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Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: They are all not all up to the standard of the ones the Minister of State described.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator is being somewhat previous.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: I understand we should not expect the proposals until Friday.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: He is filling them very well.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: Will the Leader outline the sitting arrangements for the remainder of this week and, if possible, next week? While I welcome the debate on the budget scheduled for this afternoon, the matter of crucial importance at this time, one which has been alluded to by colleagues, is the guarantee scheme provided for under Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 passed by the Oireachtas...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: Will the Leader remind us of his reservations about it?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The banks clearly have a moral, if not a legal, duty to pass yesterday's interest rate cut on to their hard-pressed customers, the country's taxpayers about whom I presume the other House, like this House, is concerned and whom we want to protect. We have given a commitment to introduce a scheme to assist such people but it is not yet in place. The Government has agreed to allow the EU to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: I have, of course.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Cathaoirleach will appreciate that "brevity" is my middle name. I always accede to the requests of the Chair. The regulator must regulate.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: He is appearing before the Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs next week. We will deal with the matter there. I will leave it at that. In regard to——

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: I am coming to that. I am concerned about the "Yes, Minister" approach that is being taken in respect of Valentia and Malin Head coastguard stations, to which Senator O'Toole referred. As I understand it, the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, and the former Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, who was mentioned by Senator O'Toole, had responsibility for this matter, they gave a clear...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: What is the Leader saying about the excellent buildings and tremendous expertise which are available at Valentia and Malin Head coastguard stations? He told the House last week that he is the Government's representative in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: He is the man we must rely on as the conduit between this House and the Government. I want to hear from him.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Chair could be surprised.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: I wonder.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator's time has expired.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator said that, not me.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Senators are eating into Senator O'Toole's time. He has only one minute left.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator should proceed without interruption.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Paul Coghlan: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Senator Paddy Burke.