Results 1-8 of 8 for 5 million speaker:Paul Coghlan
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)
Paul Coghlan: ..., Brussels and all of our EU partners. There is no doubt that we are at a critical juncture now. It is hard to figure we are there when a week or two ago, the British Prime Minister told us we were 95% there. The Tánaiste and many others have been working on the remaining 5% since it revolves around the backstop. Britain was never more divided in its regions and across Scotland,...
- Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)
Paul Coghlan: ...of boards, under her Department, on a permanent basis. Legislation, however, is needed to give statutory effect to this change. It is expected that this legislation will be published in late 2015. The heads of the Bill are currently with the relevant committee for its consideration. I accept the Minister's priorities. She should be allowed to get on with her work. She wants to...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)
Paul Coghlan: ...in recent times and how its tourist trade has suffered, I am greatly concerned for the future while hoping Senator Boyle is correct about the positive signs. With regard to tourism, my area lost 1 million overseas visitors in the past year, there is a massive oversupply of bank-backed hotel rooms which are threatening viable businesses and we are being crippled by the Government's...
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (4 Mar 2010)
Paul Coghlan: ...the regions because of the concentration on Dublin and we have to try to redress the imbalance with a marketing initiative. At its peak the economic value of the tourism industry was â¬6.5 billion with 300,000 people employed in 2007. These numbers, as we know, are falling dramatically. Tourism revenue fell by â¬1.1 billion to â¬5.2 billion, its lowest level since 2004. Overseas...
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paul Coghlan: ...O'Toole stated, they will strengthen their positions and get their ratios right. AIB, for instance, is not thinking, in the short term, of going near its American or Polish interests. The â¬54 billion that NAMA is to pay for acquisitions includes â¬7 billion to reflect long-term economic value. In the present climate there are indications that the values that will obtain will be more...
- Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)
Paul Coghlan: ...legislation. A persistent criticism is that it took so long for the legislation to be published. The Government provisionally set up the national property services regulatory authority in 2005 on a non-statutory basis. A director designate was appointed in July 2006 and it acquired full-time premises in Navan, a staff and annual budgets of hundreds of thousands of euro each year since...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)
Paul Coghlan: ...regulatory authority? I look forward to the Leader's comments on that. In respect of the Gaelic Players Association and the totally unnecessary delay, we are all well aware that the funding of â¬5 million is available. When will common sense be allowed to prevail?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)
Paul Coghlan: ...being penalised unfairly. The matter has been referred to the Company Law Review Group and I urge the Government to speed up that process. The threshold for compliance statements should be â¬20 million rather than â¬5 million or â¬7 million on turnover and â¬15 million rather than â¬7 million on balance sheet. I ask the Leader for a debate on the matter with the Minister for...