny and Deputy Rabbitte and all those who met and supported this family in their hour of need. This was an appalling and brutal murder of an innocent...

Seanad: Architectural Heritage. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy de Valera, to the House. No one is in a better position to discuss Muckross House than the Minister of State given her knowledge of that lovely place. I remember her visits to the House in her former capacity as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands when she did a wonderful job assisting...

Seanad: Architectural Heritage. (28 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I am pleased that the essential works are under way. Everyone in Killarney is agreed on the future usage of the house and hopefully the necessary funding can be provided in the Estimates for 2006.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Montenotte is the upper end.

Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his overview of the Bill. We welcome the Bill but once again must record that we are at a loss as to why it has taken this long for it to get to the floor of the House. This Bill is a transposition of an EU directive into Irish law. The process of consultation on this Bill began three years ago. The deadline for submissions from interested...

Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Was it shock horror or disbelief from the Leader?

Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Senator White was reading the back of the Leader's head.

Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Sep 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Fianna Fáil would never operate that way.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Paul Coghlan: As we know, there is much apathy towards pension planning. In light of the recent remarks on this subject by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan, to the effect that we cannot stand around and do nothing, may I ask the Leader if it is the Government's intention to introduce legislation on pensions, particularly mandatory pensions? Does the Leader still favour a splurge...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader has switched her allegiance to Deputy Cassidy's hotel. Would she favour——

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I am asking a question. The Leader is a conduit between the Government and this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I am entitled to ask whether she would favour allowing these moneys go into much needed pensions.