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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I know the Cathaoirleach appreciates how important this issue is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Yes. More important, I am calling on the Government to defer the implementation of the directive and to put in place a proper public information campaign. Nothing more should be done until farmers know what is expected of them and understand how their livelihoods can continue to be viable.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Mar fhocal scoir, I would like to express my full support for everything that Senator Brian Hayes and others said about tolling, which is a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Coghlan: We were given different information yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Last January we changed our planning laws to facilitate the location in Ireland of an IKEA store by lifting the cap on retail warehouses in certain designated areas. The Minister warned us at the time that if we did not do so, there was a danger that IKEA would locate in the North. We learned yesterday that IKEA intends to locate a megastore in Belfast. In addition, we have learned that the...

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: He is a very efficient speed reader.

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Is that a fair barometer?

Seanad: Employment Issues: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: I also welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House and I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion to the floor of the Seanad. It gives the House a chance to bring up many of the issues that are raised in the Labour Party document, entitled A Fair Place to Work and Live, and many other issues which have been the talk of the nation for some years. Nobody could have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: Some important points were made by Senators Brian Hayes and O'Toole with which I fully agree. On the question of privilege, we all believe and would accept it is vitally important that the private papers of Members of both Houses would be protected. As Senator Brian Hayes noted, we all believe the Members involved in this action acted properly in going to the then Minister with the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Paul Coghlan: We are in coalition.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Aontaím leis an Seanadóir O'Toole mar gheall ar an tuarascáil ar a raibh sé ag caint. I agree with what Senators O'Toole and Maurice Hayes have said with regard to glossy reports. Enormous savings would be made if it could be agreed that such reports be published on the Internet, rather than being sent to people and largely going straight into the waste paper basket. It was acknowledged...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I have, of course. I would like to ask about that extremely beautiful, famous old world cottage at the heart of the national park——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: It is in Killarney. I speak, of course, of Dinis cottage, for which planning permission was obtained and work was to be carried out. I ask why that work is not happening. What is happening? This is a place that we must see restored.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: Visitors are extremely fond of it. I would not like to see Christmas come and the staff of the Great Southern Hotel Group left in the dark about their future.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: It had, but somehow nothing has happened yet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: We are all socialists.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete lines 25 to 27 and substitute the following: ""grocery goods" means any household necessaries or food or drink for human consumption that is intended to be sold as groceries, and includes—". The purpose of this amendment is to extend the scope of the proposed Act to the range of goods previously covered by the groceries order and to embrace all...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: No, I will try to have faith in the Minister's words on this occasion.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, line 5, after "the" to insert "provision of space or". The purpose of this amendment is to ensure, beyond doubt, that the demanding of what is termed "hello money" is not just illegal when carried out in conjunction with a new store opening, as provided for in section 15B(4).

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Coghlan: A belt and braces operation.