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Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I wish to share one minute with Senator Norris with the agreement of the House.

Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might remind me when I have two minutes remaining. I welcome the Minister of State. This is an important debate but it should be a rolling debate and not only up to the end of this term. We should continue to debate any incentives that will help employment. As an Opposition spokesperson I will always give credit where due. I welcome this initiative by Government but...

Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I am just about to conclude. I thank Senator Norris. I am trying to make the point about older redundant workers who do not have the same requirements as younger workers. They may not necessarily want to go back to college and we have to find new ways of engaging with them. I will conclude as I would like to give that minute to Senator Norris.

Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: What about red tape?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Senator O'Donovan for his acknowledgement. I also thank Senator Ormonde and other Senators on the other side of the House who spoke in favour of Fine Gael amendments to the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill which they saw as credible and realistic. It was disappointing to hear Independent Members and backbench Fianna Fáil Deputies debating matters in the media. Two months ago we...

Seanad: Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I too welcome the Minister of State. However, it is unfortunate we are welcoming him in this circumstance. For the second time in a week, we are correcting legislation that has proven to be inadequate or not properly co-ordinated because of lack of communication between Departments. The House is being used to correct legislation that should have been properly debated and all loopholes...

Seanad: Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Who is in charge?

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government back to the House. Many of these amendments from the Dáil were debated at length in this House. If the Minister and some Members from the Government side had taken on or resubmitted some of the Seanad Opposition amendments, they would have saved themselves and the Government a great deal of the trouble and grief over...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: While the Minister may have eased some of the concerns of the Irish Greyhound Board and Hunting Association of Ireland, Fine Gael continues to have reservations about this legislation. We are being asked to put a lot of trust in what the Minister is saying, which I find hard to do. I made a genuine effort to amend this Bill during its initial Stages in the Seanad. However, my suggestions...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: This side of the House did put down an amendment to increase that period from four months to two years. We expressed amazement that any expert on dog breeding would suggest that a bitch could breed at four months but the Minister refused to accept or even discuss that amendment. We even offered to withdraw it in favour of a lesser period at that time. We suggested six months, a year or...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge that the Minister has listened to the stakeholders in regard to this amendment and that he sees the sense in exempting public trainers' licences from having to make that payment. We welcome that. We believe that if that engagement had happened at a much earlier stage the Minister would have saved himself a great deal of grief in this House, in the lower House and in the public...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: This is another significant amendment made to the Bill since it left the Seanad. There is a reason for it being made and I presume it is the number of compromises the Minister has reached with his Government colleagues and the industry since discussions were belatedly carried out. Unfortunately, as members of the main Opposition party, we were not privy to many of the behind the scenes...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the efforts made by the Minister to extend the period. However, I remind him that Fine Gael proposed an amendment as a reasonable approach and to ensure a full stakeholder buy-in to the legislation. On earlier Stages we suggested it should be extended from three months to one year. However, at the time the Minister did not entertain this opinion or idea. Now we see he has...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I never said that.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: No.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: This is the mindset.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Does Senator Dearey know the standards that are required?

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: It is the point. Senator Dearey does not know the standards and neither do I.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Senator Dearey is making statements.