Results 21,101-21,120 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: Have those whose loans were sold off to vulture funds or to others been notified of that fact? Do those people know where their loans are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: They have been notified by the bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Permanent TSB (22 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: Representatives of another bank who appeared before this committee said that they were promoting fixed rate mortgages. Does Permanent TSB favour that route?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: I agree with the Minister, who makes a lot of sense and who said he would return to this matter on Report Stage. Developers and builders have been the most demonised people in this country in the past six or seven years. They have all been categorised as the one group. While there were some people who abused the system, the vast majority of them have been demonised by the public and the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: Senator Norris may well laugh but why is there no development taking place? The developers and builders have lost confidence. The ones who got into trouble lost their properties and their homes. The vast majority lost everything. The vast majority of their properties are in NAMA or with vulture funds or the banks. The ones who were lucky enough to escape and who may have sites have no...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: I did say that a few abused the system.

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

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank him for extending the new provisions to the self-employed. Many of those who are self-employed have suffered severe hardship over the past number of years, in particular those who downsized or went out of business. I have to agree with Senator Gavan on the redundancy clawback of two weeks per year. Many of those who are self-employed, in...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: May Senators contribute after the Minister of State, or is it only the proposer of the amendment?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: Is she the only one?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: That is unfair. Members are listening on the monitors. They are in their offices.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: Of course.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State's amendment. It has arisen from the debate in this House. The amendment strengthens the Bill and makes it much better. After three years the Minister will review the process and there is a possibility of extending the procedures for a further two years if it is considered that it is necessary to do that. If the process is not working the procedures will not...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister for accepting the amendment, which mainly came from this House. This will make the Bill better and will give local authorities and local representatives an opportunity to voice their opinions on particular planning applications that are greater than 100 houses in size. This is a worthwhile amendment and I thank the Minister of State for it. I hope the consultation with...

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: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: I note to Senator Nash that Fine Gael is having a very open and frank debate on water charges and everything that surrounds them.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: We will be making our decision in due course.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: We have good leakers, if Senators will excuse the pun.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: I am not quite sure what the Leader said yesterday about an official of the House who has spent almost 30 years as Clerk of the Seanad and who has given outstanding service to the Oireachtas, namely, Ms Deirdre Lane. I hope that at some stage in the future we will have a dedicated period to pay our tributes to one of the most outstanding Oireachtas officials. She led the House for nearly 30...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: I ask the Leader also to provide time for a debate on funding for third level education. In my county, the GMIT campus in Castlebar is going through a very difficult period mainly because the parent college, GMIT in Galway, has bullied its way and taken all of the good courses, which it is not willing to share. I would like the Leader to arrange a debate with the Minister for Education and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Costs of Business Insurance: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the members of the deputations. Four areas were mentioned, namely, the cost of the awards, the number of awards, the legal costs and the false claims. Who do the witnesses believe should correlate that information to determine which of those factors is the reason for the increasing costs or if it a combination of all of them? I know a publican whose insurance cost annually was in...