Results 4,521-4,540 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Proposed Postcodes: Statements (21 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: I will allow two questions.
- Seanad: Proposed Postcodes: Statements (21 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: I call for a debate on the funding of local authorities. The combined total owed by local authorities is in excess of â¬4 billion. That is quite a considerable amount of money. Senator Butler stated that the vast majority of local authorities are controlled by Fine Gael and the Labour Party and that they should reduce the rates on commercial properties throughout the country. Rates...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Government is cynical. It has been doing nothing for the past year and a half.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Senator is not listening.
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: I would like to be associated with the votes of sympathy to Tony Kett's wife Noreen, his family and friends who are present here today. I knew Tony Kett since he became a Member of this House back in 1997. He served in public life for 21 years. I can honestly say that I never met a finer gentleman in this House or elsewhere. He was one of nature's gentlemen. The old saying goes that...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: European Union Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Agreed.
- Seanad: European Union Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: We are working on a timeframe, Senator.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Senator Boyle to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: That is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: I congratulate Senator Ross on bringing forward this Bill. As Senator Norris has said, State boards have done a great service to this country. Like it or not, some people have not lived up to the expectations placed on them by Ministers over the years. However, there is great merit in the debate as put forward this evening if only for one reason - vested interests. A Member of the other...
- Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)
Paddy Burke: Pádraig Flynn.
- Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Senator has one minute.
- Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I ask the Senator to conclude.
- Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I ask Senator Cummins to conclude.
- Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.