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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: Does the Minister of State envisage many changes to the Bill from when it is first published in this form to when it is brought to Second Stage in the Houses?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: I ask that the acting Leader invite into the House the European Commissioner with responsibility for regulation of the medtech area. Most Members of the House had a meeting yesterday with the Irish Medtech Association and IBEC regarding the approval of medical devices in Europe. There is a huge backlog in respect of the approval of all these medical devices.It will have a major effect on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: Will the Leader arrange a debate on the cost of energy in the country and how we might be able to educate the public on how to change from one energy supplier to another? Significant advantage is being taken of some customers. One would have to wonder if deregulation has done anything for the market and whether we would have been much better off if we had stayed with the one supplier, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: I support Senator Kyne's comments on the Department's report carried out into the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland. I ask that the report be published as a matter of urgency and that the Minister lays it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. We could and should discuss the report in this House, and everything that is happening now regarding Inland Fisheries Ireland, where the Department is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: During Covid.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the cost-of-living measures in the budget. They are very welcome at this difficult time for hard-pressed consumers and families. I also welcome the reduction in VAT for the media.This issue has been raised on several occasions in this House by various Members over recent years. The measure is very welcome, particularly for local media, which provide a great service throughout the...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome budget 2023. I have been a Member of the Seanad for quite a few budgets and this is the best budget I have ever witnessed in these Houses. Great credit is due to Governments over recent years that we are in such a great financial situation in which the current Government can give out such an amount at this time. It is greatly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: I will briefly raise the issue of school transport. I ask the Deputy Leader to get the Minister for Education to come before the House as a matter of urgency. The Minister was before the education committee earlier. People understand the flexibility that was adopted by the Department of Health during the health crisis caused by the pandemic. People cannot understand why we cannot have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Paddy Burke: I would like also to acknowledge the presence of the British ambassador in the Chamber. I express my condolences as well to the Royal Family on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I congratulate King Charles III and wish him well. I would also like to be associated with the other expressions of sympathy to the families that have been tragically lost over the past week. We had one in County...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: Most definitely.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank Senator Chambers for sharing her time. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Senator Chambers has outlined in detail the case and what took place at the very large meeting in Castlebar last Monday. There is no need to go over the case that Senator Chambers made. The Minister of State is only too well aware of the work carried out by the schemes on football, hurling and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: These jobs are vital to communities and the Minister of State will be aware of the benefits that accrue to the community due to the work people do. We again ask him to seriously consider what we are looking for. They are not big demands in the great scheme of events. The money that is involved is in the region of €2.5 million, which is very little in the overall budget of the...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. I, too, would like to voice my opinion on the rushing of this legislation. It happens every summer and at Christmas time and I often wonder why. In relation to data centres, the biggest companies in the world are employing thousands of people in this country and the...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: We may well be but we have an obligation to have data centres here, particularly given the employment being generated in this country.

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: It is unbelievable that the Derrybrien wind farm is being dismantled. The Minister should seek a derogation from the European Union in relation to the current fines until we reach maximum energy production in this country. At a time when we are not self-sufficient in energy, it is daft that we are about to dismantle a wind farm at great cost and replace it with gas generation. The Minister...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: On the PSO levy being returned, could the levy be used so that people might be able to get a loan to put in solar panels? Equally, could this money be offset by some of the electricity or generation companies so that this levy could go towards a loan to put in solar panels or some other form of green energy?

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: Why is this money going to be taken out if it is going to be put back into people's account? Is that the way or how is it going to operate?

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: How will the low-cost energy scheme operate on the ground? Where does someone go and who will provide those low-cost loans? Will this come from the generation or who will do it?

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Paddy Burke: Would people be able to go to their local credit union and get the loan there?