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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Paddy Burke: ...come back to the areas from which they are supposed to have been displaced. Planning permission was refused for a wind farm in our area because it would displace red grouse. The farmer on whose land the windmills are operating to this day informs me that red grouse are nesting under the windmills. Many other species were also supposed to have been displaced. I may go into the Bill in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Paddy Burke: ...Parks and Wildlife Service. The freshwater pearl mussel has cropped up all over County Mayo. I am sure it is also the case in other counties. It has prohibited some farmers from draining their land. Senator Conway-Walsh alluded to situations where some drains were not opened. Many farmers are not allowed to open drains and this freshwater pearl mussel is causing some problems. I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Paddy Burke: I support the point made by Senator John O'Mahony about the vacant site tax. I agree with him that in some towns there are lands that could be developed. Unfortunately, there is an oversupply of houses. Therefore, if there are lands that should be or could be developed, no bank manager in his or her right mind would give funds to develop them, given the oversupply of houses. Where does...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to come before the House to discuss the decision of the UK on fishing in its waters? It will have a significant effect on the fishing industry in Ireland and Europe. We need a debate on this issue. The British want Ireland to pull out of the EU. It is well known that quite a number of politicians in the UK would like Ireland to pull out of...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Jan 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...need for the Minister for Education and Skills to liaise with Meath County Council to ensure delivery of the proposed linear park in Ashbourne, County Meath, part of which is zoned to be located on lands owned by the Department. I have also received notice from Senator Colm Burke of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to clarify why Xolair, an approved treatment for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (13 Oct 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...times at the hospital. I have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding landowners who wish to carry out drainage works or reclamation works to land. I have also received notice from Senator Hildegarde Naughton of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (24 Mar 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to clarify the position with regard to the Government’s housing strategy following recent media reports concerning the amount of land available for house building.I have also received notice from Senator John Whelan of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to ensure the continuation of a full GP...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Dec 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...safety in Ireland.I have also received notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the reasons that any lands that are used for the proposed Dublin-Galway greenway would only be secured on a by-agreement basis with landowners and to outline the procedure, including the appeals process, anticipated in...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Dec 2014)

Paddy Burke: ..., Athenry, County Galway.I have also received notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the reasons that any lands that are used for the proposed Dublin-Galway greenway would only be secured on a "by agreement" basis with landowners, and to outline the procedure, including the appeals process,...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 Jul 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...service for diabetes patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.I have also received notice from Averil Power of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to ensure Ireland and the European Union do everything they can to pressurise Israel to stop its air, sea and land attacks on Gaza which it is doing to put pressure on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks on...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Nov 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...of municipal and town landholdings which, held for the benefit of citizens of towns, are now proposed to transfer to the ownership of county councils, with particular reference to the so-called "Lands at Lloyd" at Kells, County Meath.I have also received notice from Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaighof the following matter:An gá go dtabharfadh an tAire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Nov 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...rates levied on sports clubs with a members' bar and to clarify the situation in regard to the valuation process in regard to a sports club with a members' bar operating under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act 1904.I have also received notice from Senator Denis Landy of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline a specific timeframe...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Paddy Burke: Senator Thomas Byrne has moved an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 2, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013, be deleted from the Order of Business". Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Oct 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the capital asset test implementation group report and to refrain from including the value of agricultural lands as capital assets in new means-testing arrangements for third-level maintenance grants. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment and they...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (19 Apr 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to refrain from taking account of the value of agricultural lands as capital assets in new means testing arrangements for third level maintenance grants. I have also received notice from Senator Averil Power of the following matter: The need for the...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...and made law, it is not a guideline and there are consequences to breaking the law. It seems that Senator Ó Domhnaill is suggesting this is some sort of opt-in scheme as opposed to the law of the land. If there are breaches of the legislation, there must be consequences or otherwise it will not work as a law.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...also received notice from Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food to provide adequate compensation for farmers whose grazing lands and agricultural fencing were destroyed during the recent gorse fires which took place across several countries, including Donegal. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable...

Seanad: EU-IMF Programme for Ireland: Statements (2 Dec 2010)

Paddy Burke: .... The Minister of State stated: The Government will also undertake a process of significant restructuring and right-sizing of the banks to reduce their balance sheets. In this context, all land and development loans below €20 million in Bank of Ireland and AIB will be transferred to NAMA. Incidentally, he might explain what "right-sizing" means as well. If that is the case, must those...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Paddy Burke: ...set out by Senator Twomey is simple. It proposes a new section 26 that will state: Section 644AB and 649B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 shall not apply where a change in the zoning of lands was contained in a draft development plan or a draft local area plan published prior to 30 October 2009 and adopted after 30 October 2009. The zoning of lands in the draft development plan or a...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Paddy Burke: ...back to 1969, I was a teenager in second year in secondary school in Ballinafad college, which was a day school and a boarding school run by the SMA Fathers. It had some students from Northern Ireland who were known as refugees because of the Troubles which had started in the North. The world today is a very small place but at that time, it was as if Northern Ireland was a million miles...