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Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the Minister to the House. The decoupling proposal has received widespread support and approval from the farming community, primarily as it will do away with the scourge of bureaucracy. It will also allow farmers to farm as they wish and to produce quality products for the marketplace without further restrictions. However, a number of issues need to be clarified. Is there a 100%...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: I ask the Leader to advise the Government of a certain matter. Senators are aware that the last commercial Concorde flight will take place today. Given that it is an ill wind that does not help somebody, perhaps the Government might benefit from a great bargain. It might solve its transport problems by acquiring a Concorde jet. A spectacular deal might be available.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: The UK and French Governments cannot afford to run Concorde, but that would not be a problem for the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: Will the Government consider the purchase of a Concorde jet to solve its air transport problems? The Cathaoirleach should consider the advantages of such a purchase.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: Ministers could arrive back in the country two hours before they leave.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: The Leader named and shamed the Minister for Transport.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: I support the sentiments expressed by Senator Brian Hayes and others on Northern Ireland. The vast majority of people on this island await, in eager anticipation, a final resolution of this problem. Everyone wishes it could be resolved. Will the Leader take up with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the issue of banks and so-called respectable lending institutions employing...

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: Five day a week hospitals.

Seanad: National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements. (22 Oct 2003)

Noel Coonan: Five days a week.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the Minister to the House and acknowledge that, from a personal point of view, he did his best in the negotiations. Unfortunately, however, as in other cases, his best has not been sufficient. Farmers have reacted with anger and many are depressed. Newspaper headlines such as "Dairy Farmers Sold Out" have appeared. There is no doubt that this is a bad deal. According to the leader...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Noel Coonan: Cork were favourites for the game.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: I support my colleagues who called for a debate on education. The Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, said she did not know what to believe because she did not have concrete evidence. I can tell her that the Minister for Defence, Deputy Smith, organised a public meeting in Littleton one week prior to last year's general election where he produced a letter from the then Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: —stating that Littleton school would be refurbished, rebuilt, the machinery was ready to move in and they would have a new school in three months. Today it is not even on the list.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: I am speaking about the Minister for Defence in order to give him a chance to defend himself.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: I ask the Leader to initiate a debate on defence arising out of the recent reports published on the Defence Forces.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: I ask for the Minister for Defence to come in here. We have not been privileged to have him in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: We need to have a debate on defence because he has sold the family silver and he has not invested the money in defence.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Noel Coonan: He is never there. Amendment put: "That statements on the Department of Education and Science strategy statement be taken at 6 p.m." Tá

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Mar 2003)

Noel Coonan: It is next week.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Noel Coonan: I am alarmed and concerned by the verbal attack by members of the Government parties on members of the Garda Síochána. I ask the Leader to request that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform come before the House to debate the reason the Garda Síochána is not being given the additional resources, manpower and equipment it needs to enforce the legislation introduced by the...