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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.

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: I thank Senator Cummins for sharing time. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank our colleagues in the Green Party for bringing forward this motion. It is a great proposal from which communities will gain. People in communities have already paid for these types of services down through the years by way of bringing forward group water schemes. People in housing estates have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the witnesses. I agree with what most members have said. I will not go over ground that has been discussed by Deputy Ó Cuív and Senator Wall, but the Deputy was correct when he said that most of the appeals related to health issues. I would like to raise the matter of medical cards for people with cancer going to appeal. There is no great need for them to go to appeal....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: Is the Department of Health dealing with that issue completely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: Okay. I am sorry. I am finished now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Paddy Burke: The Cathaoirleach has taken me a bit by surprise. I congratulate everybody on last week's celebration of the visit of President Biden to Ireland and particularly to Ballina in my home county of Mayo. The Department of Foreign Affairs and the local authority did a wonderful job in respect of that visit. However, I will raise an issue with regard to the Passport Office. A number of weeks...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Paddy Burke: Senator O'Sullivan raised a very important question which could lead to a very important debate in this Chamber. We could have a very good debate. How many NGOs are there in the country? I would say there are hundreds of them. Are they all funded or fully funded by the Government? Is it the Department of the Taoiseach or the Department of Foreign Affairs which funds them or is every...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this very serious situation. On a number of occasions, I had the privilege of being nominated to stand for the Seanad by the Central Fisheries Board and I represented it here. At the time, the central board was made up of regional boards. There were such boards in the north, the west, the south, the south east...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Councillor Adam Teskey to the Public Gallery. He is a hardworking councillor from Limerick and it is great to see him in the Chamber. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate at some stage with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications on energy and retrofitting of homes.Retrofitting is a huge area. There are considerable grants given by the Government in regard to...