Results 41-60 of 318 for speaker:Eamonn Coghlan

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: Every weekend, sport in Ireland plays a major role in our society. Tonight, Ireland is playing Germany, the world champions, in the Aviva stadium, hopefully qualifying for the European Championships. On Sunday, Ireland plays France, hoping to top the group for the rugby quarter final the following week. Between tonight and Sunday, millions of people and hundreds of thousands of volunteers...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the Minister to the House and the introduction of Senator Crown's Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015. It sounds exciting to live longer and healthier. I agree that the issue of mandatory retirement at 65 must be debated at a national level, as the Minister has indicated. They say that 80 is the new 60, 60 is the new 40 and, as the Minister will be glad to know, 40 is the new 20. He...

Seanad: Ireland 2016 Schools Programme: Statements (29 Sep 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Minister is welcome to the House. I was delighted to learn that the launch of the initiative took place in Westland Row last week because my father, who lived a mere two blocks from Leinster House, went to school there and, as a young boy, I remember listening to many stories of Pádraig Pearse. I also recall the events of 49 years ago on the 50th anniversary and all the wonderful...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I add my voice to those who have referred to the retirement of Senator Harte, his contribution to his community and to Seanad Éireann. I met him on the first day I joined the Seanad. He was a fine gentleman and gave me some sound advice. There were many times during the first year or two of my time here when he put me to shame, particularly at lunch time when I saw him strip off in...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: The bottom line is the dollar.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: Having worked in Fáilte Ireland for many years as a younger man, I know conference venues change from city to city around the United States and around Europe. Ireland was lucky to host the Web Summit for three or four years. Digging deeper into Senator Leyden’s comments about its contribution of €140 million to the economy and the 30,000 guests who come to Ireland, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: It is always a pleasure to stand up in the Seanad and talk about sports. I want to mention world leaders. Perhaps we should look at Ireland as being a world leader in sports tourism. I got a number of texts from people today asking, "Who is this guy?" It is always great to see someone come out of the blue. They were referring to young Paul Dunne who grew up in Greystones,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the wonderful news from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, with the announcement of the €100 million investment to promote tourism, transport and sport. This brings the Department's capital spend in 2015 to €1.7 billion. It will be used to support the public transport system, road maintenance...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Education and Skills of an additional 610 special needs assistants. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Our Lady of Good Counsel national school in Johnstown, Killiney, County Dublin. A summer course on physical literacy is being held there for primary teachers. Today I thank the Minister for Education and Skills and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Caller Helpline: Samaritans Ireland and Telecommunications and Internet Federation (8 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I know what it is like to fund-raise, having worked in the charity sector in Ireland and overseas for 30 years. I continue to do so on a voluntary basis. Our support comes from everyone from schoolchildren raising €5 or €10 each to the corporate sector. What is the purpose of the groups' presentations? To be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Caller Helpline: Samaritans Ireland and Telecommunications and Internet Federation (8 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: That is fair enough. It is more or less a public relations exercise here, perhaps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Caller Helpline: Samaritans Ireland and Telecommunications and Internet Federation (8 Jul 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: We all agree with that and value the contribution that is being made. However, the other organisations I mentioned are in the same boat. What I am trying to figure out from the presentation today is whose responsibility it is to provide the service. Is it Samaritans and other organisations seeking sponsorship to help them cover the costs? Is it a corporate responsibility of the service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System - Eircode: Loc8 Code Limited (30 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I am quite confused; perhaps more now than ever before. Mr. Delaney mentioned GPS, which cannot be reliable at all times. I was in the south west of Ireland last month looking for a particular location, but GPS was sending me in the wrong direction. I met a young man who works for An Post in Clifden and we were talking about the new Eircode system coming in. He said they will be depending...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System - Eircode: Loc8 Code Limited (30 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: What is Mr. Delaney's code called?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System - Eircode: Loc8 Code Limited (30 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: If I am in Spain and I want to go to a particular area in Madrid, which let us say has the zip code 16924, my GPS will pick it up. If I am in New York in the United States and I want to go to an area with the code 19085, if I put it into my GPS, it will take me there. If I am in the UK or Northern Ireland and I put in BT4 1PN or whatever, it will come up and I will be taken there. Surely...

Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Minister is very welcome. I am pleased to speak on the Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015 and generally about Moore Street. I feel as if I grew up in Moore Street because during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Moore Street was very much part of my life and my culture. I remember being dragged into town by my dear mother to F.X. Buckley to get the steaks for our Sunday...

Seanad: Yeats 2015: Statements (9 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak about the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats, which takes place next week, 13 June. I commend Senator O'Keeffe, and her hard-working committee, on all the work she has done to create Yeats 2015.It is a year-long national and international celebration of the life...

Seanad: Yeats 2015: Statements (9 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: He was from Sandymount, Dublin 4. My mother was born and raised on Bath Avenue in Sandymount in Dublin 4 and she was very proud that William Butler Yeats was from her neighbourhood. This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit Yeats country, including Lissadell and Mullaghmore, and I saw some wonderful and beautiful scenery. Although he was of Anglo-Irish descent, William Butler Yeats...

Seanad: Yeats 2015: Statements (9 Jun 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: Tomorrow morning at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Eamonn Coghlan: I find it somewhat amusing that a number of speakers have called for a debate on the sale of Aer Lingus. I am just trying to figure out how much more time we can spend debating the sale of Aer Lingus. This has been going on for five if not six months.