Results 19,021-19,040 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: They can fly in as well.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister for Social and Family Affairs back to the House.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 6 to 9, inclusive, are related and can be taken together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is amendment No. 7 being pressed?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: It was discussed with amendment No. 6.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is amendment No. 7 being pressed?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are related and can be taken together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: We are on section 9, amendment No. 12.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 15 is related to amendment No. 14. Is it agreed that amendments Nos. 14 and 15 may be discussed together? Agreed.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development Report: Statements (28 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: I welcome to the House the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Haughey.
- Seanad: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (23 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady, and wish her the best of luck in her new portfolio. I have no doubt she will do an excellent job. I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the issue of diabetes from which a considerable number of my friends suffer. The word is that one never knows one is going to get diabetes until one has it, and then it is too late to prevent...
- Seanad: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (23 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: When is it hoped the programme will be rolled out to all other regions? Will the programme be situated in a designated place in the western region, such as University College Hospital Galway, or will it be in several hospitals in the region? As the Minister of State understands, the western region is very large geographically. I hope the programme will be rolled out in a number of areas in...
- Seanad: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (23 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (23 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Ãine Brady, to the House and wish her the very best of luck in her new portfolio.
- Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: I presume this matter is related to statements on the budget.
- Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)
Paddy Burke: Much of the money invested in the National Pensions Reserve Fund came from the taxes paid by hard-pressed taxpayers who, after taking out large mortgages, paid stamp duty, VAT and so forth. The then Minister for Finance, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, invested â¬1 billion in the fund, but the majority since has come from people who borrowed to buy expensive houses and apartments. Coupled...