Coghlan, PaulWednesday, 19 January 2011 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Order of Business
I will comment further on that later.
The Leader may have meant well last week when he responded to my question on the remainder of the legislative programme but clearly his response was not comprehensive because it did not list, for exam...
Yes. However, as other speakers noted a meeting is taking place today between the Taoiseach and the leader of the Green Party. The Leader should give the House a proper comprehensive update tomorrow...
The Senator is being very polite.
Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed)
A great many people are engaging in those private conversations.
He will give the Senator an honest view. The vote is a separate matter.
I welcome the Minister of State. While accepting the need to address climate change and reduce emissions, my party has reservations about this Bill. We are concerned it will tie our hands in ways th...
Senator Ellis spoke about technology and he may be more conversant with this area than I am but we must not rush ahead of EU targets or limit our negotiating position down the line. Agriculture, busi...
We will discuss the details of that issue on Committee Stage. As a businessman, Senator Dearey will appreciate that this is a small and open economy. The last thing we want is to unnecessarily tie o...
I respect the Senator’s views and look forward to hearing further from him. We want all-party agreement on this subject. That was the reason for the establishment of the Joint Committee on Climate C...
There were recommendations which could have been worked on.
Not necessarily. Let us get back to that framework and get agreement. This is not the right way to proceed. I urge the Minister to go back to basics in order that we can get all-party agreement whi...
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