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Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: There is further good news to come from that agency which is making a tremendous effort in the national interest.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: Look at the extra witnesses that have appeared on the scene.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: Everything is proper, do not worry.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: As ever, I note with interest Senator Darragh O'Brien's comments. We should have a little patience in this matter because we are aware of the plans the Central Bank is devising to deal the with the issue of mortgages which-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: I appreciate that and I join my colleagues in welcoming him back.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader knows that he is very safe with me standing behind him. The issue of mortgages is serious, as attested to by all Senators, but the banks are being flexible with those who are up front with them. I make a distinction in that regard. We have compassion and sympathy for those who got themselves into an intolerable position and are now unable to meet their repayments, but buy-to-let...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: They should be appointing receivers and collecting rents because the people concerned obtained money, perhaps under false pretences, for buy-to-let properties.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: I am talking about buy-to-let merchants. I am making that distinction. I agree, as my colleague stated, that we need to see the figures for all categories. This is an important matter which I am sure the Leader will address. People on social welfare benefits who intend to vote "No" in the referendum are disregarding the need for that insurance policy. We are very dependent on the funding...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator knows all about it because it was his party which signed up to it in the first instance. The Government is honouring the agreement made with the troika.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: Of course, they have a right to take part in a free ballot. I acknowledge their right to do wrong, if that is their wish. I am just talking about the stupidity of it, as I see it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: There are others, too.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Cooperation and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: The next speaker is Senator Norris.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Cooperation and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: The next speaker on the list is Senator Keane.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: It is good to hear the views of Senator Bradford, as a distinguished co-chair of BIPA. The Senator urged the committee of which I am a member to exercise caution as we enter the decade of commemoration. I thank the current co-chairs of the assembly, Deputy McHugh and Laurence Robinson, MP, for the great body of work they managed to deliver. Tewkesbury, the constituency which Mr. Robinson...

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: That is another day's work. I thank the Senators who contributed to the debate. Senators Heffernan, Keane, Daly and Barrett made worthy contributions. There was a degree of duplication in some of our remarks but we touched on most of what needed to be said. This is the first occasion in which time was set aside not only in this House, but also in the Dáil to discuss a plenary of the...

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: I hope I only seldom do that.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: This is the first time either House has debated the subject matter since its inception in 1990 and it is useful and proper that we do so. The 44th plenary which was completed in this Chamber made history because it was the first time that the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, as a body, sat in any parliamentary chamber in either country. It is important to note that. The body which,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: Once the Government has made a decision on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the fact that today is UN International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. I also welcome the fact that Ministers Frances Fitzgerald and Ruairí Quinn are hosting an anti-bullying forum and bringing together various stakeholders to help tackle bullying. As we know, some frightful examples of bullying have taken place in our country in recent times, with horrible consequences...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Paul Coghlan: It was on the margins.