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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: In the past five years, how many people have been removed from the register?

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House for this important debate. I wish to make a point of order for the record. There were a number of false starts to this afternoon's debate. I know the Minister was tied up in the Dáil, but it would be helpful if the Opposition would provide a pairing for the Minister who is due to take debates in the Seanad and allow us to get on...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We are all agreed that we need to find urgent solutions to the housing challenge that we face but they need to be sustainable. I listened with interest to Senator McDowell's contribution which was Dublin centric. There are many housing issues right around the country, but they are most concentrated in the largest urban area. I have often compared Dublin to an economic vortex where a great...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: That was a Fine Gael idea - Shanganagh.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It is the same old story with them.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Dé Máirt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister and commend him on all his efforts in resolving homelessness and the housing challenge in general. I welcome the fact the Minister is establishing an inter-agency group to look at homelessness, because we need more coherence in the sector. Does he have detailed levels of funding that are being provided to local authorities, approved housing bodies and the various...

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of Capital Plan: Statements (27 Sep 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome this timely debate on the national capital expenditure plan. We need to debate the issue in the context of where the country is at and from where it has come in recent years. We must acknowledge that there were serious reductions in capital expenditure and infrastructural investment owing to the state of the economy from 2007 until recently. However, I must give the last...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I did not intend to start on a negative note but I was disappointed, although not surprised, with the negative contribution of Sinn Féin with regard to rural Ireland. Having listened to Sinn Féin contributors over many years I thought they had a deep interest in rural affairs and they would welcome a specific Department with responsibilities in that regard, headed up by a Minister...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It is a fact. Sinn Féin does not have a clue when it comes to rural affairs.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ring, to the House and I congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him and his officials well in the new Department, the establishment of which signals that Government is treating rural affairs as a top priority. There is no better man that the Minister, Deputy Ring, to lead this Department. He is passionate about, committed to and believes in rural...

Seanad: Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I too welcome the Minister to the House, to which he is no stranger. He was a Member here for many years. I have no doubt that most Members in this House and in the Lower House support this international bid. I need not reiterate that this is a huge opportunity but I believe it is important to do so. It could place the island of Ireland, North and South, in the international shop window...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the significant contribution and the expertise of the professionals who have spoken today, and their experience at the coal face. It is important that we, as policy makers and legislators, hear where the gaps and deficits are so that we can influence the real decision makers, who should be here to listen to the real-life stories and the frustrations I am hearing from those...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: They are the number crunchers within the HSE and Tusla.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I know they are. Let me give my opinion because I wish to put my frustration on record. In 2011, I made my maiden speech to the Dáil on the issue of suicide. I lost six close friends over many years for different reasons. While some of them may never have been saved, the questions I want to ask today concern access to service. When somebody confides in a community leader, whether it...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Would a shared psychological service among GP practices be a solution?

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We are getting to the nuts and bolts of it.

Seanad: University Hospital Waterford Cardiology Services: Statements (27 Jun 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I, too, welcome the opportunity to debate this issue. I am saddened, however, that we are debating it after a week in which we saw a terrible tragedy in Waterford. I remember Mr. Thomas Power of Bell Lake in Waterford who last Sunday passed away at only 39 years of age in an ambulance en route from University Hospital Waterford to Cork. He left behind a young widow, Bernie, to whom I offer...

Seanad: University Hospital Waterford Cardiology Services: Statements (27 Jun 2017)

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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Paudie Coffey: This is our first sitting since the UK elections and it would be remiss of us not to comment on them. Obviously, they have an impact not only on Ireland, but on Irish society and people North and South of the Border. It is important that at some future date the Leader makes provision for a strong debate in the House on the outcomes and consequences of that particular election. This is in...