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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: If the Minister makes a decision through regulation or whatever else, he or she will only be doing so on the basis of advice from the CPA or wherever else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: The ESRI is in favour of auto-enrolment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: Will there be an upper or lower age limit beyond which people cannot join? Can people join two or three years before they turn 66?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: Let us consider people who join the scheme and decide to opt out after three or four years. There is an initial charge at the point of auto-enrolment in the scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: People will be able to opt in again at any stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I see.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: People may be out of the scheme for a year and may come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: There is a €1 top-up for every €3 saved. Taxpayers pay PRSI and income tax. At a lower income, some people do not pay any tax. They get €1 for every €3 saved. Is there tax relief at any point along the way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the delegation. On that point regarding fees, does Dr. Roantree believe the CPA should set the fees and determine the maximum people will pay under the auto-enrolment scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I have a final question. What about the public service or the public sector? Can it avail of this as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: Is that so even for, say, the outdoor staff of local authorities and the lower-paid sections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the two delegations: Mr. Kelly, Mr. Shevlin and Mr. Gilligan from Mayo, and Mr. Mahon, whom I know originally as a member of Mayo County Council, and Mr. Brannigan from Longford. I have a number of questions. I will continue on from where the Chair left off in respect of an over-bureaucratic system and getting a handle on it. I refer to the 11 additional staff for Mayo County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: On water and sewerage services, there was a time when members of local authorities would table a motion to get a sewerage scheme or a water scheme extended to a town or to have a new scheme put in place. How does that system operate at present? How is the need within towns and rural areas progressed in view of the fact that water and sewerage services are now considered a separate entity?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: I have two further questions. The first relates to anomalies in the planning laws. There can be shortcomings or whatever in legislation and regulations that are brought forward. There does not seem to be any great feedback from local authorities to say that there is an anomaly and that when the Department is rectifying the position, it should take a certain course of action. There are two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: Are there many people on the homeless list in Mayo? If there are people on the list, is there a policy in the county in respect of what provision is being made for them?

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach. You learn something new every day. Today, we found out there are two Father Teds. Like Senator Cummins, I offer my commiserations to Senator Boyhan and my congratulations on letting his name go forward. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach and wish him, Conchobar and their families the very best of luck during his term as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. This...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is important legislation to restore confidence in An Bord Pleanála. I remember when Bertie Ahern was Taoiseach, which is quite a few years ago - we have had a number of Taoisigh since then - he brought forward legislation to fast track the planning process for large projects. Since then, the whole system has actually slowed down, in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: It is a weakness in the case for such arrangements. I would be wary that it might put members under stress and lead to corruption or whatever else. The members of An Bord Pleanála are well paid, as Senator Boyhan said. At every meeting, the question should be asked as to whether members have a vested interest in the cases being dealt with. They should have to sign a declaration...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach and congratulate him and the staff of the House for organising the magnificent celebration of 100 years of Seanad Éireann. I support Senator Seán Kyne in his calls for the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, to step up to the plate, especially since it now has the backing of the Bradley report, to address the many issues he has raised this morning.