Results 41-52 of 52 for sligo speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...and many people are experiencing grave difficulties. There are one or two activities that are not being exploited at all. Water sports, particularly sea sports, is one such activity. The north Sligo coast is a renowned surfing area which should be further developed. Hill walking and mountaineering are other activities that should be exploited. In that context, I compliment Councillor...

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Paddy Burke: .... It is outrageous that the Minister for Foreign Affairs should even be associated with this statement. If there were to be any centre of excellence along the Border, it should be placed in the Sligo-Leitrim-Fermanagh area in that blackspot which has no hospital cover. The golden hour is not covered in many cases in the north west. When will the centres of excellence be established and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...an announcement nearly every month in the Cork region, which shows that a Minister brings a certain amount of weight to the area he is from. I heard Senator MacSharry raise an issue in regard to Sligo on the Adjournment debate last night. If the Government is serious about delivering to every area, it should also consider this one.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...looked at a map on which the National Roads Authority has published its programme for 2008. There are no national primary routes or any works in the NRA programme planned for Counties Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Longford and most of Roscommon in 2008. This House should have an urgent debate on the Transport 21 programme which is falling far behind schedule. The...

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (16 Nov 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...in rural areas, especially around large provincial towns like Castlebar, Ballina and so on, most vehicles, including lorries and tractors and trailers have become larger, heavier and longer. The Sligo line will be fully automated by the end of 2005 or early 2006 but the Castlebar, Westport and Ballina line is not supposed to be fully automated until 2008. A number of other lines throughout...

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...being put in place which will speed up the trains. It should be possible to include the opening and closing of barriers at the unmanned level crossings in this work. The signalling upgrade on the Sligo line will be completed this year but on the Westport and Ballina lines it will continue until 2008. There is plenty of time to link the unmanned level crossings into the system and set up...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...in the BMW region. It is disgraceful to think that while almost 500,000 jobs have been created in the economy since 1997, only 26,000 of them were in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly and Louth. That represents less than 2,000 jobs per county created by the Government that claims to have done so much for...

Seanad: National Spatial Strategy: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...town and there is no back-up from the Government as regards proper access to roads, rail, air or whatever transport for the ensuing ten years, what will be the position? Senator Kitt mentioned the Sligo to Ennis rail link, or as some people like to call it, the Sligo-Waterford link, which would be part of a European rail network. There is no reason why there could not be a linkage from...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (26 Jan 2005)

Paddy Burke: ...Health Board. I have also received notice from Senator MacSharry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to establish an employment task force for Sligo, given that 80 jobs have been lost in Saehan Media over the past eight months with a further 70 redundancies announced yesterday. I have also received notice from Senator Cummins of the...

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Paddy Burke: ...majority of travellers to Spain, Portugal or other destinations have to come to Dublin to leave the country? A vast area from Cork to Donegal and west from Athlone is served by access airports at Sligo, Knock, Galway, Shannon and Cork. Travellers should be able to use these airports rather than having to use the M50 toll road to and from Dublin Airport. Much work has been done and I give...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (25 Feb 2003)

Paddy Burke: I understand what the Minister is saying and fully appreciate that the EPA will be responsible for licensing. Let us consider Sligo County Council, which has no landfill and takes its waste to landfills in County Mayo. It is possible that running a landfill will become so expensive that Sligo County Council could easily be compelled to bring its waste to an incineration facility. The Minister...

Seanad: Rail Services and Related Transport Matters: Statements. (14 Nov 2002)

Paddy Burke: ...good enough. CIE and others are encouraging people to use the railway system. How can one encourage them to do so when a train of this standard is provided? Senator Ulick Burke said the link from Sligo to Limerick has been broken on the northern side of Athenry. I travelled on the last passenger train from Claremorris to Limerick a number of years ago. Ever since that line was closed the...