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Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I concur with those remarks. I thank the Minister and his officials for the expeditious manner in which they dealt with this Bill. I hope it will serve our society and the people who come to work here and help to further grow our economy. I wish the legislation well.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (31 May 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I also thank the Minister's officials.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister and the fact that he is prepared to allow the issues that arise in respect of this Bill go before the appropriate joint committee. I warmly congratulate the State's legal team on its win today. I am sure the Minister took a more hands-on approach to that case than he did in respect of that taken last week. I have no doubt that his smile indicates that fact. My sole...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I support what Senator White said, along with the comments of Senators Bradford and Norris. It was most unfortunate, and contrary to the tradition and the recent history of this House, that there was a guillotine. Section 5 was the meat of that flawed Bill. It is regrettable that Members were offering and were not listened to in this House last Friday. I am sure the Leader will comment on the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: There is considerable amnesia.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, and look forward to what he has to say on this subject and how he will apologise for the shortfall that exists in this most basic provision. There is an obvious truth in the Labour Party motion. There is no doubt about the continuing rapid rise in the price of new houses and...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I am all for affordable housing. That is what I am arguing for.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Its application is uneven.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: That was an awful mistake.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: There is an agency to deal with homelessness.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Second Stage. (8 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: While all legislation that comes before the Oireachtas is important, this Bill is critically so. It offers the potential of savings hundreds, even thousands, of lives if it is properly implemented. I am disappointed at the unacceptable delay in producing the Bill given that the proposals contained in the legislation were first mooted ten years ago. The Government's record on road safety is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Along with Senator Brian Hayes and others, I welcome the successful conclusion of the partnership talks. I may be wrong, but is this the first time that the pay deal element will run for 27 months but the agreement provides for a ten-year framework? We have been promised a Green Paper, to which Senator O'Toole referred, on defined benefits with regard to pensions. We know this to be a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the agreement and call for a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: The Departments of Finance, Social and Family Affairs, Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and Environment, Heritage and Local Government will all be involved. They all appear to have roles, or they have acquired roles. As Senator Brian Hayes has mentioned, there is an ongoing role for the Oireachtas in monitoring the issue, and an early debate is called for. I am sure the Leader is aware of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: This could be a very important national collection, which could and should be added to by paintings held by the Great Southern Hotels group.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: A number of those paintings were removed to de Vere's, as we know, for whatever purpose, be it storage or valuing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I have a very important question. Will the Leader bring the appropriate Minister here to discuss the issue? Is it possible to combine the collections, as they could become an even more important national treasure? They should be brought together.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: There is an old connection in that CIE owned those hotels.