Results 41-56 of 56 for buttimer speaker:Paul Coghlan

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Buttimer, please.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator is trying to curry favour. Senator Buttimer has approximately two minutes, although Senator McFadden has allowed him slightly more.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Coghlan: And Senator Buttimer as well.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Coghlan: I am slightly emotional. I sincerely thank my proposer, Senator Jerry Buttimer, and my seconder, Senator Paddy Burke. They said a few things about me.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Paul Coghlan: ...the President can institute. In 1992, there was no psychiatric evidence. It was a long time ago. We have had Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children hearings on which the Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, was complimented. The sole surviving judge from the 1992 case, Hugh O'Flaherty, recently pointed out that in his view the judgment is moot and may not be binding on the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Paul Coghlan: One will not abolish Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Paul Coghlan: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Buttimer. I join Senator Hannigan in calling for a debate on the tourism industry which, I am say to say, has been suffering badly. However, I welcome the initiative taken by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Deputy Hanafin, in the British market which traditionally has been our best market. There are reasons...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Paul Coghlan: ...is confusion as to whether it is intended to proceed with them. Perhaps the Deputy Leader can enlighten us regarding these Bills. I was taken by the comments of Senators O'Toole, Ó Murchú and Buttimer on social partnership. Nobody wants this country to end up in the situation of Italy, Spain, Portugal and, especially, Greece. I do not pretend to understand all the reasons behind the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: ...is due to developers and land owners petitioning and lobbying hard for councillors to rezone. I did not agree with that approach. I fought against it as a member of two local authorities. Senator Buttimer alleged at the end of his contribution that the Minister said something about members of my party taking inducements. In the same way as Senator Buttimer, I never took any such inducement.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I am sorry. I did not think the Minister did but I was tuning into what Senator Buttimer said. That is neither here nor there. My record as a member of two local authorities is clear. I always opposed such promptings when they came - never accompanied by brown envelopes, nor envelopes of any other colour. I always followed what I thought was correct in the interests of the proper...

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I wish to share time with Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him well in the future. I recognise the quality of his work. I will allow my colleague, Senator Buttimer, to deal with the budgetary imbalance between taxation, spending and job creation and instead concentrate on the portion of the Minister's Budget Statement that dealt with the proposed national asset management agency under the aegis...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Paul Coghlan: I want to allow both Senator O'Sullivan and Senator Buttimer in.

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: ...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 ideas on the ever-expanding footprint of our urban area and the need for concern....

Seanad: Merits of Farmers' Markets: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Paul Coghlan: Am I to understand that Senators Buttimer and McFadden wish to share time?