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Seanad: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2007)

Ulick Burke: I thank Senator Kitt for sharing time. Nobody can emphasise sufficiently well the conditions at this school. On the issue of health and safety and the requirement for a standard school size, the school is one-third of the size of the school required. Senator Kitt referred to special needs children. When we were shown a slide of a special needs student in a small classroom with 28 other...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Senator should go down to Roscommon and name a few of them there.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: It is bad management.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: In 2002 the Government in its programme for Government declared that no child under nine years of age would be in a class of more than 20 pupils yet, tragically, 25% of children are in classes of 30 plus. Some 50% of children are in classes of 20 to 29 children and 85% of children in national schools are in classes with pupil numbers greater than they were in 2002. The Minister declared...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: He did not get the single payment yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: Now that the Senator is a member of that profession, they probably will.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator refusing sales?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: It is not an issue for this Government.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: School Closures. (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item for debate this evening. I wish to share the matter with Senator Kitt. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Treacy, to the House. He has a personal interest in this item. The Minister of State is aware that since Senator Kitt and I first raised this matter here on 18 October 2006, the Minister for...

Seanad: School Closures. (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: That puts it up to him.

Seanad: School Closures. (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Minister of State said that there will be "sufficient places in existing schools in the general area for pupils who would have normally enrolled in the closing school". This clearly means the Department has effectively washed its hands of the matter.

Seanad: School Closures. (6 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: It is an indictment of the Government's failure.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: It is solely at the discretion of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: I support Senator Norris in his call for a debate on health as quickly as possible. We are fully aware of the problems in the health service. We hear about them every day in the media. However, the health service reached a new low as the HSE initiated measures to restrict the availability of drugs to Irish patients due to their costs. This is new and dangerous. The Minister and the HSE...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Minister does accept there are problems.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: That is a change.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: The first part of his contribution was a rallying call.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Leader is only defending herself.