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Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 Feb 2010)

Paddy Burke: Has the Senator a question?

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and I wish him well with this Bill. It is very important and some credit for this should go to Shell to Sea and to the Rossport five. They have probably highlighted the safety issues and they have generated the debate. However, credit is also due to the Minister for bringing forward this Bill. I was a member of Mayo County Council when the gas issue...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I am 50 miles away from there.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Mayo might be a Fine Gael stronghold now but it certainly was not at that time. This project was never hijacked by any of the main political parties. They never brought politics into it during this dispute. We were delighted the gas find was coming through the county because it carried many benefits from a rates point of view. The pipeline was going 100 miles from north Mayo to the Galway...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: The Minister has acknowledged this and has a pilot scheme in this area. The Minister should be complimented on this. The foreshore licence issue is a major issue and must be addressed. I support Senator O'Malley in this regard. I welcome this important legislation and I wish the Minister well. As Senator Donohoe said, Fine Gael will be fully supportive of the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I ask for a debate on regional planning guidelines as soon as possible. In most regional authorities the regional planning guidelines are on public display. We have seen the flooding fiasco in recent months due to poor planning. This is a golden opportunity for the Seanad to debate something relevant to local authority members and Senators. I ask for this debate because in most cases the...

Seanad: Haiti Disaster: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Haiti Disaster: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time with me. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, and congratulate him on the work he is doing. An unbelievable disaster has taken place in Haiti. The Minister of State has outlined how the Government and his Department, in particular, have drawn many lessons from the tsunami in 2004. It is great that we have learned from the past...

Seanad: Haiti Disaster: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Government amendment No. 26: In page 20, lines 39 to 41, to delete all words from and including "NRA" in line 39 down to and including "operator," in line 41 and substitute the following: "NRA to impose charges for the use of ducts, which are provided and made available on those roads by an authority to a network...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: When is it reported to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Eighth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I wish to be associated with the vote of sympathy to the late Mr. Kenneally, a former Senator and Deputy, and extend my sympathy to Deputy Brendan Kenneally, a former Member of this House, and to his mother and family. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senator Cecilia Keaveney to serve on the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny and has also nominated Senator Alex White...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, to the House. I remind Senators that they may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Each amendment must be seconded. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 10 and 14 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. ` (27 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 19 and 20 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Banking Sector: Statements (26 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I wish the Minister for Finance the best with his illness but I am disappointed he is not present. Senator Donohoe put his finger on it when he said there should be a great deal of straight talking. One wonders about all the fuss over a banking inquiry and how sophisticated it needs to be. I...

Seanad: Road Network (26 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: I can allow it.