Results 1,081-1,100 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)
Paul Coghlan: I have no doubt about that.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Perhaps the Minister of State will be put in charge of the decentralisation programme.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: I support Senator Brian Hayes's call for a debate on Northern Ireland and I agree with many of the points he, Senator O'Toole and Senator Minihan made. I referred briefly to this issue yesterday. There will be a difficulty if Britain opts for a licensing system and we opt for a pardoning procedure. This has been greatly expanded with the inclusion, as Senator Brian Hayes said, of the RUC and...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: I appeal to the Leader to provide time for such a debate before the Christmas recess. Despite the Leader's stated preference for a splurge, I wish to make a last appeal to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, before the budget next week. We need to do something. The Minister must make an announcement next week to incentivise the placing of SSIA moneys in pensions. There is a serious...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Thankfully, the Leader is only one.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: The Leader will get me into more trouble.
- Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, as well as the opportunity to speak about Transport 21. I welcome this plan, which has variously been described as a rehash or, as Senator Quinn commented, a scaled-down version of previous plans. Senator Quinn was correct in calling for a total emphasis on public transport. This is particularly apt in Dublin because, as Senator Brady noted, the...
- Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: There is much more that I could say but I must respect the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: It is some years since the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, told us he would compile an inventory of State assets, with particular emphasis on those considered to be surplus to requirements and which could be sold off or put to better use, perhaps in connection with the decentralisation programme.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Where is this report and does it exist? We have not seen it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Perhaps, given that there is a question over the decentralisation programme, will the Leader arrange an early debate on the matter so we could take both issues together?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: I am glad to see the Leader is not using a "little red book".
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: As far as Transport 21 is concerned, I am also puzzled about these trains. I have seen one of them, which might have been the one to which Senator Mansergh referred, when passing through Limerick Junction.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: It has been parked there for quite a number of months.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Its only feature which I thought attractive was that it appeared to be bedecked in the Kerry colours.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: It appeared to be togged out in green and gold.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: They will be extremely suitable for all-Ireland final days.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: Seriously, where are all these trains? How many have we? When is it intended to put them into service?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Paul Coghlan: We need clarity in this respect. I have only seen one of them.