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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: There is a €1 top-up for every €3 saved. Taxpayers pay PRSI and income tax. At a lower income, some people do not pay any tax. They get €1 for every €3 saved. Is there tax relief at any point along the way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the delegation. On that point regarding fees, does Dr. Roantree believe the CPA should set the fees and determine the maximum people will pay under the auto-enrolment scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: I have a final question. What about the public service or the public sector? Can it avail of this as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Paddy Burke: Is that so even for, say, the outdoor staff of local authorities and the lower-paid sections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the two delegations: Mr. Kelly, Mr. Shevlin and Mr. Gilligan from Mayo, and Mr. Mahon, whom I know originally as a member of Mayo County Council, and Mr. Brannigan from Longford. I have a number of questions. I will continue on from where the Chair left off in respect of an over-bureaucratic system and getting a handle on it. I refer to the 11 additional staff for Mayo County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: On water and sewerage services, there was a time when members of local authorities would table a motion to get a sewerage scheme or a water scheme extended to a town or to have a new scheme put in place. How does that system operate at present? How is the need within towns and rural areas progressed in view of the fact that water and sewerage services are now considered a separate entity?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: I have two further questions. The first relates to anomalies in the planning laws. There can be shortcomings or whatever in legislation and regulations that are brought forward. There does not seem to be any great feedback from local authorities to say that there is an anomaly and that when the Department is rectifying the position, it should take a certain course of action. There are two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Paddy Burke: Are there many people on the homeless list in Mayo? If there are people on the list, is there a policy in the county in respect of what provision is being made for them?

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach. You learn something new every day. Today, we found out there are two Father Teds. Like Senator Cummins, I offer my commiserations to Senator Boyhan and my congratulations on letting his name go forward. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach and wish him, Conchobar and their families the very best of luck during his term as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. This...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is important legislation to restore confidence in An Bord Pleanála. I remember when Bertie Ahern was Taoiseach, which is quite a few years ago - we have had a number of Taoisigh since then - he brought forward legislation to fast track the planning process for large projects. Since then, the whole system has actually slowed down, in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: It is a weakness in the case for such arrangements. I would be wary that it might put members under stress and lead to corruption or whatever else. The members of An Bord Pleanála are well paid, as Senator Boyhan said. At every meeting, the question should be asked as to whether members have a vested interest in the cases being dealt with. They should have to sign a declaration...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach and congratulate him and the staff of the House for organising the magnificent celebration of 100 years of Seanad Éireann. I support Senator Seán Kyne in his calls for the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, to step up to the plate, especially since it now has the backing of the Bradley report, to address the many issues he has raised this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Senator Kyne and I have raised several issues over the last six months relating to Inland Fisheries Ireland. We have asked for the Minister to come into the House and for the Bradley report to be discussed here. We have not succeeded with any of it. If we do not have some action in the early part of the next session, we will have no choice but to bring forward a Private Members' motion...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I do not think it affects councillors at this stage. I understand that the councillors’ class has changed and that-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I would dispute the ruling that was made in relation to the two previous amendments. This funding is paid by individuals into the pot. It is not Exchequer funding. I dispute the ruling that is made here. Those amendments have been rightly tabled to be discussed on the floor of the House. Senators Craughwell and Boyhan had to find a way around amendment No. 19 so that the Minister would...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Minister for giving a genuine reply to the matters raised in this amendment. We will undertake to bring this to the committee. I thank the Minister for saying she or her staff will be available to come before the committee and that the material she has will be furnished to it.

Seanad: Cuimhneachán ar Chothrom Céad Bliain an Chéad Suí de Seanad Éireann – 11 Nollaig 1922 - Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Sitting of Seanad Éireann – 11 December 1922 (12 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: It is a great honour to say a few words on the 100th anniversary of Seanad Éireann. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach and the staff of the Houses for organising this great event. I welcome the Taoiseach and members of the Government as well as former Members of Seanad Éireann. I wonder what the Members of this House thought 100 years ago on this day. It was after the First World...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, on finding a solution for the crib at Saint Stephen's Green. I have no doubt at all that thousands of people will visit the crib in the Phoenix Park, which is an ideal location for it. It will be much more accessible to the public and people who will visit Dublin to shop. It is a real sign of Christmas when the crib is on display. I...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: It is very hard to follow some of the great contributions. We all knew Terry Brennan as a friend. He had no enemies and that can be seen from all the contributions made here today. Terry Brennan had no enemies at all; he had all friends. There were three things Terry tended to speak about in the House. One was that he must have scored ten or 15 points in every match he played for Cooley....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. How does the Government know whether the scheme is going to be a success? Does the Department compile figures weekly, monthly or every six months? The recommendation would provide for a six-monthly report to be laid before the Houses, so I am sure the Department will want to know how successful the scheme will be. Moreover, for future planning, that type of...