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Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State say whether a person with a criminal record or somebody in jail can get a passport?

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The process regarding long and short birth certificates should be more streamlined. Some will have the long one and others the short one, and invariably they will have the wrong one. We should just have one type of birth certificate because having two confuses many people.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: The Senator might have lost her other one.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I, too, support Senator White's amendment. He has opened up debate on the issue. I often wondered about the benefits of diplomatic passports. If one goes abroad with a committee or on Oireachtas business, one is given a diplomatic passport valid for a year or 18 months. That passport does not get one through the airport quicker. I wonder what are its benefits, although I am sure there...

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Given that it is the lead-in to St. Patrick's Day and that a number of mayors or Cathaoirligh of various local authorities from around the country will go to New York or other locations around the world——

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Would a mayor in a particular local authority, for example, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, be entitled to a diplomatic passport seeing as they will be going on official local authority business or representing their county at an association in the US or elsewhere?

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State's statement that local authority members, mayors and Cathaoirligh of various local authorities who go abroad on official business are entitled to diplomatic passports.

Seanad: Passports Bill 2007: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome this news.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, to the House. In his speech the Minister stated: Section 122 amends the stamp duty regime for owner-occupiers who benefit from preferential stamp duty rates so that they are liable to a claw-back of relief if they let the house in the five years after purchase. This is being reduced to two years [I welcome that]. In addition, in respect of first-time...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Yes, I asked about the type of abuses that have taken place.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 52 is an alternative to amendment No. 51. Amendment No. 53 is consequential on amendment No. 51. Amendments Nos. 51 to 53, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Yes.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: I cannot allow Senator Alex White to speak at this stage.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 58 is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 44 to 48, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Before we commence, I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Also, on Report Stage each amendment must be seconded.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 7 and 10 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 8 arises out of Committee Stage proceedings. Amendment No. 9 is an alternative, therefore, amendments Nos. 8 and 9 may be discussed together by agreement.