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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Government Reform (13 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht affairs to the House. I will not make a detailed submission. If we had a concept known as parliamentary questions in this House, which we might have the next time around, I would be placing same but my Adjournment motion speaks for itself. Cork County Council is unique in that it has three health divisions and, therefore,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Government Reform (13 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Minister of State for attending but in respect of the response, which I know comes from the Department, my query should not be beyond answer. I am disappointed, therefore, that the Minister of State was not provided with an answer because my question is very basic. Unlike any other county in this Republic, under the law of the land, there are separate health and administrative...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State, who started his parliamentary career in this Chamber. I look forward to his response to some of the comments. I agree with much of what the previous speaker said, but not the entire package. He has raised pertinent points which are worthy of observation and comment. A good starting point for the debate and where we stand politically is the Staff of the...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister, and I am sure he is more than sufficiently robust to deal with the views of Senator Cullinane. No topic comes up in the Seanad more frequently than the health service. It would be useful for both the Minister and the House, therefore, for him to come to the House early in the new year to discuss a broad range of health issues, when charges can be answered and the...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: In economics, false concepts do not work in the long term. They have never worked anywhere and they do not work in this market either. Risk equalisation may be necessary in the very short term but we must try to move beyond the current system. We must recognise, with deep concern, the huge numbers of people who can no longer afford private health insurance, putting further pressure on the...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I understand this matter relates to section 2, which is the inclusions, rather than section 3, the exclusions. There is currently a great national debate about the budgetary implications for carers. Perhaps it is, to use a word the Minister used earlier, "obvious", but across the country tens of thousands are in receipt of either carer's allowance or carer's benefit, to apply for which one...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: Speaking on a similar vein, there are home helps. There are tens of thousands working in a home-help type arrangement. As the Minister and Senators will be aware, ten or 15 years ago the home-help service was mostly informal. Now it has become much more formal where a minimum wage rate applies. Generally speaking, it would not be a familial relationship. Of course, there are cases where...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Minister and his hard working officials for their work in preparing the Bill, bringing it before the committee, the Dáil and Seanad. It has been a long process and hopefully the result of our deliberations will be an Act that will bring a degree of hope, certainty and optimism in cases where there is not at present. The debate in the Seanad showed the House at its best, with...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I seek clarification.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: The query related to section 118 and the amendment provides some clarification.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I will second it for debating purposes.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I ask the Minister to explain the impact of amendment No. 16 relating to the business plan.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I ask the Minister to explain the impact of amendment No. 16 relating to the business plan.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I will second it for debating purposes.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I seek clarification.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: The query related to section 118 and the amendment provides some clarification.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Minister and his hard working officials for their work in preparing the Bill, bringing it before the committee, the Dáil and Seanad. It has been a long process and hopefully the result of our deliberations will be an Act that will bring a degree of hope, certainty and optimism in cases where there is not at present. The debate in the Seanad showed the House at its best, with...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: The little clash which has just taken place illustrates, in very clear terms, the confusion and uncertainty relating to this matter. It is also highlights the fact that a significant debate will be required before substantial decisions are taken. I welcome this debate which, I hope, will mark the beginning of a process of detailed consideration on how we should respond to the report on the...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: We will attempt to resolve the matter for the Senator. Some copies are available. We will supply the Senator with a copy presently.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Bradford: I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words of tribute to the late Senator West. During my years as a Member of the other House and as Dáil Deputy for the constituency of Cork-East, I had occasional representation from the late Senator West on the matters of both national and local concern to him. Many of his friends and colleagues in east Cork would have mentioned to me on...