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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Paddy Burke: I have just one brief question on the hub and keeping order. If everybody was on a Zoom call, for example, in a small space like the one we have here, who would be in control of the whole thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Paddy Burke: Who would be in control in the community centre, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Paddy Burke: If they are all speaking at the same time would that work out?

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I concur with everything that has been said about this great debate and I wish the Minister of State well with all of the proposals that have been made today. I have a different issue to raise with the Minister of State. I think it is partly in his area of responsibility but it mainly pertains to the Department of Social Protection. It is an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I again raise the issue of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. This was debated at great length in the House a number of years ago. This month, a number of provisions of the Act were commenced in law. There was great division among Members and great debates when the Bill was going through the House. Ultimately, the Bill was passed. One matter every Member agreed on was minimum unit...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I wish to share my time with Senator Currie unless she gets time herself.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: The Minister has said that the Bill will not be a cost to the Exchequer. However, section 3 of the Bill states that he must do this in consultation with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Why, if the Bill will not be a cost to the Exchequer, must he consult the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform? Is it just a case of the Department of...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I am not. This Bill will place an extra workload on local authority members.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: The Minister knows what he must and should do. The Government has very ambitious renewable energy plans for up to 2030, particularly for the east coast from Wexford to County Louth where it is planned to generate 3.5 GW of electricity. As of now, we have only 25 MW generated by a very small offshore farm on the Arklow Bank. The Marine Planning and Development Management Bill will come...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might name those of us who did not have the time to contribute to the debate.

Seanad: Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and I welcome the Minster of State to the House and wish him well. There are three main parts to this Bill, whose purpose is to dissolve the Credit Union Restructuring Board, to transfer certain functions of the Credit Union Restructuring Board to the Minister for Finance, and to amend the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators...

Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. I have some brief questions for him. First, I welcome the legislation. With regard to the European Union facility included in the Bill, is this specifically for the credit unions or does it apply to many other institutions? Does it apply to all institutions that are lending? Do the main banks here already have that facility and is the...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: Which parties did that?

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: That is an outrageous assertion.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I have been here since 1979 and I never saw that take place.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him. I have not had the opportunity before this to wish him well with his portfolio. I agree with Senator Norris that the Bill is a bit like the curate's egg: good in parts and not so good in other parts. I thank Senator McDowell for bringing it forward. It has been a good debate but, at the end of the day, I hope in the...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: Maybe they are practical problems-----

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: I did not get a definitive answer when I asked at a committee meeting what the cost would be of extending the franchise under the constraints that exist with postage and everything, but in my view it would cost twice as much to elect 60 Members to Seanad Éireann as it would to elect 160 Members to Dáil Éireann. It costs somewhere north of €20 million for a Dáil...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: We did work hard.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Paddy Burke: And we succeeded. All in all, I agree with the Minister of State's proposal to adjourn this matter until next year. I do not think I was the man who proposed going to New Zealand, as Senator McDowell said. He should withdraw that remark or he should clarify who said it. It certainly was not me who said it.