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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Regardless of the merits of the Minister's argument, if he has important health and safety issues to address, he needs to make them known. As I stated previously, we cannot have one law for the park and another for the streets of the town and all its connecting roadways. Consultation and dialogue are required that must also involve the licensing authority, the local authority. I call on...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am available as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: The mayor has made this serious offer. I will speak to the Minister but I would like the Leader to use his good influence with him. All the other important matters have been mentioned. This mishandling of our business is most serious. We have other matters to discuss. The Ombudsman has released an important press release which we need to discuss and we also need to discuss the standards...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator should go away out of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Name and shame.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We have been saying that here for the last two weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Easy on now.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Some very useful suggestions have been made this morning, first by Senator Twomey about written answers to questions, a matter on which I have campaigned in the past and in which I know every Senator is interested. We should have a facility in Parliament whereby Senators can receive written answers to questions put to Ministers. In the absence of that, I fully endorse what Senator Twomey...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We are pleased the percentage is increasing.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Archbishop.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: She is only picking up on what we have been asking in this House for two weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: She knows the Cabinet would leak anyway once it gets the report.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We initiated the call in this House.

Seanad: Stardust Tragedy: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I wish to share time with Senator Fitzgerald.

Seanad: Stardust Tragedy: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: We very much welcome the motion. I wholeheartedly concur with everything that has been said so far by the Minister of State and other speakers. We are very grateful to members of the Stardust victims' committee. We commend and thank them and their solicitor, Greg O'Neill, for all their work and efforts over a long period. While it is a pity it was delayed for so long, this was a very...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Does the Minister of State wish to respond further?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Is Senator Mullen pressing his amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Has the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 slipped entirely off the radar? The regulatory body which exists in shadow form in Navan is complaining about the delay in implementing the legislation, which is bringing the entire system into disrepute. That body received 90 complaints last year, of which 20 related to management companies and could not be dealt with in the absence of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: That is a new line of inquiry.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Leyden is only saying that because he has been wandering around the Middle East.