Results 3,661-3,680 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: That is agreed.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Only one minute in this time slot remains for Senator John Paul Phelan, unless he wants to take time in his own right.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: That is agreed.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State, without interruption.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State, without interruption, please.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State, without interruption, please.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State, to conclude.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Is Second Stage of the Bill agreed?
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 11 is out of order, as it in conflict with the principle of the Bill.
- Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 14 is in the name of Senator Fitzgerald.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I support Senator McFadden on this very good amendment, which is one from which we can derive much information. The Minister referred to 115 staff that would be brought into the Department. Where do these people come from? I fully agree that there must be a degree of flexibility in other Departments to allow the Minister to take people from other Departments and bring them into the...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Is it a new development that people are moving around within Departments? Has it always been the case or are people more flexible now in respect of moving from one Department to another? It is a good idea that people would be flexible and that where there is an overload of work, people can move from one Department to another.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I support Senator McFadden's amendment. It is regrettable that people who have lost their jobs, or self-employed people who have lost their businesses, cannot avail of the back to education allowance if they have been in receipt of social welfare for less than six months. It is unreasonable that such persons must waste a year before they can participate in this scheme. I am aware of...
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Senator's party has destroyed the car market.
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: While I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Kitt, I am disappointed the Minister is not present to respond to the issues Senators raise. Although I do not welcome the Bill in its entirety, I am pleased to contribute to the debate on it. It is disingenuous of the Minister of State to argue that motor taxation has increased at a slower rate than inflation over the past eight years....