Results 181-200 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: On a point of order, will we be allowed additional time to compensate for the interruption?
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: That is unfair to this side of the House.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: There are three sides to this conundrum.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: I support Senator Coonan's amendment, despite the fact that it was criticised as lacking in substance by Senator Dardis. I remind Senator Dardis of the second line of the Government motion, which states the House "notes with approval the stated intention of the Minister". Every farmer in Ireland realises what those stated intentions are regarding agriculture. They represent inaction and the...
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: He is the longest serving Minister for Agriculture in the history of the State, but I never thought I would see the day when a Minister for Agriculture would say in the Oireachtas that in order to avoid the abandonment of land, with resultant environmental problems, recipients of direct payments will also be obliged to maintain their land in good agricultural condition. What message does that...
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: The Minister of State cannot say that. If he were in east Galway he could not make a statement like that.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: The reality is that Teagasc has had to reduce its budget by â¬15 million. Two out of every three future appointments to Teagasc have been frozen. This is the only advisory service in the State and that is what the Minister has imposed on it. The Minister denied that â¬150 million was returned as unspent under the REP scheme because of the failure of farmers to get involved. They are leaving...
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: Most of it came from the Government side of the House.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: That is the second time we have heard that tonight.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: What about 1977?
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: That is an insult to this House.
- Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: I knew the Senator had an agenda.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: Is the Leader looking at her own benches?
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: Is the Minister going to abolish them?
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: He must not be very busy.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements. (18 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: Does the Senator think the train would stop?
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements. (18 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: I was reminded of the return of the old romantic by the Minister's references to aspects of rural Ireland that have regrettably long since disappeared. If I believed he and his Department and the other relevant Departments had begun to deal with the aspects of rural development he espouses, I would consider his appointment as Minister with responsibility for this area to be justified and...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (18 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter on the Adjournment. I also thank the Minister of State for being present. Will he indicate his future plans for the retention and development of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (18 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: I am speaking about an office. I ask that that officer vacate that particular position as a matter of urgency in order to avoid a conflict of interest and give a clear commitment as to the priorities of the delivery of service as a chief executive officer of a health board. It is important not to have such a conflict of interest. It suppresses the energies of that person to deliver the...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (18 Feb 2003)
Ulick Burke: At present.