Results 21-40 of 52 for sligo speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (19 Oct 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...matter: The need for the Minister of Education and Skills to address the issues faced due to increased pupil numbers and the lack of teaching posts at Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré, Ballydoogan, County Sligo. I have also received notice from Senator Michael D'Arcy of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to review the deplorable conditions at Scoil Ghormán...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Paddy Burke: ...to see that as well, because it helps our connectivity to Europe. I welcome the Minister's thoughts on the western rail corridor. It is very important that this rail would be opened for connectivity between Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. I agree with the Minister that it should be a rail link. If Sligo is to grow to be a city, there must be intercity connectivity with Galway,...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Paddy Burke: ...of GMIT was at a huge disadvantage for quite a long time. When the ETBs were changed, local authorities put members on their governing bodies. Mayo County Council appointed members to the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, but the board responsible for GMIT was the Galway and Roscommon ETB. As a result, the Castlebar campus was downgraded every year for many years....

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (16 Nov 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...in rural areas, especially around large provincial towns like Castlebar, Ballina and so on, most vehicles, including lorries and tractors and trailers have become larger, heavier and longer. The Sligo line will be fully automated by the end of 2005 or early 2006 but the Castlebar, Westport and Ballina line is not supposed to be fully automated until 2008. A number of other lines throughout...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 May 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...received notice from Senator Paschal Mooney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to outline the reasons his Department has failed to approve the establishment of a CAT at Sligo Regional Hospital as the provision of such a service would not only be cost neutral but would also save lives. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Moloney of the following...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (8 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...west area and throughout the country. I have also received notice from Senator Imelda Henry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the situation at Sligo General Hospital with a view to reinstating the mammography services there. I have also received notice from Senator Kathryn Reilly of the following matter: The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: ...on balanced regional development. What is balanced regional development? Does that mean one stops the growth of other cities such as Dublin and Cork and say we will grow Galway, Limerick and Sligo and wherever else? There was a time when there were eight Deputies in Mayo. There are now four. There is a boundary commission in place and when it provides its report, there will probably...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Oct 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...home help workers. I have also received notice from Senator Paschal Mooney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his Department’s proposals for the development of the greenway from Sligo to Enniskillen, via Manorhamilton, and if he will provide the necessary funding for its development. I have also received notice from...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Dec 2011)

Paddy Burke: .... I have notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to clarify if funding has been made available for a women's ward in St. John's Hospital, Sligo that was closed in October 2011. I have notice from Senator Mary Anne O'Brien of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to give an assurance that adequate home care of a...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 Jan 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...Health Board. I have also received notice from Senator MacSharry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to establish an employment task force for Sligo, given that 80 jobs have been lost in Saehan Media over the past eight months with a further 70 redundancies announced yesterday. I have also received notice from Senator Cummins of the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...at their Council meeting next week. I have also received notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to restore the mammogram service to Sligo General Hospital so that anyone requiring a mammogram does not have to travel to Galway to have the mammogram, often at great cost and inconvenience. I regard the matters raised by Senators...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: ...Broadhaven and County Mayo. There was a great welcome for that in Mayo because it allowed the pipeline to come right through the county and all the way into Galway. It has also opened up to Sligo and the north west. A pipeline was planned from Dundalk via Longford and Athlone to Galway and the Corrib Basin, which would have seen the north west without gas. The fact that it was brought...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Apr 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...for Health to confirm the existence of a special group chaired by a person (details supplied) to address the anomaly of the lack of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory, with a view to confirming Sligo Regional Hospital as the logical site to locate a laboratory and enhanced cardiology facilities.I have also received notice from Senator Jillian van Turnhout of the following matter:To ask...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Feb 2012)

Paddy Burke: ..., Food and Marine to give a commitment that the Teagasc office in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, will remain open in view of the fact that it provides an essential service for farmers in north Sligo and north Leitrim. I have also received notice from Senator Jimmy Harte of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to discuss the proposed closure of Lifford Community...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Jan 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to transfer responsibility of Killery Graveyard in Ballintogher, County Sligo, to the Office of Public Works. I have also received notice from Senator Thomas Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to liaise with Meath...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (24 Apr 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...in Meath and Limerick. I have also received notice from Senator Michael Comiskey of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to allocate emergency funding to Cregg House in Sligo which provides care, education and support for 214 people from the north-western region, given that efforts to resolve funding issues have been unsuccessful. I have also received notice from...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jul 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...have also received notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to ensure continued funding for the early years health promotion project based in Sligo-Leitrim which provides low-cost, well-targeted education and support for healthy eating among children and their families, at a time when obesity among young children is now a national...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Dec 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...notice from Senator Marc MacSharry of the following matter:The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to outline why Easkey Garda station in County Sligo is to be auctioned next week instead of being provided to the community in the area as has been the practice elsewhere. I have also received notice from Senator Katherine Zappone of the...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...the Minister could look at this aspect in the next couple of weeks or months. I shall now turn to the issue of infrastructure. Senator Gavan referred to the Cork-to-Limerick road and Senator McDowell mentioned the roads from Dublin to the west, Sligo and Letterkenny. I would like to pitch in my tuppence ha'penny worth regarding the N5. At present, a new section of the latter is being...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Jan 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...notice from Senator Marc MacSharry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to allocate emergency funding to address the coastal erosion disaster at Strandhill, County Sligo, which is posing a major threat to the integrity of the coastline. I have also received notice from Senator Paul Bradford of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment,...