Results 1,581-1,600 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Who told the Deputy about that?
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Is that a threat?
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: We gave them more powers.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: The Deputy is supporting the intervention of the Minister.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for their submissions. I am a bit puzzled by Deputy Stanley's position in that he spoke for ten minutes about his opposition to the ministerial power to intervene with regard to planning conditions for events, which is the main plank of this Bill, but he then states he will support the Bill. I am unsure as to his position; it is a bit too complex for me to understand. ...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I thank Deputy Dooley for bringing forward this Private Members' Bill and acknowledge it is well-intentioned in its aim to address some of the issues the Deputy has outlined which occurred last year with regard to the fiasco to which he referred. It gives me an opportunity to set out the Government's position and I am happy to debate it with the Deputy. The response to it from the...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: The Deputy was told about this.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I am surprised at Deputy Stanley
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister told-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Deputy Stanley is being opportunistic.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Is the Deputy looking for reasons to pick a row?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: It brings certainty. The Deputy was looking for certainty.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: It brings the certainty that the Deputy was looking for.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I am surprised-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: -----at Deputy Stanley's-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: -----pseudo outburst in regard to the Bill. He knows full well that the Environment ( Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: -----is often utilised as a legislative mechanism to tidy up legislation. It deals with waste, water and other elements. I was surprised he expressed such lack of knowledge because I attended the House for Oral Questions when the Minister informed the Deputy that he intended to deal with this aspect in legislation before the summer. It am just clarifying that for the Deputy.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: As I said, the Government is not opposing this Bill. We support the principle of advancing the needs of voters with disabilities of one type of another. In my earlier contribution, I outlined some of the main measures that had been taken over the years to assist voting by people with disabilities. I think all sides of the House have been, and continue to be, well disposed to doing whatever...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the work that has gone into the preparation of this Bill by Deputy Keaveney and in bringing it to the House. The Government agrees with the principle of advancing the needs of voters with particular disabilities. This is at the heart of the Bill before the House. Therefore, I can say at this early stage that we will not be opposing it on Second Stage. The right to vote is a...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Jun 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF is designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not...