Results 4,001-4,020 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: He is changing the goalposts.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The goalposts have been moved. So much for promises.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I move: That Seanad Ãireann: notes the swift response and work of local authority workers during the cold weather emergency; condemns Government for its slow national response to the recent weather crisis; is concerned that no national co-ordination plan for severe weather emergencies is in place to co-ordinate local plans at a national level; recognises the social and economic hardship...
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I am sure the Minister has no problem with that because it is important that we hear the debate. I understand there was a similar debate in the Lower House last week. I want first to acknowledge the efforts of the local authorities in responding to what were unprecedented weather conditions. Prior to Christmas serious flooding occurred in many areas and over the Christmas heavy snowfall and...
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: With due respect, we were lucky. The thaw came.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: It did not seem like it.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Is 50% leakage not reason enough? It is totally unacceptable.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister is in denial.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Some 50% of our water supply is leaking into the ground.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Does the Minister believe that is okay?
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That is what the Minister is saying.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: He answered it.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Some 50% of the water supply is leaking into the ground and the Minister is happy with this. That is the message he is sending.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister's colleague in Galway was not too happy about the water services available. What did the Minister do about the matter? He did nothing.
- Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I was glad to have the opportunity to propose this motion. While the Opposition will not have the numbers to pass it, one must realise the debate has highlighted many of the inadequacies of the Government and its response to the crisis we recently witnessed. There is a lack of joined-up thinking at the highest level of the Government, as highlighted clearly by Senator Cannon's point. The...
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I reiterate much of what was said on the earlier amendment about the need for serious sanctions to be applied when service providers abuse their positions. I appreciate that the statistics for premium rate charges were discussed at length on Second Stage. However, I remind the House that premium rate services on fixed lines and, in particular, mobile devices represent an industry that was...
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 20: In page 11, subsection (2), line 26, to delete "â¬5,000" and substitute the following: "â¬20,000 and shall be obliged to re-emburse any or all end users in full as appropriate under subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c)".
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 25: In page 16, lines 38 to 43, to delete subsection (2).
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Jan 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to Maureen and the Kenneally family on the passing of Billy. As a relatively new Member of the House and a Waterford representative, I am proud to be following in the footsteps of a man like Billy Kenneally. I did not know him personally but he was known to me as I grew up. I was surrounded by political activity, albeit on the other...
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment. The two amendments seem reasonable and the Minister might explain to us whether he believes they are not reasonable. The statistics show that premium rate services on fixed line and mobile devices have grown sixfold from one year to the next and were worth â¬195 million to the industry last year. Some 76 million chargeable premium text messages were sent in 2008....