Results 10,921-10,940 of 12,886 for speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Nobody is undermining anybody's role.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion (9 Apr 2008)
Paul Coghlan: As it is a Government amendment it does not need to be seconded.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)
Paul Coghlan: I formally second the proposal by Senator Norris concerning No. 19, motion 36 on the Order Paper regarding the plight of Ms Ingrid Betancourt in Colombia. When does the Leader expect that the electoral Bill, giving legislative effect to the changes proposed by the boundary commission, will be published and introduced in the House? Senator Ellis beat me to the punch in referring to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Senator Fitzgerald made some interesting points on how Members should proceed on their return after Easter, with which I concur completely and I am sure the Leader will take them up. All Members wish to keep the House topical and entirely relevant. As Senator Boyle noted, yesterday the Leader inadvertently overlooked or did not have the opportunity to respond to some points he made. The...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: He is President of the European Parliament.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Absolutely right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear. Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: We need a Napoleon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Another inadvertence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: I was not informed either.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: And so say all of us.
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: So are we.
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: With the permission of the House, I would like to share time with Senator Buttimer.
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister, as everyone respects that he is decent and caring in terms of the environment and, I am sure, in all other respects. I welcome his comments, none of which I disagreed with. Nor did I disagree with the comments of my erstwhile colleagues, including Senators Buttimer, McFadden and Donohoe. I also mention Senator Coffey, who led for Fine Gael. I like the Minister's...
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: As I do not wish to so do, I will conclude. Reference has been made to other landmark buildings that already exist there, such as the RDS, the Allied Irish Bank headquarters and the United States Embassy, none of which are high rise. One must be very careful in respect of that area.
- Seanad: Passports Bill 2007 Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: This is the first Bill dealing with passports for a considerable period and was overdue. I commend Senator Alex White on his amendments and the manner in which matters were teased out, primarily between him and the Minister of State. The Minister used the word "calibration" and the manner in which entries can appear on passports. Since the Bill was introduced, a scenario was brought to my...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: That would be Mammy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: I also support Senator Fitzgerald's call on undocumented Irish in the United States. There is agreement on both sides of the House on a motion but we urgently need a debate to fully clarify the Government's position. A major divergence has emerged in recent days on the approach to be taken and, while there has been agreement in the past, I wonder where we stand now. We need to debate this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Paul Coghlan: Are we moving an amendment to the Order of Business?