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- Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: Is there any control by a central bank, such as the Irish Central Bank or European Central Bank, on this type of bank, or is there any need for same?
- Seanad: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: European banks, for example, are subject to some form of central bank control. However, I presume the AIIB is made up of various governments so there will be no control over the bank. It can lend with the agreement of governments or the board that governs it but it is not governed by anyone. Is that correct?
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister for inserting this section. It will give him considerable powers. The buck stops with the Minister, as it does with respect to this section. I am delighted that certain powers are being given to the Minister under this section with respect to functions he can carry out and directions he can make and give. I am delighted this section has been included.
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: Will the chief executive officer's pay be in line with Government policy? Will the pay scale be in line with that of top level public servants and will it be at the higher or lower end of that pay scale or could it be in breach of it?
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I am delighted that local authority members are not precluded from membership of the board.I thank the Minister of State for keeping that.
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: That was passed by the House a number of years ago and I am delighted that this Minister of State is keeping faith in that and that councillors are not precluded from being on the board.
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: We have seen many cases in the public service where changes have been made, where some posts have been abolished and other people have retired, and the positions that they were in may be abolished or the grade might be increased, and they have problems with their pensions. I presume, with regard to this section, where there is continuance of pending legal proceedings, that that could well...
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I congratulate the Minister of State on getting this Bill through the House and passed into law. It is very important legislation and the body that has been set up here is an important one that ultimately will employ nearly 1,000 staff. It has a huge task before it when it comes to bringing together most public service wage payments, some of which are paid at different rates. I presume...
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I thank the staff, Martin, Bridget, the Seanad staff, the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach and all the Members of the House for their co-operation over the past while. I hope everyone will be back in this Chamber within the year and a half.
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 September 2017.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I raise the issue of the working hours of employees in the horse racing and horse-breeding industries. There was a time when the horse racing and horse-breeding industries were linked to agriculture under 1990s legislation that dealt with employees' working hours. That legislation was amended by the 2015 Act, but for some unknown reason the horse racing and horse-breeding industries were...
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well. I have no doubt he will do a great job in regard to his new post of responsibility. Like other speakers, I welcome the introduction of this legislation to put this office on a statutory basis. Yes, I suppose it is another quango but it is both necessary and wanted. Will it do what it says on the tin? I hope it does. Will it save money...
- Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: Tomorrow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. I congratulate him and wish him well in his joint portfolio. Regarding the meeting, the Minister said that under the reverse charge mechanism the person liable for payment of VAT to the tax authorities is the consumer, not the supplier. What does he mean by that? Does that mean the ordinary consumer will now pay VAT to Revenue rather than the position heretofore...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: Has that not been the case heretofore?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: The retailer or whoever collects the VAT.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: The way it operates here is that the business collects the VAT from the consumer and hands it over to Revenue. I could not see how the consumer would be handing over the VAT to the Revenue unless it was something similar to the way one pays one's income tax.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: Regarding the meeting, will the Minister raise the issue of the sale of State assets, such as the share in AIB, to reduce our debt or the possibility that it could be used for infrastructural projects?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: If our economy grows further, it will alter the balance sheet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: ECOFIN Meeting: Minister for Finance (6 Jul 2017)
Paddy Burke: So if the AIB funds were used to grow the economy, we would have a different balance sheet.