Results 541-560 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: The Senator used the guillotine.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: I support Senators Ardagh, Ruane and Humphreys who have called for a debate in this House on the drugs issue. It is no wonder that people are looking to get extra territory because this is a very lucrative business. I recently attended a policing board meeting in Castlebar, County Mayo. Every second speaker at the meeting spoke about the drugs issue, which is affecting people across the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: There is no doubt that there is a drugs epidemic in this country. If we were to contain it, or even to try to contain it, we would need twice as many gardaí as we have at present. I suggest that when we debate this matter, we should consider the introduction of drug testing in the workplace. We need to tackle this problem from the other end. There are countries where drug testing is...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: That is unparliamentary language.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: During the Seanad campaign of 2016, every candidate from all parties and none knew exactly where councillors stood on pay and conditions. Various issues came up at that time, especially pensions and how the PRSI rate they paid did not qualify them for the contributory pension and an increase in pay for the extra work they did, particularly in the context of boundary changes and the abolition...
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State said: "A local government funding baseline review group was also established to consider the methodology to determine local authority funding baselines and to inform the distribution of any additional funding that could become available for general operational purposes, for example as a result of the implementation of recommendations in the LPT review." Is this extra...
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Is the Minister of State referring to those?
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Is the Minister of State suggesting that he does not know where that money might be spent, or will it be left in the local authority areas where the extra funding is coming in? It is not quite clear what the suggestion is or might be with regard to the baseline review group, which is in place.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: From the Minister of State's speech we can see there is a huge change in the way funding comes into local authorities. I wish to compliment the roads sections. Some of that might come under the remit of the Department for Transport, Tourism and Sport. There has been a big improvement in roads throughout the country. We see a huge amount of road works, be they on local roads or national...
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: I remember when John Bruton became Taoiseach in 1994.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: A gallon of petrol cost 10 pence. He undertook to fill the potholes throughout the country.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: That is when we took over from Fianna Fáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Watt and his staff. I shall follow on from the final point that Deputy Burton made about broadband. Mr. Watt gave an opinion and advice on that. Does he give an alternative opinion as well where the Government or Department have a view on a proposal? If he gives his advice and this is not in agreement with that view on the proposal, does he give an alternative view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Is that in all cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: On broadband, did he give an alternative?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Where things go wrong, Mr. Watt said sanctions are very hard to impose. Have sanctions been imposed on any civil servants or local authority staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Have many been sanctioned?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: What form do the sanctions take?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: Does Mr. Watt believe that middle management could be a problem in that there may be too many layers in the Civil Service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Paddy Burke: He does. Is Mr. Watt making recommendations on how-----