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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Minister said the local authorities should consult with the Garda, the HSE and a number of other bodies on anti-social behaviour. Are they not all formulated on the joint policing committees? When the joint policing committee makes a statement or information available to the housing authority, why would they have to consult again? Are all the relevant bodies not on the joint policing...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Earlier, Senator Bacik alluded to good management of local authority housing estates. I have never heard of local authorities going out to their estates and discussing with the communities how best they can run their estates. Senator Bacik made a very good point that this is where we should begin and that there should be an obligation on the local authority from within to meet the residents...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Senator Coffey mentioned the sale of a local authority house by a tenant. The tenant must get permission from the local authority to sell the house. Councils do not always give permission for the sale of houses but they have done so in some cases. They cause much controversy when some people get permission to sell the house while that is not the case for others. It is entirely at the...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: It might be more appropriate to section 37.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: As the Minister of State said on a previous occasion, this is legislation in motion, so to speak. We could introduce an amendment on Report Stage to address that issue. The Bill has to come back before this House anyway because many amendments, both Government and Opposition, have been accepted in the House. If it is not the Minister of State's intention to include it in this Bill, when...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I tried to raise this issue on section 35 but the Minister of State and the Cathaoirleach pointed out I was on the wrong section. I have come across tenants who found it difficult to sell their local authority home. In the past ten years, the value of such houses has greatly increased and, for one reason or another, the circumstances of the tenants may have changed and they wanted to sell...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: No, I am delighted the Minister of State does not fully understand because many councillors do not either. If a tenant in a local authority house wants to sell, it is difficult in some circumstances to obtain permission to do so. The local authority sometimes wants to take the house back. However, if the house is being disposed of, must it be sold to a person on the housing waiting list or...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Yes.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: If a person buys a house under the tenant purchase scheme, can he or she dispose of it on the open market?

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome and support the motion tabled by the Labour Party. I listened with great interest to the Minister of State who expressed a view on the public sector some time ago. However, he did not seem to get support from his ministerial colleagues on it. He stated he has not heard a great deal from the Opposition. I do not know what he is listening to if he has not heard what the Opposition...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 5, 30, 32 and 33 are related to amendment No. 1. Is it agreed that amendments Nos. 1, 5, 30, 32 and 33 be discussed together? Agreed.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: We will resume Committee Stage debate on the Charities Bill 2007. We were dealing with amendment No. 1 before the suspension of the House.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: This is something which the Senator can take up with the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: We are not dividing the House at this stage.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 2, 12, 22, 23, 26, 34, 36 and 52 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 3, 4 and 42 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 4 has already been discussed with amendment No. 3.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 5 has already been discussed with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 6, 10 and 41 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I listened with great interest to the debate over the past hour, particularly on those amendments. One would wonder why the Minister of State excludes sporting bodies. There must be a reason. Is it a financial reason because of the amount of money that may flow into sporting bodies if they availed of tax relief? The Minister of State could qualify it. It would be a shame to divide the...