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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: It is a very complicated process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: There will be many different frameworks, such that a local authority could be signed up to a Galway-Mayo-Clare framework in respect of some services and to a Mayo-Sligo-Donegal framework for other services. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: What is the reason for putting in place of all of these frameworks versus the local authority procurement process through which local authorities have up to now advertised for services? Is the purpose of the new frameworks to reduce the cost of services provided or to ensure greater transparency and so on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: The local authorities have always had their own procurement sections. Following on from the introduction of this process, will those sections be closed and staff numbers reduced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: Is it the case that only the cost of service being supplied will be reduced and that staff numbers in the local authority procurement section will remain the same? The cost of the service might be reduced but there will be many layers and more staff, which means any savings will be lost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Paddy Burke: Will the Office of Government Procurement be able to indicate if staff numbers have been reduced as a result of the putting in place of these frameworks?
- Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. I have no doubt that he could have a very senior financial portfolio in the next couple of weeks and I wish him well in that regard. I congratulate the Minister on the work he has done in recent years. I wish to discuss a few matters relating to the mid-term review. I welcome the review and I congratulate the Minister on bringing it forward. It is only right and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the delegation and from what Mr. Cody and others have said, I know they have picked up many of the issues raised at the last finance committee meeting with the Revenue Commissioners. Much has been said about the all-Ireland approach and the witnesses stated earlier that the UK would have a customs operations with many different countries, with 27 operations for the 27 EU countries....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Surely somebody is going to advise the political systems, including the Government. Politicians might examine some of this but they must get advice as well. The Government would get advice on an all-Ireland approach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: A good bit has been said about online trading, which is affecting high street shops. The authorised economic operators were mentioned but does the witness see a role for those with online trading? In New York, for example, lunches are being delivered by drones and I can envisage a problem with drones being used to facilitate the delivery of goods from across the Border to be dropped in a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Is there a use for bonded warehouses going forward?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Will it be back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Is the Chairman not going forward again?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Following what Senator Noone said, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to the House for a discussion on tourism, including on how Brexit is affecting us at the moment, how it will affect us in the future and how sterling may affect tourism. The tourism industry is very important to our economy and our nearest neighbours are the biggest tourist group...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: They are down but overall tourism is up. If the British people came here in bigger numbers the figures would be even higher so I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate on tourism.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the delegation. My questions relate to customs. The deputation has said that there will be an EU border. What input will the EU have into this border? Will the border be the same as the Border that is right around? Will the EU have specific input into setting up posts, if there are to be posts, or whatever set-up will operate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: The Irish authorities can set up the border whatever way it sees fit within EU law. Is that the way it will work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Does that audit take place every year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Let us bear in mind that some countries will have no customs posts. People can go right through those countries. There will be considerable cost involved in putting a border in place along the Border with Northern Ireland and in the various ports around the country as well. Will there be there any aid towards that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: It is in the interests of the member states to have a harder border. Is that the case? The more money the Customs collects, the better. Is that right?