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

Paddy Burke: Will the Minister of State clarify what the services are? I refer to all of the services needed, whether they be water, sewerage, public lighting and footpaths. When will they be laid down in law? I presume they will be. What is entailed? The Minister of State said it has to be zoned and serviced land. What does serviced land mean in the law that would require payment of the serviced...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the House for agreeing to my sharing of time with Senator Currie. I welcome the Minister to the House and I would like to start where finished. She stated: This Bill is a fair and balanced one. It responds to the needs of members of our community whose income needs are greatest. That is quite correct. Over the past 12 months, she has been listening to all the proposals that...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Berney and Ms Bambrick. This has been a great insight into the pension system. It seems the scheme is not going to be of any great cost to the State, given it will not be tax deductible. I would favour a system where all the contributions would be paid to the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, which would invest in pension funds, and everybody would get almost the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: On watching the €7 grow every week or whatever, one does not know where it has been invested or what happens. It may not be €7 at the end of the following week and it may be wiped out completely. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Can you move the pot from one pension fund to another? What happens when you reach retirement age? Can you cash in the whole lot or is it a case that you are paid on a weekly basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Will it be paid out on a weekly basis at the finish when the person reaches retirement or can the person cash in the whole pot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Paddy Burke: Will there be any provision made for cashing in at any stage?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2022)

Paddy Burke: Yesterday, on RTÉ Radio 1, the case was made that there was a very significant shortage of teachers in the country. I ask that we have a debate on this issue with the Minister for Education. It seems the situation is desperate. One person came on the programme and said they were trying to find replacement teachers by text or through WhatsApp groups. That is inadequate in this time...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2022)

Paddy Burke: I support Senator Kyne in asking the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, to come to the House to have a debate on the islands and on LEADER funding for the islands. I have been on a number of the islands this year and they are doing great work there with limited funding. They have different problems from the mainland and, on one of the islands in Cork, they are creating jobs. It was usually the...

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Paddy Burke: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Regulations 2022, Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) Regulations 2022, Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority) Regulations...

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome the three draft regulations. They are very much warranted, will put the public mind at ease and will help in many situations where there are investigations.These are very technical regulations, and very difficult to understand if one is an ordinary layperson. The main thing is that the regulations are in the public interest. I really...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: There was a meeting last Saturday in Tuam on balanced regional development. Unfortunately I was not able to make it but I agree wholeheartedly with many of the decisions and the sentiments expressed at the meeting. I fully support the West on Track campaign for the extension of the rail line from Athenry to Claremorris. It is needed. I come from Castlebar which is 45 miles from Galway...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: In view of the decision by the Cabinet today regarding new licensing hours, which must be legislated for, I ask for an urgent debate on taxis. In my home town, we will eventually have no taxi service if things keep going as they are currently. When a person has a taxi, the plate dies with that person if he or she retires or passes away. The plate cannot be handed over to a son, daughter or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: I support Senator Craughwell on the issue of local authority members who, in many cases, have to use their leave to attend local authority meetings. In this day and age, it is not good enough. People who are working in the public service or Civil Service, in particular, should get time off to attend meetings, especially when they are elected by the public. I also support the calls today...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (19 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. I want to speak about the 9% VAT rate. The tourism and hospitality sector is labour-intensive. It is a seven-day-per-week industry that runs from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. The proprietors of those premises and the people who run those businesses have several shifts a week to cover for, and it is not easy. In lots of sizable towns, you will see that other than in a...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: I thank the Civil Engagement Group for tabling this important motion. The Government is taking it very seriously as well because there is no amendment to it. Everybody agrees that we have to do everything we can to take everybody out of poverty. Anybody who is in poverty should be taken out of it if at all possible. When one listens to the speakers on poverty, what can cause it and what...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Paddy Burke: I also welcome the Spanish ambassador to the Chamber. I join the Senators who yesterday paid tribute to the families, friends and neighbours of the people of Creeslough following the tragic loss of ten human lives. I extend the sympathies and condolences of the House to them on their tragic loss. What happened was unbelievable. I raise an issue in regard to some organisations that are...