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Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I remind Senators that they may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of the amendment, who may reply to discussion on the amendment. Also on Report Stage, each amendment must be seconded. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady. Amendment No. 1 is in the names of Senators Norris and Bacik and arises out of Committee proceedings.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Yes, you are.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 2, 6, 9, 24, 27 and 28 are related. Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are related and are alternatives to amendment No. 6. Amendments Nos. 2, 6 to 9, inclusive, 24, 27 and 28 may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is Senator Norris proposing we do not take them together?

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 3 in the names of Senators Mullen and Quinn is deemed to be out of order as it involves a potential charge on Revenue. Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 in the names of Senators Norris and Bacik are also deemed to be out of order for the same reason.

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: The Senator is straying from the point.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I will allow Senator Buttimer to ask a brief supplementary question.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I am glad of the opportunity to say a few words about the proposed legislation, which I welcome as being long overdue. When we consider the number of apartment blocks built throughout the country over the past ten or 12 years, it is right and fitting that legislation such as this should be put in place as quickly as possible. Many people have...

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. If any man can put a proper scheme in place in this area it is Deputy Ó Cuív, because he has great experience of community work and projects that work in rural areas. I believe the Minister can go back to the drawing board based on what he has heard from the various Senators. It has been a very constructive debate, but ultimately this will all rest on the...

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: It was not the middle ages, although I suppose it was not far off either.

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: It was the 1970s and the early 1980s and the only way we could get to places was to thumb. When I got my first car, I said I would never pass anybody who was thumbing at the side of the road, and I always picked up people. I was very grateful for all the lifts I got over a long number of years. However, nowadays nobody gives lifts. For that very reason one never sees anyone thumbing...

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: The Minister, without interruption.

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: There is no obligation on the Minister to provide a script.

Seanad: Death of former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the late Michael Howard and welcome his family to the House. I was the Government Whip in the House from 1994 to 1997 when Mr. Howard was a Senator. He was a dependable and honourable man who was great for a Whip because he had the ability to come into the Chamber at a moment's notice and speak on any issue. This is not a surprise...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, to the House.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 in the names of Senators Mullen and Norris, respectively, are deemed to be out of order because of a potential charge on the Revenue.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)

Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 3 in the names of Senators Fitzgerald and Norris is deemed to be out of order because of a potential charge on the Revenue.