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- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: It is only in gestation.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Perhaps the Government did not study it.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. When he comes to the House he gives us plenty of his time. That was the case when he came in September and he is doing so again on this occasion. It is right that he would do so because this is important legislation, probably the most important that has ever come before the Oireachtas. I take issue with the Minister's very good friend, Senator Callely, who suggested...
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption, please.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption, please.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: That is not a point of order. The Minister, without interruption, please.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Senator Coffey, please allow the Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Let us have the Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Senator Harris, on a point of order.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Let us have the Minister, without interruption.
- Seanad: Children in Care (9 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister and the staff of the House. It has been a long day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I support Senator Harris's comments. I came to the House to ask the Leader for a debate on the HSE which has been up and running for the past five or six years. It is time, therefore, to have a full debate on its efficiency, how it still overlaps with local authorities and so forth. The best Seanad was that during the term of office of the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government from 1995 to 1997.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: The Government party was in a minority and had to deal with Independent Senators to pass Bills and they extracted a price. This House was held to account and Ministers had to listen to it. One of the problems in this Seanad is that Ministers cannot get out of the House fast enough. They will not listen and whatever is said will not be taken further. Senator Harris holds the balance of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: I asked for a debate on the Health Service Executive.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 1 in the names of Senators Alex White, McCarthy, Ryan, Prendergast, Bacik and Hannigan is a new section. Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 31, 37, 38, 52 and 64 are related and can be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: Would Senator Norris like to make a further contribution?
- Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)
Paddy Burke: If an amendment on the matter has been tabled we should not be discussing it now.