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Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: There has and we are fed up to the teeth with it.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I support Senator Coghlan's amendment. On Second Stage, I asked the Minister of State to request the Minister to address the anomaly in regard to the staged closure of a particular activity, whereby some workers opted to go early while others would remain past 25 May. There is room for a special investigation to address this matter. Had the workers known that the changes would be made they...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Real, not imaginary.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will the Minister of State take special cognisance of this? The Tánaiste was in the presence of public representatives, workers and management when she gave an undertaking. She gave an undertaking – not in terms of a redundancy situation – that she would help in every way possible. She did so and I acknowledge that. She recognised the need of people, the trauma they were experiencing and...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: In view of all the undertakings given and the support from other agencies, I am requesting that the Tánaiste give an up-to-date appraisal of all progress, or the lack thereof, since 15 January, when the town experienced this blow. The latter is directly related to the amendment in that people are caught in a catch-22 situation. That is one instance where the overlap will differentiate...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: May I respond briefly?

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Minister of State has avoided answering my question.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State. Will he inform the House as to the date on which the Attorney General gave that advice? Was it prior to the debacle in Kilkenny? Did the Tánaiste have that advice when she visited the workers and made this supposed or alleged commitment?

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Does the Minister of State know whether the Tánaiste had the advice of the Attorney General at that time?

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: He was digging deep for himself.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: He usually digs.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: This is not a grant.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: A new twist.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I support the requests from various Members on this side of the House for an immediate statement from the Minister for Education and Science to indicate whether he is going to take responsibility for the area of education and this particular matter. I know that on the other side of the House, behind the Leader, there are dissenting voices in regard to what the Minister and the Government are...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: They are everywhere. They are sitting behind the Minister in the Dáil as well. When we brought a motion before the House last October, the Minister stated that he was reintroducing fees in order to refinance access for the disadvantaged to education. A week or two later the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Coughlan, withdrew the back to education allowances. Thankfully,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I want to raise another matter. I ask the Leader to request the Minister to come before the House to clear up the position in respect of this matter, once and for all, in order that we can know where we stand. I hope we do not return to a situation where covenants will be allowed. It is the old scapegoat. We abolish fees at a certain level and then introduce covenants—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to come before the House as a matter of urgency? Over the years the Department of Lands acquired lands for forestry at ridiculously low prices from various people who had commonage and other lands. In some cases, Coillte is now offering some of this land for sale at exorbitant prices. The Minister should direct...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: That is a new dimension to Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: The confusion expressed by Senator Mansergh in his contribution—

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: —is contagious from the Minister.