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Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)

Paddy Burke: Senator Conway-Walsh seems to be saying that the retirement age will not be 65. I agree with the upper age limit of 75 but many people will retire on a mandatory basis after age 65.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the amendment tabled by Deputy Cowen in the other House. How many people is it envisaged would be caught in this trap, and how much will it cost the Exchequer? Furthermore, is it the case that if this legislation, when it was brought forward first, were rushed through the House, no one would be caught in this trap? If so, could the date not be the date on which the Bill was...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)

Paddy Burke: I wish the Minister of State well with the Bill. I have no doubt that, when the President gets the Bill, he will take the very first opportunity to sign it into law.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I would like to be associated with the vote of congratulations to the Houses of the Oireachtas for the way it put on stage yesterday the celebration of 100 years of the Irish Parliament. I thought it was a fantastic occasion. Everything about the whole occasion, including the colour and the decor, was magnificent. I think the Houses of the Oireachtas deserve great credit for putting it on....

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I think Senator Norris is being very unfair to Prime Minister Theresa May. She is trying to do the best she can for the decision that the people made.

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: The British people decided to leave the EU. I think Prime Minister May is trying to carry out their orders in the best possible way she can. I congratulate the Tánaiste on the intense work he is doing over long hours to keep the Irish cause and the Irish position to the fore in Europe. I would like to ask a number of questions, the first of which relates to the possibility of a hard...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I ask the Leader to allow for a debate in the near future on tourism. It is important to have the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, in to discuss provision in the coming months in the event of a hard Brexit or whatever happens in the UK. There are many issues ranging from sterling to ports and airports that will have a bearing on this country in terms of tourism. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: Is Senator Norris still burning turf?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I must get a bag of turf for Senator Norris.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: There have been occasions recently where drones have been tracking lorry drivers and oil delivery trucks in the Kerry region. I ask the Leader to, at some stage, bring the relevant Minister before the House, whether that is the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport or someone with responsibility for aviation or whatever. We need to discuss controlling drones. Drones were tracking those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Cody and his colleagues. It has been a very informative meeting thus far. Members are learning greatly from the exchanges. I have no doubt that the committee will have further work to do on this issue. Reference was made to the VAT guarantee and deferred payment at the point of entry. Mr. Cody mentioned that a change of legislation would be required in the case of a hard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: If necessary, can the rules be relaxed until such time as any proposed legislation is in force?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: All members have received a considerable volume of correspondence from businesspeople who are worried that the shutters will come down on 29 March and they will have to go to their banks to come up with money to pay for imports on the spot, which may put many out of business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: When Commissioner Dombrovskis, who has responsibility for financial stability, financial services and capital markets, appeared before the committee, he stated that the setting up of customs posts, clearance areas or similar is a matter for the member state and that the member state would keep a portion of the money it collects to offset the costs. Mr. Cody expressed a similar opinion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: I understand that. What about goods from the UK coming into Ireland at a point such as Rosslare and then continuing to their destination in France?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: The French could collect the tariffs or whatever, if there were tariffs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: We would miss out on the costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: Revenue been in touch with authorities in other jurisdictions such as France or Spain. How will the authorities in such jurisdictions operate on the------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: A member of the public told me he drove from Spain to Ireland in a Spanish car. He drove into the Port of Cork and on the way in he was told that he had something like 30 days to leave again or to register the car in Ireland. Will that still be the same?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paddy Burke: By and large, people are obliged to register.