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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Leader without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Chair has ruled on this motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is the Order of Business agreed?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: We are dealing with recommendation No. 17.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I can let the Senator in at a different section if he so wishes.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Does the Senator have a specific recommendation to make?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Recommendations Nos. 19 and 21 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Recommendation No. 20 relates to a new section and is in the names of Senators Alan Kelly, Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast and Dominic Hannigan.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Motion for Earlier Signature (13 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: When is proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (20 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament (8 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: On a recent visit to Brussels I was amazed to observe how open the European Commission is about what it is doing and how it is performing its duties. I was also amazed to note the workings of the European Parliament and its extra powers. I was further amazed that nobody appears to know about the workings of the Parliament and the Commission and the powers they have. On behalf of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: In view of the outburst by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, regarding the proposed location of a new north-eastern hospital at Navan that there was not a "red cent" available to build such a facility, it seems there is a shortage of money for capital projects within the Health Service Executive. In that context, it would be appropriate to invite the Minister for Health...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: It will be a very sad day when the pharmacists stop dispensing to medical card holders. The HSE will not sit down with the Irish Pharmacy Union. I ask the Leader to put pressure on the Minister for Health and Children to ensure the HSE talks the issue through with the IPU and finds a resolution. If the executive will not listen to the union or sit down with its members, how can it resolve...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: There are no Government TDs in the north west.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (9 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: I remind Senators that it is not in order to refer to the absence of a Senator from the House.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 103, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked upon as...

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (9 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: The subject matter of amendments in group 2 — amendments Nos. 7, 8, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23 and 25 — is technical drafting.