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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I am sick of the Senator lecturing us.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: This morning thousands of people are travelling from the countryside to the capital to voice their concerns with regard to the world trade talks. Mr. Barroso, the European Commission President, is in Dublin Castle today and people are leaving their farms and communities to come to the city to display their concerns with regard to the future of Irish agriculture. We all know that 20 May is...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: We are having a series of meetings.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: We have had a series of regional meetings.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: The Leader should get his information correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: We all need to get our shoulder behind the wheel.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the publication of the Green Paper on local government. Many of us have awaited its publication with bated breath. However, on an initial reading of it, I am very disappointed to see that it contains a great deal of rhetoric. It promises much and I am looking forward to a debate on its contents. There are many issues of interest in the paper. One suggestion is that there be...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: Local government services are the most important services in this country for the ordinary citizen. Such services need reform and proper funding. I look forward to the debate on the Green Paper but what I have seen so far does not augur well for real local government reform. Some Senators mentioned rural isolation and services for the elderly. I have just conducted a series of meetings in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Paudie Coffey: It is an issue that must be addressed. We must not forget that this country is predominantly rural. There is a substantial rural population in the country which is becoming more isolated by the day. We must take cognisance of that fact and act accordingly. Senator Mary White mentioned the importance of services for the elderly and I agree with her. I remind the House that the Bealtaine...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I have listened on many occasions to Members from all sides of the House criticising the HSE and the services it often does not deliver. This happened again today and I concur with Senator Prendergast's views on the psychiatric services where there is a significant deficit. The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, once referred to the HSE as a big ship that would not be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I wish to raise an issue that is timely and important for every individual in this country. The 2007 annual report of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has been published. Most public and private organisations retain a great deal of personal data. It is relevant to every family in this country. Over recent months, we have heard about a number of farcical cases in which...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: They are too expensive.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: That is not the way it is.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: For the honour and glory of the little villages and parishes.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: The Minister cut the fund for broadband. The Senator is speaking out of both sides of her mouth.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: She should get the facts right.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: He took the money from the broadband scheme for use on greener homes. The Senator is speaking out of both sides of her mouth.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I am correcting the Senator's facts. She is incorrect.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: The Senator is misleading the House.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Paudie Coffey: The Green Minister cut the funds for broadband and that is a fact.