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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I thought the Leader had forgotten me.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am still here, I have not yet gone away.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We are slow coaches.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Senators Fitzgerald and O'Toole raised a very important issue regarding the legislation which provides for the new board of FÁS. I am sure that, in common with most reasonable Members on all sides of the House, I regard this proposal as a totally retrograde step. It does not provide for any checks or balances. I am not opposed necessarily to political appointments; I recognise that people...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: That is the second in a short space of time.

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Cannon has put the point eminently and I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Keep the home fires burning.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am sure Senator Boyle will agree that it will be sorted out when the programme for Government is renegotiated.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I would like to ask the Leader about the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) (Amendment) Bill 2009, which has been on the Order Paper since before the summer recess. We are well aware that this country's legislation on the investigation of corporate conduct is hopelessly inadequate. Disturbing revelations about the conduct of Irish Nationwide Building Society emerged over the summer....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Paul Coghlan: When is the Leader appearing?

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: As the Minister of State will be aware, the stand-off between the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Killarney jarveys is happening in the middle of our tourism season. Sadly, this year's is a very poor season with information released by the CSO showing that tourism figures are down 20%. In Killarney and the remainder of County Kerry, tourism figures for the...

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Yes. I thank the Minister of State for the outline of the position, which is an outline of recent history and an apologia from the national parks and wildlife service. This is what it believes and it may well be correct. However, the Minister of State said that this practice now is illegal on foot of the order made by the Minister, which gave the jarveys three months to comply. However,...

Seanad: Killarney Jarveys (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: No, the question is more about the viability of our tourism that is suffering so badly this year. Many tourists wish to visit Killarney National Park and they choose this unique mode of transport to so do. We cannot afford to have this lock-out and stand-off. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State conveyed this point in the strongest terms to her colleague, the Minister, Deputy Gormley.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: It is only natural that there should be interest in the Green Party's strategy. We understand why people on the Government side of the House might disagree.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: My question relates to a proposal the Leader has put forward on the Order of Business. We understand why people did not want Report Stage of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 to be taken immediately after Committee Stage. Regardless of what the Leader might say, effectively a guillotine was applied in respect of the Bill. The Leader previously gave assurances to the House that it...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Will the Leader clarify it?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader is being unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: There were two shades last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We are in the middle of what is probably the worst economic crisis we have witnessed in our lives and, in the middle of the tourism season, in respect of which everybody is focused on saving and protecting jobs, on the second day of the week-long Killarney races festival, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, has decided to lock people out of...