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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I do not think it affects councillors at this stage. I understand that the councillors’ class has changed and that-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I would dispute the ruling that was made in relation to the two previous amendments. This funding is paid by individuals into the pot. It is not Exchequer funding. I dispute the ruling that is made here. Those amendments have been rightly tabled to be discussed on the floor of the House. Senators Craughwell and Boyhan had to find a way around amendment No. 19 so that the Minister would...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister for giving a genuine reply to the matters raised in this amendment. We will undertake to bring this to the committee. I thank the Minister for saying she or her staff will be available to come before the committee and that the material she has will be furnished to it.

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Berney and Ms Bambrick. This has been a great insight into the pension system. It seems the scheme is not going to be of any great cost to the State, given it will not be tax deductible. I would favour a system where all the contributions would be paid to the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, which would invest in pension funds, and everybody would get almost the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: On watching the €7 grow every week or whatever, one does not know where it has been invested or what happens. It may not be €7 at the end of the following week and it may be wiped out completely. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Can you move the pot from one pension fund to another? What happens when you reach retirement age? Can you cash in the whole lot or is it a case that you are paid on a weekly basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Will it be paid out on a weekly basis at the finish when the person reaches retirement or can the person cash in the whole pot?

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Will there be any provision made for cashing in at any stage?

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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I wish to be associated with the expression of sympathy to the family of the former Minister for Education, Niamh Bhreathnach. She was a very good Minister for Education and she attended this House on a regular basis during her time in the other House. I ask that we bring the Minister for Justice to the House to discuss the drone issue at Dublin Airport. It is unbelievable to think that...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I congratulate the Minister of State as well and wish her well in her portfolio. This is very important legislation. We have seen over the years the hardship and so on that was visited at many doors in this country - not just in this country but right around the world - from the crash until now. The first two paragraphs of the explanatory memorandum set out quite clearly what the Bill...