Results 8,481-8,500 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I hope they are not doing that on Red Bull.
- Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I do not. I have confidence in the Minister and I know the Senator also has confidence in him.
- Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: This is like something from a programme on TV3.
- Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his rationale for this Bill. The nub of this matter is the provision of a satisfactory resolution or solution for this State of the promissory note issue. On that question, the necessary first step was the liquidation of the IBRC by NAMA bonds. In effect, the IBRC is being subsumed into NAMA. The Minister identified the risk straight...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Is this really a point of order?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Before the Chairman calls the next speaker, I would like to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I understand this debate will conclude by 6 p.m. and I propose we then have a break of 15 minutes, before Private Members' business, which will commence at 6.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his overview of the Bill. The Bill provides a pardon and amnesty to those who absented themselves from the Defence Forces without leave or permission in order to fight on the Allied side during the Second World War. The Government has apologised for the manner in which these individuals were treated by the State after the war. It...
- Seanad: Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Yesterday we paid tribute to former Senator Martin McAleese which largely had to do with his detailed work on the Magdalen laundries report. We should be careful not to impugn his or his team's integrity. I believe they gave a fair and accurate assessment of what happened within the terms of reference. Yes, that was a huge blot on the State and certainly there were barbaric and horrific...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: That apology is inherent in everything he has said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: I have. He is a compassionate and kind man and that has been agreed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: In the debate that will follow there will be further responses and I urge caution.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: It is the tourist capital.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: No one will make a mistake with valuation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: One should know the valuation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Daly likes to mix things up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Daly would wish it to be so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Daly likes to be provocative.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)
Paul Coghlan: Please, Senator Coghlan.