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

Paddy Burke: This amendment was also tabled by Senator Joe O'Toole.

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

Paddy Burke: I support Senator O'Toole on this important issue. I agree with Senator O'Toole that this issue could be examined when the review happens in five years time. There are ways around it. There could be a clause that specifies that a person could have the option of having his or her investigation done in private. Some matters may be very sensitive and if a person has a very good case, he or...

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

Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State explain what is a non-cash collection permit? Does it involve paying by cheque or credit card? I cannot think of many collections other than those conducted door to door where non-cash payments would be made.

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

Paddy Burke: Does that cover a local GAA club a draw where people sign a banker's order during a door to door collection?

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

Paddy Burke: How does it differ?

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

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State is ruling out the amendment passed by the House earlier.

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

Paddy Burke: I compliment the Minister of State for tabling the amendment because there was considerable concern about this issue. Many charitable organisations have done tremendous work over the past number of years. Senators O'Toole and Buttimer mentioned Daffodil Day and the Irish Hospice Foundation. Organisations at home have helped to put in place a scanning machine for my county hospital and the...

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

Paddy Burke: With regard to the publication of bank account details, including the name and number to which the contributions are made, is this advisable? The account details would be there for the public at large to see, which may not be in the best interest of the charitable organisation. I question why it should be made public. People will make their donations in any case, regardless of whether they...

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

Paddy Burke: I support Senator Buttimer. The Minister of State at the outset said he was extending the composition of the board and that he would not prohibit local authority members from being members of the board. I compliment him on taking account of what we said on Second Stage. We never sought that they would be members of boards but we certainly do not want one group prohibited from being on the...

Seanad: Water Supply Contamination (4 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Senator should allow the Minister to continue.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, a former Member of this House. This is a very important debate and one we should have more often. I agree with a number of previous speakers who asked how the situation arose so quickly and how it has come to this stage. I do not think any Minister or Minister of State, or the Taoiseach, who was Minister for Finance for a number...

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Senators should allow the Minister of State to continue without interruption.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State should be allowed to continue without interruption.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Minister of State must be allowed to conclude.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: Senators must allow the Minister of State to conclude without interruption.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: No clapping in the House.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: That concludes the statements. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is an important debate and the subject is one on which perhaps we should have a broader debate. The inland fisheries sector is an important industry for this country. Our pigmeat industry is in a crisis. Our inland fisheries is significant in terms of tourism. The River Moy in my county is probably the finest salmon fishing river in the world. I...

Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: We are approaching 2009 and the review was set in train in 2005. It was carried out a long time ago at any rate. This is the second or third year that elections to the boards have been postponed. The Minister told us that a review was carried out in 2008 and that the Department of Finance indicated in July that it was changing route. This Department must not have had much work done on...

Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He has done a great deal of work on this issue during the past number of years. While it was not his fault the referendum was not passed, we must question why this was so. The former Taoiseach should take a considerable amount of the blame for not putting his full weight behind the issue. I am long enough around to remember Ireland in the early...