Results 19,541-19,560 of 23,109 for speaker:Paddy Burke
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 19 in the names of Senators Bacik and Norris arises out of Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Amendment No. 20 in the names of Senators Hannigan, Alex White, McCarthy, Ryan, Prendergast and Kelly arises out of Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 20, 21 and 22 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: On a point of clarification to Senator Norris, amendment No. 13 was tabled by both the Government and the Labour Party. That is why there is an asterisk.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Yes.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Before we commence I remind the House that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion of the amendment. Each amendment must be seconded. Amendments Nos. 1, 4, 5, 15 and 16 are related, are alternatives to each other and will be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Senators Coffey and Cummins also tabled the amendment.
- Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State without interruption.
- Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I ask the Senator to respect the Chair.
- Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He has done a great deal of work on this issue during the past number of years. While it was not his fault the referendum was not passed, we must question why this was so. The former Taoiseach should take a considerable amount of the blame for not putting his full weight behind the issue. I am long enough around to remember Ireland in the early...
- Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is an important debate and the subject is one on which perhaps we should have a broader debate. The inland fisheries sector is an important industry for this country. Our pigmeat industry is in a crisis. Our inland fisheries is significant in terms of tourism. The River Moy in my county is probably the finest salmon fishing river in the world. I...
- Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (9 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: We are approaching 2009 and the review was set in train in 2005. It was carried out a long time ago at any rate. This is the second or third year that elections to the boards have been postponed. The Minister told us that a review was carried out in 2008 and that the Department of Finance indicated in July that it was changing route. This Department must not have had much work done on...
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, a former Member of this House. This is a very important debate and one we should have more often. I agree with a number of previous speakers who asked how the situation arose so quickly and how it has come to this stage. I do not think any Minister or Minister of State, or the Taoiseach, who was Minister for Finance for a number...
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Senators should allow the Minister of State to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State should be allowed to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: The Minister of State must be allowed to conclude.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Senators must allow the Minister of State to conclude without interruption.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: No clapping in the House.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: That concludes the statements. When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)
Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State explain what is a non-cash collection permit? Does it involve paying by cheque or credit card? I cannot think of many collections other than those conducted door to door where non-cash payments would be made.