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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Immediately.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Some women are very good.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: The Cathaoirleach is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I wish to add my voice to those of Senators Fitzgerald and Alex White regarding their serious request to the Leader to outline for Members the programme for next week with regard to NAMA. This perhaps is one of the most important items with which this House must deal during the lifetime of this Parliament. Sadly, it is necessitated by the manner in which the bankers fuelled the greed and...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: That was by way of a preamble to another matter. I look forward to the Leader outlining the details for the House. I support the call for the early publication of the amendments. Perhaps the Leader can tell Members with what areas these amendments will deal. Perhaps the Deputy Leader can inform the Leader when we will have the legislation promised by the Minister for the Environment,...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: They are obviously separate issues. I am asking the Leader if that important matter of Dingle-Daingean Uí Chúis will be covered in the legislation promised which will provide for the election of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State and look forward to the good news, if that is what he has for me. This matter has gone on too long and it is time to lance the boil once and for all. Everyone realises it is only through dialogue that one makes headway. I tabled this Adjournment matter seeking an immediate, binding and independent mediation process for that reason. It is the only manner in...

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am not in a position to argue with the Minister of State on the facts. The Minister of State is correct in commenting that the park is beautiful and that we all want to keep it correctly but I see the courts as a last resort. I refer to the Muckross jarveys, not the town jarveys who initiated the judicial review process to which the Minister of State refers. They believe, rightly or...

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (3 Nov 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Can the Minister give me a name of someone who will enter into genuine dialogue with the jarveys? I emphasise that I want to get the blockade lifted from the gates of the national park. That is the only issue I am dealing with. I appreciate what the Minister of State said and I am aware of the court action, which was initiated by the town jarveys. The Muckross jarveys have nothing to do...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: He is not here to defend himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Does the Deputy Leader know when the NAMA legislation will come before the Seanad? I add my voice to the calls by Senators Twomey and O'Toole. We all know that dialogue is the only way out of any dispute and I do not believe these days of protest will serve anybody's interest. However, like colleagues on all sides of the House, I believe people deserve to be listened to. The suggestion by...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Very nicely put.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I have asked the Leader about No. 5, the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009, and No. 8, the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009, twice in the recent past, but his answers on the two occasions conflicted somewhat. If the Leader is in a position to do so, will he state definitively whether it is suggested that these Bills will be amalgamated? How is it intended to proceed in respect of...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: It is not. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has asked for more time. Given that the honourable judge acceded to the request to grant it more time, I fail to understand why it then proceeded to lock people out. I ask that the blockade be lifted pending mediation or a court hearing.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach will allow me to raise this matter again on an Adjournment debate in early course.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: The previous responses were contradictory.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister for this debate. I quickly perused his opening address on the Bill and there was much to which I could subscribe. I especially liked his opening comment that planning is about people not buildings. The Minister continued to outline what was important in the following paragraphs, namely, schools, public transport and shops being provided in properly planned,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am sorry. I did not think the Minister did but I was tuning into what Senator Buttimer said. That is neither here nor there. My record as a member of two local authorities is clear. I always opposed such promptings when they came - never accompanied by brown envelopes, nor envelopes of any other colour. I always followed what I thought was correct in the interests of the proper...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Absolutely, I was referring to the qualifications of planners.