Results 61-80 of 23,060 for speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Like Senator Cummins, I welcome the sports capital and equipment grants and advise clubs and community groups to avail of the opportunity to apply for them. I will raise the issue of occupational pensions this morning and how they have fallen far below the State pension. Occupational pensions, for example with An Post, Coillte, the Irish Aviation Authority and even Eircom, are only...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I congratulate the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. This is a great motion in my view. I thank the Minister for accepting this motion on behalf of the Government. The Minister needs to be congratulated for the reforms she has implemented. I would say she has delivered more than any other Minister in the Department of Social Protection,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: I have a question for Mr. Mulherin on the local authority community recreational officer post. What is the brief for this? Will it be a full-time local authority employee or a part-time job? There are four municipal districts in County Mayo, each of them with large towns and large geographical areas as well. Will it be one community recreational officer for the whole county or would there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Yes, the ones that the Department funds. They are new positions. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: They have a fairly wide brief in that case. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: The Department only funds the ones that are employed by IRDs, not the ones funded by the local authorities. Is that correct?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: I would also like to be associated with the expression of sympathy to the late Brendan Daly. He was a very good Member of this House, very active in all aspects of Irish life and always brought those issues to the fore here in this Chamber as well as in the other Chamber. I ask the Deputy Leader that we might have a debate in the next term with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, on power...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: We have seen the recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report on septic tanks, pollution of lakes and so on. I think there is a grant of €5,000 available from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for upgrading septic tanks. That is inadequate. I call on the Leader to contact the Minister. It is very hard to get a contractor to do a small job installing a...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: With regard to the investigation and the court, where does jurisdiction lie with regard to the likes of EU countries and countries outside the EU such as the UK? Can the people who are being investigated or brought to court move jurisdiction to another state outside the EU such as the UK and look for his or her case to be moved to that state if he or she is being prosecuted in an EU state?...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State. I compliment Senator Boylan on bringing forward the Bill. Nothing ever stays the same. The longer we live, the more we know. I knew very little about this type of practice until the Bill was brought forward by Senator Boylan and Senator McGahon asked me to take in on his behalf from the Fine Gael side. There was a time that my wife and I were involved in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the departmental officials to the committee. What Mr. Daly has outlined is very interesting. With online registration of someone getting married, dying or whatever, where does the responsibility lie? Is it the responsibility of the person getting married? If people do not register, is there a breach of the law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: What is the position with marriages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: They might decide to go online.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Is there a charge for all those services? When people are online, is there a charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Can people give that indication online, but not complete it online? Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: This Bill does not cover marriages at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: It is only births.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: There is no charge for registering a birth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Are the deceased categorised as national, foreign national, European or, let us say, tourists? If a tourist dies in the country, what is the position? If a tourist is involved in an accident, I suppose the authorities are involved. Does everybody comply with the registration requirements? How do they apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Paddy Burke: Are the deceased categorised as nationals, foreign nationals, Europeans or tourists, for example?