Results 421-440 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: The Senator has one minute remaining.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: Please allow Senator Tuffy to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. The motion says it all on the housing policy in the country. The Minister should accept the motion before him. Part of the amendment makes no sense at all. The motion states that according to local authority housing strategies, almost half of all new families cannot afford a house. Numbers on council housing lists have more than doubled from 26,000 to 60,000 families....
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: In some cases, the impression has been given that the blame lies with the local authorities. In most cases, the blame lies with the amount of funding and the amount of start-up houses that are provided to local authorities. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government had previously said that it would get tough with local authorities that were not providing housing in...
- Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: I would be delighted to see them. I am sure he has nothing to hide. I know for certain that my local authority did not get any extra start-up houses and I was involved in two developments. Essential repair grants are causing much confusion in some local authorities, particularly the disabled person's grant. In this case, the health board carries out an assessment for the local authority and...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: The Leader wishes to make an announcement regarding tomorrow's schedule.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: I appreciate it is important, but it is a matter for the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: The Leader was merely being helpful to the House.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Pornography (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: Is the Minister referring to section 4? We are not discussing an amendment. We are discussing section 3.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: We will come to this in section 4.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: When it is proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Water and Sewerage Costs. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House and thank him for addressing this matter. I have raised it because a number of boards of management have told me recently that national and secondary schools and third level colleges are paying different charges for water in different parts of the country. In many cases, especially in certain areas, a huge burden is being placed...
- Seanad: Water and Sewerage Costs. (27 May 2004)
Paddy Burke: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, there is no great comfort for any schools or their boards of management. I note the Minister of State did not refer to the question I asked about sewerage charges. While the Water Services Bill was introduced in this House a few months ago, I note it has been put on hold until after the local elections. I presume this is a ploy by the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2004)
Paddy Burke: The Western Health Board made a decision yesterday to defer the opening of an orthopaedic unit for Mayo General Hospital. This unit has cost more than â¬10 million, interviews were held for over 70 jobs, advertisements were placed and professional people promised jobs have moved to Castlebar in anticipation of the opening of the unit in July. The current position is that a patient who enters...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2004)
Paddy Burke: I urge the Leader to call on the Minister for Health and Children to intervene in this case and to ensure the orthopaedic unit for Mayo General Hospital opens as scheduled this July. A considerable amount of taxpayers' money has been spent on this project.
- Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?