Results 3,801-3,820 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State should get his facts straight.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That is right. The Minister of State should get his facts right.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State is wrong again.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: On a point of order, I had a great deal more to say during my contribution. However, I was obliged to adhere to the rules of the House and cut my remarks short.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: On a point of order, it might be better if the Minister of State spent more time answering questions we put to him rather than reading a spiel into the record. A great deal of what he has said is interesting and very good.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I am sure they are very important but the Minister of State just does not have the time to read all of them into the record.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: On a point of order, the Minister of State has had more than enough time in which to make his contribution.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: We were not granted the same amount of time in which to express our views. With respect, the Minister of State has made some good and relevant points but his time is now up.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State had plenty of time in which to make his contribution. He should listen to the Senator.
- Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I agree.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on pension entitlements. I hope sitting TDs and Senators in receipt of the ministerial pension relinquish it in the national interest. As actions speak louder than words, it is about time we started to show leadership in both Houses of the Oireachtas. It is welcome that Ireland's European Commissioner has relinquished her pension. She is on...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: To what channel is the Leader referring?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Leader should not make any more predictions.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: What about the Leader's predictions of 2008?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Confirmation.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That is a matter for the local authority.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I welcome the decision by Mr. Richie Boucher not to take the hike in pension entitlements. As I said in the House recently, the messages we give and the language we use are very important, especially at this very sensitive time. To accept that massive hike would have been wrong and at least Mr. Boucher has seen the light. However, the Government must put mechanisms in place to ensure no...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: He is asking everyone to resign bar the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Put him out.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)
Paudie Coffey: What is the Senator on about? I never said anything about a â¬6 charge.