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Seanad: Adult and Further Education: Statements. (21 Jun 2006)

Ulick Burke: Dream on.

Seanad: Adult and Further Education: Statements. (21 Jun 2006)

Ulick Burke: What of the cuts in back to education funding?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Ryder Cup, which is a major sporting event, will have taken place in Ireland by the time the House meets again in the autumn. It is a major coup for Ireland to have attracted what is probably the third largest sporting event that will take place in the world this year. It is obvious that the organisers of the event have serious worries about controlling the crowds which are expected and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I hope the Leader will, in the near future, be able to inform us of the implications of the application of English law in this part of County Kildare for the duration of the Ryder Cup. On a separate matter, I support Senator Kitt's request for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan, to explain fully a significant social welfare anomaly, whereby PAYE workers who are paying...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is today's spin.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: A thought for the day.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Senator is the Taoiseach's permanent representative in the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: Was the Senator called up?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: Teagasc has issued a report on the impact on Irish agriculture of the new World Trade Organisation trade agreement. The report makes it clear that there will be a further decline in Irish agriculture and the number of families involved in it. The report states that by 2015, Ireland will have as few as 8,000 full-time dairy farmers with viable businesses. The number of such farmers is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: The incomes of many Irish households in economically sensitive areas will be so small that they will be unable to exist on their farming incomes as they have done before. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Agriculture and Food to come to the House to debate the matter. The Minister will be representing Ireland during the summer recess and it is important that she takes the issue...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: Senator Bannon is shying away from the suggestion now.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome this legislation on behalf of the Fine Gael group. We warmly embrace the concepts outlined in the legislation because of what they do for the institutes. It is important to realise that for the first time we have a recognition of the importance of the institutes vis-À-vis the universities. Under this legislation, they will be on a...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Treacy, indicated that one speaker from each of the main parties should contribute before he addresses the Seanad. Is that agreeable?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I support Senator Coghlan in his request for an early debate on the report of the financial services ombudsman, Mr. Joe Meade, particularly on issues relating to the sale of endowment mortgages by insurance companies during the 1980s and 1990s. It is a sorry situation that many of the people with such mortgages find themselves seriously under covered. This is reflected in the fact that there...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I ask the Leader to contact the responsible Minister with a view to rectifying this situation with the companies involved. I also ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to ask inspectors of employment to be more proactive in their work relating to the underpayment of foreign workers, particularly in the security and construction industries. I met a young Polish man in Galway...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, subsection (2), line 24, after "provisions" to insert the following: ", but all sections shall come into operation within 12 months of its passing into law". I welcome the Minister to the House. I hope she will consider this amendment on the basis of the discussion on a particular case yesterday in regard to people with disabilities. I welcome the fact that,...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I move amendment No. 4: In page 13, line 41, to delete "months," and substitute "months". Section 16 reads, "The governing body of a college shall, as soon as may be, but not later than 3 months, after the end". I do not know what the significance of that comma is, as it makes the situation meaningless. It is a technical error.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: I move amendment No. 5: In page 16, line 12, after "college" to insert ", including a time scale for implementation,". If there is a necessity for the director to prepare a statement on the college's policies, it would be important to have a timescale for the implementation of those policies as prepared.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: Does the Minister not consider it important to set a date for the implementation of policy? It is a major statement of policy and such a date would be appropriate.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2006)

Ulick Burke: Could the Minister not set a time limit within which the policy must be implemented? Often, reports and other implementation policies have not been implemented within such institutions.