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Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: They trade on protest politics.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin stands for nothing in my eyes.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: The Irish people are copping on to it. That is why we see it going down in the polls and why we will see it going down in the next general election.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin trades on misery and division. That is all it has ever done.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House. I have the greatest of respect for Senator Murnane O'Connor but I will not allow the rewriting of history on what she described as the "water fiasco". First, if one looks at the Fianna Fáil record on water services in this country, we were spending in excess of €1...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: That is the legacy. I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I did not interrupt the Senator. I ask her to let me continue. That is the legacy of Fianna Fáil on water provision in this country. I do not want to revisit all the old arguments but there were obvious reasons Irish Water was established, new legislation was required and funding streams were required to invest in our water services. The legacy of Fianna Fáil on water is not...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We see it how they have tried to stall the legislation in the Dáil. I agree on one thing. There was much concern in this House yesterday where Senators debated the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, which is a matter of public health, for over eight hours. I agree with my colleague, Senator Ó Céidigh, that water provision is a matter of public health in that we are providing...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin never changes. It has all the problems and no solutions.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: People should get their money back, Trevor. Support the Bill and let the people get their money back, the refunds Sinn Féin was looking for. That is what this is about.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin wants it every way.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It is all progress.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Of course.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister and wish him well in bringing this Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is important that Senators are allowed the time and space to express any concerns they might have about landmark public health legislation. I commend the Government on bringing it forward. As legislators, we are entitled to raise concerns and seek clarifications and I make no apology to...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: On lobbying, the impression is being created that lobbying is happening on only one side. I have been lobbied by those in favour of the Bill as currently drafted and also locally by shopkeepers and others who are genuinely concerned about the impact this legislation may have on them. I am not confused. I am taking an objective, informed view of the Bill and I am expressing views that I...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: What about Fianna Fáil's 2009 legislation on structural separation? It wanted to build a wall.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It wanted to build a wall like Trump.

Seanad: Eighth Report of Convention on the Constitution: Motion (11 Oct 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees that the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 30th March, 2014, including its recommendations in relation to the right to housing, be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in accordance with Standing Order 71(3)(k), to consider the...

Seanad: Eighth Report of Convention on the Constitution: Motion (11 Oct 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister of State. I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the eighth report of the Constitutional Convention. I note and acknowledge the contributions of colleagues in this House. I look forward to listening to more contributions. I also acknowledge the contributions of citizens and colleagues who participated in the convention under the chairmanship of Mr. Tom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome all three delegations to the committee on this important topic, especially as we embark again on an ambitious building programme. I support CIRI because it is a registration process designed to promote a culture of competence, good practice and compliance. That, in combination with BCAR, can certainly enhance consumer protection with regards to the construction industry. Having...