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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: The Senator will go over his time anyway.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: They have gloves now.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: I will be brief. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I also welcome the Bill. It is a very good Bill. As Senator Ó Céidigh said, all of our generation have been in the bog. There is still nothing better than a day in the bog.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: Part of the next generation probably will.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: It is still a great day for one's head. This Bill covers that. There are two areas on which I would like to speak. One is an issue which I have mentioned here before, namely, protected species. We have our own problems with protected species in Mayo, and I have no doubt the Minister of State has similar problems in Galway. I would like his Department to have a look at areas where there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the delegation and I wish Professor Lane the best of luck in his new appointment. Has the Central Bank done any work on the price of houses? We have recently seen a decline in house prices in Dublin. Has the Central Bank done any work on the cost of building a house? Some builders state that it is not profitable to build houses at the prices they are getting outside Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: On the sale of loans by various banks in recent years, I have received a considerable amount of correspondence from people who have had to vacate their homes. I presume the banks have been given permission by the Central Bank to proceed with the sale of these loans. Banks sell loans to companies such as Cerberus and other financial operators that do not function here on a day-to-day basis....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: The original bank that extended the loan is holding the deeds. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: I am talking about cases involving loans that have been bought by one of the so-called vulture funds. When an individual has to vacate a property, he or she deals with the bank that extended the original loan. The papers that are served on the individual are being served by the bank that gave out the original loan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: No, the bank is authorised in this State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: I do not think it is particular to one case. It seems to be the norm for most cases that the bank that extended the original loan serves the papers on the person who is vacating the property. The papers are served by the bank on behalf of the entity that has bought the loan.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: I thought the Senator was speaking for the councillors, not the public.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: The Senator has been defending them for years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the commissioners and the regulator's staff. Mr. Melvin is saying that if a facility, instead of burning the 70% itself, brought it up the road to the likes of Coca-Cola and the latter was able to adapt its premises to burn the pellets for the purpose of generating heat or electricity for its plant, the facility could qualify for 100%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: We are just trying to tease this out. It is ridiculous to think that a facility could bring the woodchips up the road and use it in a different plant but that if it burned them in its own plant to generate electricity, its case would fail. It would be much more efficient to burn the woodchips on the facility's own premises than to haul it 10 miles or 20 miles away. That would make no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: The first application was in 2012. Has the efficiency of the boilers in the second application changed since then or is it the same?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: Is the same tariff paid to all windmills or is there a different one? The efficiency of some windmills differs from others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: But one does not know how efficient turbines will be. The wind might not blow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: The CRU is responsible for the tariff. In the case of this project, we know that the fires are going to burn all day and all night. In the case of windmills, however, we do not know if the wind will blow but the CRU has no problem paying the full tariff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: What can be done to resurrect what is a very important item of infrastructure for the country? It is not just important for Mayo but for the entire country. It is one of the first HE CHP plants to be planned but many more could come on stream in the future if it is successful and if investors can be found for similar schemes. However, potential investors would run a mile from such a scheme...