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- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: It is good to see Senator O'Brien in his usual seat. What would the Opposition do without the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Of course. The Cathaoirleach knows I always have a question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: No man has attended more to detail or answered more questions than the Minister. Those opposite have generated much hot air this morning and it was a bottle of smoke. I know they are good at smoke and daggers, or smoke and mirrors-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I have one, of course. This man has dealt with everything. He went into the penalty points issue in great detail, and that was what the investigation was about. Those opposite do not want to accept such facts for a reason I do not quite understand. I will name nobody but many people came to that matter without clean hands. The Minister did and he dealt with it in detail. I believe...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: The Senators' request for today is totally unnecessary. There is nothing outstanding and they are being totally unreasonable. I will not say they are being childish, as we understand adversarial politics. This is the greatest load of baloney when there are so many budgetary and fiscal problems to deal with.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: That is a joke.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Like others, I believe that Archbishop Martin's letter this morning is an extremely important and constructive contribution to the debate. This is a man who is not given to making wild statements. He is someone who thinks and talks straight. It is unthinkable and unconscionable that an unborn baby that would be capable of life outside the womb could lose its constitutional right and be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I did not interrupt the Senator. It was discussed by the Senator's representatives, as well as by mine and other parties, at the Committee on Procedure and Privileges-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: -----and the decision was unanimous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I thank the Leas-Cathaoirleach for that. He has made the point that I wanted to make.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: It is a distraction.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: That is a cheap shot. The Senator may well wear that smile because it is-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: The Senator should communicate with his own Members and he will be all right. The Leas-Cathaoirleach has made the point and I will not labour it further.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: It has been agreed to by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.
- Seanad: OECD Review of Irish Pensions System: Statements (15 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Like Senator Walsh, I would like to be associated with the warm words of tribute by Senator Eamonn Coghlan and many others in the House yesterday to that brave young man, Donal Walsh, of Blennerville, Tralee, who passed away on Sunday following his long battle with illness. He inspired a nation with his plea to suicidal youngsters to seek help and celebrate life rather than plan their own...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I wholeheartedly endorse everything said this morning by Members' learned colleague on the benches opposite, Sean Barrett, regarding the Kerry Group. I recall some of the story told about the then Minister for Agriculture, the late Mark Clinton, and his persuasive powers with the fledgling Kerry Group and with Denis Brosnan in particular. He spoke of how shares have risen from being worth...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: That is on the record, but in any event-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I wish to pay tribute not just to Denis Brosnan but I salute everything Sean Barrett has said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I pay tribute to Denis Brosnan, to Hugh Friel who succeeded him and to Stan McCarthy, who is doing a wonderful job at present. Moreover, I greatly welcome that further dilution in co-operative shares in the Kerry Group from 17% to approximately 13%, as well as the boost for the farmers of County Kerry, the south and nationwide because of what they are suffering due to the fodder crisis and...