Results 61-80 of 121 for going forward speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Paddy Burke: I compliment An Post on its decision to go all electric with its postal delivery fleet throughout the country by 2022. By 2020, electrification will be extended to the cities of Cork, Galway, Limerick, Kilkenny and Waterford. This is a great decision by the company. By the end of 2019, Dublin city postal deliveries will be all be made by electric vehicles and electric bicycles. I also...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...congratulate the Minister on same. As previous speakers said, this is a housekeeping exercise. It brings things together at the end of the season and makes financial provision for certain budgets going forward over the Christmas period and into early next year. There would be an outcry if nobody received their pension, salary, social welfare or whatever until the middle of next January....

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Statements (27 Sep 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...statement that he favours the local authorities having a big say in compiling the electoral register. I believe they should have a role to play, but there should be oversight. A number of years ago pressure was put on one of the Minister of State's predecessors, Dick Roche, to do something with the electoral register which was in a very poor state. He provided a sum of €100,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Deputy MacSharry. This is a very good discussion document and I compliment him on bringing it forward. I am not so sure why he threw in the knowledge box because I believe only a handful of companies have availed of this and only €5 million or €6 million have been paid in corporation tax, so it would not make much of a dent in the €1 billion that this is going...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...of the finance committee. On Committee Stage we will be able to tease out the main sections of the Bill and discuss any amendments that could improve it. The Minister of State might also bring forward amendments to the Bill on that Stage. It is not before time that the Bill was introduced. For far too long we have seen people who go into hospital having to fill out a form every time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Bank of Ireland (30 Jan 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...bank used its position to change the rates. How do we guarantee it will not happen again and that we will not get into the same position we were in where the bank may not be able to fund itself going forward and might have to change the rates again?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...it be a different type of licence? Will a person need a licence to be in charge of the car? What will it mean for the insurance industry? I believe we will have fewer accidents and fewer people going into accident and emergency units. It will have lots of benefits and there will be lots of changes. There will be a great need for change in legislation in the not too distant future. I...

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of Capital Plan: Statements (27 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...term review of the capital plan 2016-2021. First, I wish to compliment everybody involved in getting this Chamber to its current state when it was opened yesterday. I can remember well two years ago, as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, when I visited this room. I can assure Members that it was not in the same state that it is in today. The room looked as if a reception had taken place a...

Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...job in regard to his new post of responsibility. Like other speakers, I welcome the introduction of this legislation to put this office on a statutory basis. Yes, I suppose it is another quango but it is both necessary and wanted. Will it do what it says on the tin? I hope it does. Will it save money and create efficiencies? It should. Will it cut the cost of payroll? I believe it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Paddy Burke: Is there a use for bonded warehouses going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Paddy Burke: Is the Chairman not going forward again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...established. Where does Ms McKiernan see it finishing? How much will be paid into it? Will it be there while the credit unions are there? What is the purpose of the credit union resolution fund going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland (20 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...the aftermath of the crisis, it is starting to expand again. This trend may be reinforced by Brexit. I see that the Central Bank itself is setting up its own Brexit unit. How will the Brexit unit go forward?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: I ask the Leader to outline to the House how the expert report on domestic water charges will proceed. A joint committee has been established and the expert report from the committee will go to that committee. What will happen? When the joint committee makes its recommendations, will they be made to the Dáil or both Houses? We have no involvement in bringing forward a referendum, if...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...years, this resulted in considerable hardship. I know of a number of cases where people had to remortgage their houses in order to pay redundancy payments for their employees even though they were going out of business themselves and were not entitled to any payment from the Exchequer in terms of social welfare. I would also like to thank the Minister for the class K PRSI contributions...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...discrimination against Members of this House, a letter she received from the GAA indicating that Deputies would be offered tickets for sale for the All-Ireland Football Final but Senators would not. I got the same letter and I fully subscribe to the Senator's view on the matter. I understand any Member of this House from a participating county who sent in a letter and cheque received the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: I think it should be brought forward to August. Children now go back to school in August, which is earlier than they used to go back to school. This year, there was much more rapid growth in August than there was in other years. I think the Minister has to look at this from a road safety point of view. There is a need for better co-ordination between local authorities and the ESB and the...

Seanad: Local Authority Members' Terms and Conditions: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Paddy Burke: I agree with the motion that has been proposed and seconded by the two Senators on the far side of the House. I believe it is only right and proper that councillors' pay and terms are renegotiated. This present operation is in being since 2014 and it is only settling down after the agreements that were put in place by the former Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Paddy Burke: .... When the licence process is put up to tender, the post office would be an ideal partner for the centres that issue driving licences. Post offices could process licence applications and then forward them to the licensing authority or office. This would eliminate the need for people to travel 40, 50 or even up to 100 miles to get to a centre where they can renew their licences. For the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Apr 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...her group of students from the Convent of Mercy in Carrick-on-Suir. Councillor Greene has been a regular visitor to the Public Gallery with student groups over the years. I understand she is not going forward for election on this occasion. We wish her well in the future.