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- Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)
Paul Coghlan: He is just going into injury time.
- Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)
Paul Coghlan: I feel as if I have been killed with kindness this evening.
- Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)
Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister of State and Senators O'Toole, Ryan, Kitt, Brian Hayes, Minihan, Brennan, Brady, Scanlan and Hanafin for contributing to the debate. There is no uniformity with regard to the extent of this payment system but there was uniformity, indeed unanimity, in the speeches about it this evening. Everybody said, in one way or another, that stage payments must end and that they...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)
Paul Coghlan: The indications are that we will have a busy schedule next week. Perhaps it might be a suitable opportunity for the Leader to outline next week's programme, in so far as she is aware of it, and the proposed sitting days. Will she tell the House when the Government intends to debate Committee Stage of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill, Second Stage of which was debated here last week?...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Regarding the matters of the financial institutions and levels of indebtedness raised by Senator Brian Hayes, there are different anomalies. I wish to ask the Leader about a significant problem in respect of section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997. As Members are aware, there is no level playing pitch because credit unions are only allowed to make available 20% of their loan books and they...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: The Leader got it in under the radar.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: The Leader does not have to rub it in.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Does the Senator mean to say that he was not a member?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: God forbid.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Safety is his middle name.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: The judge is on the back bench.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: I too urge caution in regard to the announcement to which several Members have referred and which is expected on Thursday in the other House about the plan for the proposed sale of Aer Lingus. In view of the details which I understand are to be announced around now by the Commission on Electronic Voting, perhaps it might be more in the Government's line to recommend the sale of this country's...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Surely those machines will be redundant after today.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Could that be considered a predatory comment?
- Seanad: Financial Services Regulation. (4 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: We trust the Cathaoirleach's judgment.
- Seanad: Financial Services Regulation. (4 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: I am grateful to Senator Bradford for sharing his time. I endorse what he said on this subject. We are all aware of the wonderful work done by credit unions. They have made representations to all sides of the House. The credit unions have a large excess of liquidity. However, they are caught in a straitjacket and their operations are restricted by the 1997 Act. We as legislators should be...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: A debate is obviously needed on electronic voting and I recommend that the Leader arranges a debate on the commission's report when the Seanad returns after the summer recess. I understand that the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and, presumably, the Government, have decided on two pharmacy Bills. One of these Bills deals with fitness to practise provisions, while I understand...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: The Minister must be more fond of this House.
- Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House and I welcome this Bill, particularly the increase in the audit exemption levels. I was one of the first to mention this and to discuss it with the Minister of State. My call went unheeded for a long time but I always knew from my chats with the Minister that his heart was in the right place. He and I agreed on this matter from...
- Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.