Results 1,501-1,520 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and I concur with his concluding remarks. Everybody should be asked to drive more carefully. Recently, it was stated that if drivers reduced their speed by 5 mph, it would have a significant impact on road safety. I sympathise with all those who have lost relatives following road accidents over the past number of years and, in particular, over the month of...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: One will also incur penalty points if one crosses a continuous white line. However, on numerous county, national primary and national secondary roads, people must cross such a line to enter their property. I hope they will not incur penalty points.
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Tractors must use dual carriageways to transport farm produce such as sugar beet and they often travel on the hard shoulder to ease the way for other motorists. I am afraid they will incur penalty points and I hope that will not be the case. There is ambiguity about the random breath testing issue. The advice given to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport by the Attorney General was...
- Seanad: Child Care Investment Programme: Motion. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: That is agreed.
- Seanad: Child Care Investment Programme: Motion. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Child Care Investment Programme: Motion. (1 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: The Senator must conclude.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: I would like to be associated with the welcome to the delegation from Hungary and wish them well in their stay. I ask the Leader to raise on our behalf the issue of the Castlebar-Westport to Dublin railway line, which goes through Athlone in the Leader's constituency.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: I am seeking a debate on the matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: It is a very serious issue because an advertisement on all the television stations recently has been referring to the fact that we are getting new carriages and so on. It ends with the words "some journey". On many occasions there is no dining car on the Westport to Dublin line, which means there is no wheelchair accessible carriage on the train. As a result, people in wheelchairs must remain...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Is Senator Ross giving equal time to his colleagues?
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: In that case the Senator is in his final minute.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: I am governed by the House on this matter.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: I call on the Minister of State to conclude.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (2 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: That concludes the statements on Northern Ireland. When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Social Partnership: Statements. (7 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Were you the third socialist?
- Seanad: Social Partnership: Statements. (7 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Property. (7 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Perhaps Senator Minihan could answer it.
- Seanad: Strategy for Men's Health: Statements (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: The Senator has one minute remaining.
- Seanad: Third Level Education: Statements. (8 Feb 2006)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.