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Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 80 to 93, inclusive, are related and can be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Government amendment No. 80: In page 153, between lines 20 and 21 to insert the following: " 'development land-use' means residential, commercial or industrial uses or to a mixture of such uses;".

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I support the amendment but want to raise questions on paragraphs (ix) and (xi). Paragraph (ix) states: "to ensure an orderly property management strategy over a ten year period ....". Paragraph (xi) states: "to take all the necessary steps to prevent a recurrence of the conditions that brought about the financial crisis". I raised this issue on Committee Stage yesterday and,...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: We are all canvassing.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: In the debate on NAMA, which took place over recent days, a great case was made for the need to do something for hard-pressed people in negative equity who are in trouble with their mortgages. The Government is seeking to make cuts of €4 billion in the budget and perhaps cuts of €1 billion to the capital programme. At the same time we are making provision for the payment of fees of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I ask that we have a debate, next week if possible, on the fees to be charged in respect of NAMA. First Active was taken over at minimal cost. There could be up to 100 people in Irish Nationwide at present earning the fees to which I refer, some on €3,000 per day and more on €800. Can one imagine the cost of this in respect of a company that will be taken over or wound up in the very...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Curran.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 1,2 and 5 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Government amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 14 to 17 and substitute the following: " "holding area officer" means— (a) a governor, or a member of the Garda Síochána, in whose temporary custody a person is placed under section 6, (b) a person who assumes the duties of a...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed. I wish to draw the attention of Senators to printing errors in the Bill. On page 5, lines 13 and 25 should be further indented. Similarly, on page 7, line 14 should be further indented. Accordingly, as provided for in Standing Order No. 1, I will instruct the Clerk of the House to make the formal corrections to further indent these lines in the Bill. Is that...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: We are now on Report Stage.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (12 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: The Senator was welcoming the spokesman.

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and I wish him well with this important Bill. FÁS has been the subject of significant debate over the past 12 months or so. The Minister of State said the agency, as the national training and employment authority: [H]as the remit to provide a range of proactive job-related services, supports and programmes to assist individuals to remain in and return to the...

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I know that. Opposition spokespersons have also visited it. Deputy Phil Hogan was there a number of weeks ago and was amazed to see the work being done there. There are houses, crèches, a resource centre and gardens. Vulnerable people in the parish are looked after. Management knows the people who are isolated and vulnerable. There was a time when only the priests of a parish knew who...

Seanad: Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister for Defence. Before I speak on the Bill, I wish to be associated with the congratulations to a former Member of the Dáil, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, on her appointment as European Commissioner. I wish her the best of luck. I have no doubt that with her experience as a politician, a former Minster and a member of the European Court of Auditors, she will have no problem...

Seanad: Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, subsection (1), line 36, to delete "Dáil Éireann" and substitute "both Houses of the Oireachtas". I had not realised the Minister had written extensively to Seanad Éireann until Senator Bradford pointed it out. We must pass this legislation to provide for the security and betterment of our Defences Forces when they go overseas and to ensure they have...

Seanad: Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: My initial response is far be it for me to go against the advice of the Attorney General. The Finance Bill has to come before the Seanad and if amendments to it would pose a charge on the Exchequer, they would be ruled out of order, but the amendments to this Bill have not been ruled out of order. Therefore, I find the Minister's response peculiar. The Attorney General's advice appeared to...