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Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Yes, I asked about the type of abuses that have taken place.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State say whether a person with a criminal record or somebody in jail can get a passport?

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The process regarding long and short birth certificates should be more streamlined. Some will have the long one and others the short one, and invariably they will have the wrong one. We should just have one type of birth certificate because having two confuses many people.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Senator might have lost her other one.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I, too, support Senator White's amendment. He has opened up debate on the issue. I often wondered about the benefits of diplomatic passports. If one goes abroad with a committee or on Oireachtas business, one is given a diplomatic passport valid for a year or 18 months. That passport does not get one through the airport quicker. I wonder what are its benefits, although I am sure there...

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Given that it is the lead-in to St. Patrick's Day and that a number of mayors or Cathaoirligh of various local authorities from around the country will go to New York or other locations around the world——

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Would a mayor in a particular local authority, for example, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, be entitled to a diplomatic passport seeing as they will be going on official local authority business or representing their county at an association in the US or elsewhere?

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State's statement that local authority members, mayors and Cathaoirligh of various local authorities who go abroad on official business are entitled to diplomatic passports.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome this news.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Senator White, without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: They are afraid to say anything.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Those points can be made in the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I cannot accept Senator Kelly's amendment because the motion was only submitted late last night. Under Standing Order 26 four days' notice is required.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is the Senator asking for a debate on the matter?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is the Senator looking for a debate?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Senator can make those points during the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Chair has ruled in this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Senator is querying the ruling of the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The matter is already ruled on.