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Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: Is the Minister of State suggesting that he does not know where that money might be spent, or will it be left in the local authority areas where the extra funding is coming in? It is not quite clear what the suggestion is or might be with regard to the baseline review group, which is in place.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: From the Minister of State's speech we can see there is a huge change in the way funding comes into local authorities. I wish to compliment the roads sections. Some of that might come under the remit of the Department for Transport, Tourism and Sport. There has been a big improvement in roads throughout the country. We see a huge amount of road works, be they on local roads or national...

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I remember when John Bruton became Taoiseach in 1994.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: A gallon of petrol cost 10 pence. He undertook to fill the potholes throughout the country.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: That is when we took over from Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: The Senator used the guillotine.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I support Senators Ardagh, Ruane and Humphreys who have called for a debate in this House on the drugs issue. It is no wonder that people are looking to get extra territory because this is a very lucrative business. I recently attended a policing board meeting in Castlebar, County Mayo. Every second speaker at the meeting spoke about the drugs issue, which is affecting people across the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: There is no doubt that there is a drugs epidemic in this country. If we were to contain it, or even to try to contain it, we would need twice as many gardaí as we have at present. I suggest that when we debate this matter, we should consider the introduction of drug testing in the workplace. We need to tackle this problem from the other end. There are countries where drug testing is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: That is unparliamentary language.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I did not see the film. I apologise for that. I hope to see it. I understand that it is very compelling and I thank the Senator for raising it in the House this morning. I watched a different film on RTÉ last night about McGowan's Funeral Directors in Ballina. It was a compelling documentary by RTÉ on how they embalm people and on the work of funeral directors. I congratulate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: Funeral directors are to be congratulated on the work they do at an important time for people who lose loved ones. I raise an issue to which Senator Mulherin referred earlier in the week regarding the passive and A-rated houses that are being built throughout the country. I am calling on the Central Bank to relax the multiplier for mortgages, particularly in the context of A-rated and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: He could be Leader yet; He is are learning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: Not for the first time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the family of the late Cormac Ó Braonáin. I also offer my sympathy to the Labour Party on its great loss. It is obvious that he was a very fine young man. I wish the Cathaoirleach, Leas-Chathoireach, Mr. Martin Groves, Ms Bridget Doody and all of the Seanad staff well, as well as the Leader and his staff. People do not...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. This is a short technical Bill but it is a very important one. As the Minister of State outlined, it is a mechanism that allows for the payment and carryover of unspent moneys so that social welfare, pensions and the pay of nurses and teachers can continue to be paid into the new year. It is a very important piece of legislation that has to...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2019: Motion for Earlier Signature (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Appropriation Bill 2019 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State. I am taking this Bill for Senator Kieran O'Donnell so I missed the briefings.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: In the third paragraph, the Minister of State says it all. The Irish market relies upon a CSD based in the United Kingdom operated under the CREST settlement system. Once the UK becomes a third country under the relevant European legislation, the central securities depository, Euroclear UK & Ireland, may no longer be able to provide a service into Ireland, so it has to find a new...

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State clarified what will be needed for a quorum. We can take it then that he is acknowledging they will have to be there physically for the quorum.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Paddy Burke: This can be annulled by a resolution of either House within 21 days. If the Seanad annuls it, does the resolution then have to go to the Dáil? What is the protocol? Is a simple majority required in either House?