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Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: Does the sunset clause expire in December? Is it only to cover this payment?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: Now.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: Now.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome all members of the delegation to the meeting. I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for bringing this forward. It is a very interesting topic and one that a lot of people would never have even thought about. I have a question in the context of the winding down of Ulster Bank. I am sure that bank has safe deposit boxes such as those alluded to by Deputy Ó Cuív. What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: So what Mr. Leahy is saying is that those safe deposit boxes could have travelled around the world, going from one bank to another and so on. Maybe the next of kin have no dealings with the bank holding the safe deposit boxes now. Indeed, they may not know where they are. Mr. Leahy is saying that the activity is unregulated and in the context of Ulster Bank, there is nobody overseeing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: There may be nothing of value in some of those boxes but there may well be in others. The bank may not even open the boxes. It is a fascinating subject. I thought there would have been some regulation on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: Have the Department or Central Bank been on to Ulster Bank, given it is winding down and leaving the country, to see what it is doing about the safe deposit boxes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: NAMA took over institutions. What did it do with safe deposit boxes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: So we did not have a situation where, when NAMA sold the loans or properties, or the banks themselves were taken over and sold on, the safe deposit boxes then became property of the bank. That would not have happened, would it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: The Central Bank would have had a role when one institution took over another, would it not? Surely it would have put something in place to say if there are safe deposit boxes, they will be the property of the contractual person, rather than of the bank.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I also welcome Niamh to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. I welcome the decision by the credit unions to offer mortgages. We have been fighting for that for many years. Credit unions are community based and I have no doubt that they will do a wonderful job in serving the people and providing very good value for money. About ten or 12 years ago, when new lenders entered the money...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I wish to ask the Leader for a debate about health services. Two reports which came out recently, one from the Saolta University Health Care Group in the west region, where there is overcrowding at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, which is affecting the accident and emergency department. It is crowding out services and the hospital is under huge pressure, asking people not to attend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their submissions. The discussion is useful. Senator Garvey set the scene for rural areas. Her area is no different from any other rural area. Deputy Ó Cuív raised a question about bringing down the fares. The fares came down and more people are using public transport. I was at Heuston Station this morning and it as chock-a-block. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: When Ms Graham says the NTA has funding, does she mean that it can provide the funding to the local authority, as well as to the NTA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I think that is news to us all. As Senator Garvey said earlier, there are very few posts up, particularly on the main thoroughfares where TFI buses are stopping. They are stopping on the side of the road, but nobody, other than the odd person who uses the service frequently, seems to know that they are stopping there. I agree with Senator Garvey that the signs or posts should go up. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Leader's neighbours and friends, and particularly her dad, to the House today, and I hope they have a great day. They are neighbours and friends of my own as well, I might add. Last week, the president of the GAA, Mr. Larry McCarthy, addressed the House and he said, "We need help". He is looking for help from the taxpayer, the Government and Members of the Houses of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: I congratulate Senator Flynn on raising the matter to which she referred. I am delighted that she had a platform to raise it. She is an equal Member of this House. I also congratulate my colleague from Mayo, Senator Chambers, on her recent marriage to Councillor Jarleth Munnelly. I wish them well and hope they have a long, happy life together. I would like to raise an issue regarding the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate regarding newly-zoned land areas within local authority areas. I have received several representations from councillors regarding people from around the country whose land has been zoned, particularly from Councillor Tom Connolly in County Mayo. The only avenue that is open to those people now is to appeal to An Bord Pleanála. An exemption from the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: Mayo is going to deliver this year.