Results 7,121-7,140 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: This is in the national interest.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We had to get away from the fantasy economics on the other side of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: They did not expect it to put a spring in Senator Wilson’s step but he does not have to hang on their every word.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I thought I was speaking on a different subject yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator has come across some sideshows.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: It is interesting to see the recent focus on Siteserv and IBRC. I commend the Minister for Finance for the review he has instigated into the transaction. He has moved quickly to demonstrate that any concerns and issues will be quickly resolved. We know that Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society morphed into IBRC. Reading some of the material between the Department of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Is there an independent arbitrator to set the guidelines? In Kerry, the pylons must be at least 500 m from the nearest residence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: There should be an independent arbitrator. Who is setting the details on how this operates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: We have heard about 50 m today. Who independently assessed this?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I would not say that, in fairness.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I respect the authenticity and sincerity of Senator Mooney's call this morning regarding rates of interest being applied by the banks. I think we had a successful day yesterday at the hearings of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. We are all concerned at the gap between the ECB rates and the standard variable mortgage rates that are applicable. In this regard, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: The gentlemen are welcome and I commend them on what they have achieved in getting the bank back on a stable, profitable footing. I have five quick questions which they might take together, if they will bear with me. First, would the bank be open to third-party review of the applicable standard variable rate in circumstances where a consumer can demonstrate that this rate is inflicting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: That is fine. Any order will do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Very good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I thank Mr. O'Connor.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Darragh O'Brien has made a great play for the removal of the banks' veto in the personal insolvency process, and he is right to do so. We know the banks shovelled out money very irresponsibly to people during the boom years. In the case of mortgages, loans of 90% or more of the value of the property were given. The cost to the banks of borrowing money is approximately 1.5% at most,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: I do not want to go down that route. Senator Healy Eames mentioned bank managers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)
Paul Coghlan: Bank managers know very little and some of them have very little influence.