Results 1-20 of 52 for sligo speaker:Paddy Burke

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

Paddy Burke: ...on balanced regional development. What is balanced regional development? Does that mean one stops the growth of other cities such as Dublin and Cork and say we will grow Galway, Limerick and Sligo and wherever else? There was a time when there were eight Deputies in Mayo. There are now four. There is a boundary commission in place and when it provides its report, there will probably...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Paddy Burke: ...to see that as well, because it helps our connectivity to Europe. I welcome the Minister's thoughts on the western rail corridor. It is very important that this rail would be opened for connectivity between Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. I agree with the Minister that it should be a rail link. If Sligo is to grow to be a city, there must be intercity connectivity with Galway,...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Paddy Burke: ...of GMIT was at a huge disadvantage for quite a long time. When the ETBs were changed, local authorities put members on their governing bodies. Mayo County Council appointed members to the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, but the board responsible for GMIT was the Galway and Roscommon ETB. As a result, the Castlebar campus was downgraded every year for many years....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Paddy Burke: ...'s driver licence online. I ask the Minister to have a serious look at this because someone from my county of Mayo got an appointment to renew their licence in Citywest, while another got one in Sligo. When we have county lockdowns, people should not have to travel from one county to another, but having to travel from Mayo to Dublin to renew one's driver licence in this day and age is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Paddy Burke: ...to bring forward some of that investment, which would make sense. He informed us that all of the hybrid trains that are currently used will be used on the long services, such as from Cork, Galway, Sligo, Westport and Ballina. He said that the new trains which are being purchased will all be electric and will be used on shorter routes, such as to Maynooth, Drogheda, Dún Laoghaire and...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Paddy Burke: .... The plan will also help the north west and the western region which did not see the same level of investment as other regions during the boom years. The roads from Mullingar to Westport, Mullingar to Sligo and from Sligo to Donegal need to be greatly improved greatly. This plan provides that the Westport to Turlough section of the N5 will be funded over the next two years. The road...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...representing since the previous local elections. In my area, the third largest county in the country, there are four municipal districts some of which are nearly 100 miles long. One of them goes from the Sligo border to the Galway border, right through Mayo. These are huge geographical areas. To be quite honest, councillors are not half compensated to attend community council meetings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: Does this mean people from Mayo, Sligo or Donegal have to travel to Galway if they want to deal with someone from the bank in person?

Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...;150 million, principally due to some of the issues referred to by Senator McDowell in regard to nurses and staff of the HSE. For example, a nurse in Castlebar was on a different pay level to a nurse in Sligo, Galway or Letterkenny, and there were many different types of scenarios within the organisation.Senator McDowell said the same thing occurred in the Army and Garda, but they got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Paddy Burke: There will be many different frameworks, such that a local authority could be signed up to a Galway-Mayo-Clare framework in respect of some services and to a Mayo-Sligo-Donegal framework for other services. Is that correct?

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paddy Burke: ...the Minister could look at this aspect in the next couple of weeks or months. I shall now turn to the issue of infrastructure. Senator Gavan referred to the Cork-to-Limerick road and Senator McDowell mentioned the roads from Dublin to the west, Sligo and Letterkenny. I would like to pitch in my tuppence ha'penny worth regarding the N5. At present, a new section of the latter is being...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Jan 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to transfer responsibility of Killery Graveyard in Ballintogher, County Sligo, to the Office of Public Works. I have also received notice from Senator Thomas Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to liaise with Meath...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Dec 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...notice from Senator Marc MacSharry of the following matter:The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to outline why Easkey Garda station in County Sligo is to be auctioned next week instead of being provided to the community in the area as has been the practice elsewhere. I have also received notice from Senator Katherine Zappone of the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Oct 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...home help workers. I have also received notice from Senator Paschal Mooney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his Department’s proposals for the development of the greenway from Sligo to Enniskillen, via Manorhamilton, and if he will provide the necessary funding for its development. I have also received notice from...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Jun 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...for the Minister for Health to address the recent Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report findings on residential centres for people with an intellectual disability in counties Louth and Sligo and the response of his Department to these findings. I have also received notice from Senator James Heffernan of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 May 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...received notice from Senator Paschal Mooney of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to outline the reasons his Department has failed to approve the establishment of a CAT at Sligo Regional Hospital as the provision of such a service would not only be cost neutral but would also save lives. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Moloney of the following...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2015)

Paddy Burke: Senator Paschal Mooney has moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for Health to address the issue of the approval of a CAT lab facility in Sligo General Hospital be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (3 Feb 2015)

Paddy Burke: ...to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to acknowledge the total inadequacy of funding for smaller local authorities, including Sligo, noting that larger authorities with surplus requirements have up to €100 million on deposit, and to outline an emergency plan for the provision of additional resources for Sligo...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)

Paddy Burke: Senator Marc MacSharry has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government on reports that he intends to abolish Sligo County Council be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 Sep 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to respond to media reports that a section of her Department located in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, would be relocated to the social protection office in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, following the decision of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government...