Results 3,901-3,920 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: He has spoken already. I call on the Minister of State to conclude.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: You have six minutes.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: You can speak for eight minutes if you wish because some speakers went for a minute and a half over time. One went between two and a half and three minutes over time.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: The Minister of State is up against the clock now.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: We will have to bring the Minister of State back into the House on another day.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I am conscious that we are in excess of the order of the day. I thank the Minister of State and all Senators who contributed. When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I thank the MEPs for their interesting commentaries. The previous speaker did not want discuss Brexit but it is dominating all our thoughts, regardless whether we like it. I cannot fathom that Britain would countenance leaving the Union and a market of 500 million people without wanting what has become known as option A. While its representatives say that Britain will leave the customs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with European Ombudsman (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I thank Ms O'Reilly for her very interesting presentation. She is doing important work. She is critical of the Council, probably rightly. How has she found the Commission and other bodies? Which of them occupy more of her time or which are slightly more difficult to deal with? Is there a culture of cover-up, although I hesitate to use that term? They do not wish to release information....
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I support some of what Senator Feighan said here this morning. I had long thought that things were progressing satisfactorily. Certainly, the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly does good and valuable work. I now think, however, that the Senator is correct. Given that the news from the North this morning is not encouraging, and from the DUP in particular, an east-west dimension would be...
- Seanad: Committee of Selection: Motion (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I move:That the Fifth Report of the Committee of Selection be laid before the Seanad.
- Seanad: Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I call on the Minister of State to conclude.
- Seanad: Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Leyden has made his contribution and should listen to the others.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: If Senator Leyden is not able to listen to the others I recommend that he leave the Chamber.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I am trying to be.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Order, please Senator. The rules are the rules.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator should not repeat herself. She has made her contribution.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: I cannot allow the Senator to keep interrupting.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Murnane O'Connor is not allowed to interrupt.
- Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)
Paul Coghlan: Order for that too. I wish Senators were all polite and would listen to one another in silence.