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Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader got it in under the radar.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

Paul Coghlan: The Leader does not have to rub it in.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: The indications are that we will have a busy schedule next week. Perhaps it might be a suitable opportunity for the Leader to outline next week's programme, in so far as she is aware of it, and the proposed sitting days. Will she tell the House when the Government intends to debate Committee Stage of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill, Second Stage of which was debated here last week?...

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I thank the Minister of State and Senators O'Toole, Ryan, Kitt, Brian Hayes, Minihan, Brennan, Brady, Scanlan and Hanafin for contributing to the debate. There is no uniformity with regard to the extent of this payment system but there was uniformity, indeed unanimity, in the speeches about it this evening. Everybody said, in one way or another, that stage payments must end and that they...

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: He is just going into injury time.

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I feel as if I have been killed with kindness this evening.

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House and look forward to hearing what he has to say on this matter. I am happy to introduce, in conjunction with my colleagues, Senators O'Toole and Ryan, the Housing (Stage Payments) Bill which is designed to abolish the practice of stage payments for certain types of newly-constructed houses, thereby reducing the cost to consumers...

Seanad: Housing (Stage Payments) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: That is precisely what happened.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Like Senator O'Toole, I agree with Senator Brian Hayes regarding the Housing (Stage Payments) Bill. Only a week ago I received a letter from the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, in which he admitted the unsustainability and difficulty with his practice in many instances. It is not a uniform practice throughout the country; in fact, it is quite isolated. Perhaps a measure of agreement...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Two years later.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: It had been due in December 2005.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: One notable absentee.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Of course. I wish to raise a matter of serious concern regarding consumer rights. As Members are aware, the consumer strategy group report of May 2005 recommended the establishment of a new national consumer agency. According to the legislative timetable, legislation was due in December 2005 and was meant to be operational by now. However, there is still no sign of this legislation. Moreover,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: On a one-way ticket.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I must refer again to the Great Southern Hotels paintings. We now know——

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I do not.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Perhaps I did not ask the right questions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: While the Acting Leader was well-intentioned and had his heart in the right place yesterday, we now believe that the hotel group intends to sell the paintings to the Dublin Airport Authority. How can such happen when we know that the State, through the Arts Council, assisted in the original purchase of the paintings? Such cannot be allowed to happen. I support everything said by Senator...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, and his officials. I very much welcome what was said by the Minister of State and by my colleagues, Senators Cummins, Jim Walsh, Tuffy and Mansergh. This Bill amply demonstrates the great value of the Law Reform Commission. It is a most valuable State institution on which, I believe, we would all agree. In fact, we cannot give it enough credit....