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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator is not entitled to make a point of order. There is no Minister here.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I will hear the Senator's point of order in a minute. Now that everyone is back I wish to say that things got a little tetchy in the earlier session and I refer to the comments that have been made in the course of today's discussion about the duration of the debate on this Bill. The question of undue repetition of debate or irrelevance is a matter which, as the Chair of these proceedings, I...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: That is not up for debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I think the Minister clarified his position.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I thank the Senator but I am the one who makes the rulings as long as I am in this Chair and I am satisfied with what the Minister has said. That is the end of that debate.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I am pleased to open the public hearings of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, in Ireland. These meetings are the second part of a process which began in June with a public invitation to make written submissions to the committee. On behalf of the committee, I sincerely thank all those who sent in submissions on this topic. The committee...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I call on our first witness, Mr. David Walsh, group chief executive officer, CEO, of Netwatch Ireland.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Next is Ms Evelyn O'Toole, CEO of Complete Laboratory Solutions.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: The final contributors in this phase are the president and the director general of the Construction Industry Federation, Mr. Dominic Doheny and Mr. Tom Parlon, respectively. They are sharing their time.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I thank Mr. Parlon and everyone else for their presentations. We will now take questions. I ask everyone to be brief and to the point in their questions and answers.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Does Ms O'Toole want to answer a question or two?
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: The Leader of the House, Senator Buttimer, will speak now.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I did not get it wrong.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I am trying to encourage questioners to be brief and to the point.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Definitely.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Please try to be positive.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Something struck me very forcefully when Mr. Walsh was talking about the penal rate of capital gains tax of 33.3%, up from a rate of 20%. I fully share his view that there is a lot of capital tied up from which people are afraid to part because of this penal tax rate. It is capital that could be freed up to find a new home to fund new and fresh investment. It is something I would like to...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Would Mr. Parlon like to comment?
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Would Senator Ó Céidigh like to make a brief closing comment?