Results 181-200 of 318 for speaker:Eamonn Coghlan

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am pleased to support this motion by Senator Jillian van Turnhout and her Independent colleagues. I speak tonight not just as a Senator but as a father of four and a grandfather of three. I have two beautiful granddaughters, one aged five and the other who turns two today. They are absolutely gorgeous and when I see them traipsing around the house...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: However, five year old children do not look in the mirror and decide they are more beautiful than their school friends and they should compete with them on that basis. It is the parents exploiting their children who create that competitiveness. Research tells us that there are several components to sexualisation which set it apart from a healthy sexuality. Sexualisation occurs when a...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Minister reduced that budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: Some 48% of the time on the school timetable is devoted to eight subjects. We need to invest in physical education and physical literacy by empowering teachers, parents and children and incentivising them. I call on the Leader to have a serious debate on physical literacy and physical education in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I want to harp on about a subject. I welcome the great news from the National University of Ireland, Galway, which has decided to reward students who excel in sport with the opportunity to gain an additional 40 CAO points in the leaving certificate results towards entrance to university. Some students may be unable to play ball, jump higher or run faster and may not be happy with this move....

Seanad: Inland Waterways: Statements (26 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister. When I came into the House today, I had not intended to speak. However, having listened to the impassioned speech made by Senator John Whelan, I decided to make some notes and a contribution to the debate. We are aware of the historical and cultural significance of inland waterways. The great Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh wrote about canals. I also recall that the...

Seanad: Inland Waterways: Statements (26 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Inland Waterways: Statements (26 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Senator has had four minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the Cooley Peninsula.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I was there for Operation Bush4mation in co-operation with "Operation Transformation", which has been on television for the last six weeks, and which has been drawing tremendous attention to the fitness and well-being of people here in Ireland. I was impressed with Bush Post Primary School and the facilities available for the local community. Not only does the school have a magnificent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Merger: Irish Sports Council and National Sports Campus Development Authority (19 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the ladies and gentlemen. I have been around the scene with all of them for many years, as Mr. Benton and I go back to Drimnagh Castle and Mr. Treacy and I competed on the track. I was a member of the board of the Irish Sports Council some years ago and Mr. Conway is the new kid on the block with regard to the National Sports Campus Development Authority. I was in Abbotstown a...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: They can use Siri.

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister. From listening to the contributions of previous speakers, there appears to be overwhelming support for him and the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013. The changes proposed in the legislation will make a major contribution in the context of, perhaps, reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries which occur on our roads on an annual basis. I welcome the graduated...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Coghlan: I wish everyone a happy new year. I support the call for a debate on obesity but it has been ongoing for many years. Who should take the blame for obesity? Is it the Department of Health, the Government, the food industry, the drinks industry or the education system? Is it the fault of the schools or parents? Is there lack of education on the matter? How do our social habits compare...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: I support Senator Hayden's call on the Leader to invite the Minister to the House to discuss the long overdue charities regulation Act. I have been involved in the charity sector for 27 years and have been employed by and acted as a volunteer for many organisations. I was disgusted by the vulgarity demonstrated by the CRC board in the way they abused their corporate governance to fill their...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: Today is a great news days for children's cardiac services in Ireland. Gone is the Third World, 50-year out of date, crammed facility of St. Teresa's ward in Crumlin with the opening of a state-of-the-art cardiac unit with 25 units which will cater for children all over Ireland, both North and South. That is thanks to the millions of euro that were raised by parents, volunteers, marathon...

Seanad: Statistics (Heritage Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Oct 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State. I lived in the United States for approximately 20 years. I worked with the then Irish tourist board for a number of those years and promoted Irish tourism. I realise the importance of genealogy and its contribution to the tourism industry here. Many of the people I met in the United States during the period to which I refer and since then - those who are,...

Seanad: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (3 Oct 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister, Marie and friends to the Seanad and will recite The Forge by Seamus Heaney: All I know is a door into the dark. Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting; Inside, the hammered anvil's short-pitched ring, The unpredictable fantail of sparks Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water. The anvil must be somewhere in the centre, Horned as a unicorn, at one end and square,...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: I am very proud that the delivery of physical education in schools in Ireland will, please God, change from today onward.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Eamonn Coghlan: Following on from Senator White's point about positive age week, I had the pleasure last Monday to open the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership positive ageing week to more than 200 enthusiastic elderly people. Somebody at the event said that 60 is the new 40, so when I told them that it would be only six years before I got the bus pass, they were a little bit shocked when they noticed my...