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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I understood legislation was promised.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Dec 2006)

Paul Coghlan: And bright prospects for the new year.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2006)

Paul Coghlan: When will the legislation required to deal with the auctioneering profession be introduced? The commission on auctioneers has long finished its work. When will the House have sight of the legislation which was promised to follow?

Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I accept the Minister of State's explanation for these amendments.

Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I am glad that following a prolonged period between the two Houses that the Bill will be passed. I am also glad the Minister of State reconsidered and accepted my amendments. The Minister of State was not personally opposed to the increase in the audit exemption threshold and I knew his heart was in the right place when I first raised it. The system of regulation requires review. It is...

Seanad: Departmental Properties (1 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to the House and thank him for being present to reply to this matter. This issue arises from an initiative of Killarney Town Council, which I am more than happy to support, which believes 30 acres of the HSE lands in question should be used to accommodate social housing together with facilities for a number of voluntary social care and...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: The Fine Gael Party will support the Bill on Second Stage but will seek to amend it on later Stages. The Bill is frightfully late and shockingly weak. The national consumer agency has nothing like the powers it needs to protect consumers. The Fine Gael Party has been calling for a strengthened version of the Bill's provisions for over two years. For the past eight years Fianna Fáil and...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: When did Senator Leyden last check prices?

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: How long is it since Fine Gael called for the establishment of such an agency?

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: It is a long time since Fine Gael recommended the establishment of a national consumer agency and a consumer rights enforcer.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: We are prepared to take further Stages on Thursday.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: Nobody doubts its importance; strengthening its provisions is our concern.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: There are a lot fewer filling stations than there used to be.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator is summing it up well.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: It is important there is a sufficient number of outlets.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: The bird has flown. Look what has happened.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: We cannot allow all those fellows to cherry-pick.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: The usual suspects.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: We have left that behind us.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Paul Coghlan: Does he have any French?