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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is, a Chathaoirligh. Emerging from all this confusion, the building unit of the Department of Education and Children has been replaced by an emergency response unit. This morning a full list of schools was published. The clock is being turned back by at least a decade and we will see the re-emergence of the shanty towns around the schools of Ireland. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: We are now providing resources for the establishment of prefabricated schools which, over the years, Fianna Fáil Ministers have indicated— (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: We are welcoming that time once more and it is a retrograde step. I ask that the Minister come to the House and declare once and for all, without any further confusion, what his policy is and not allow it to be dictated, as today's newspapers suggest, by the cumanns and the various constituencies. He should come to the House as a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Nobody can find them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: And about four other Senators opposite.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I move: That Seanad Éireann is opposed to the reintroduction of third level tuition fees. I wish to share my time with Senators Brian Hayes and Finucane.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister for Defence, Deputy Michael Smith, to the House. Given his portfolio, is his presence linked to the fact that he was marshalling the troops because of dissent expressed in the ranks in recent months?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I wish to comment on the Government amendment, which fails to recognise the motion. The controversy that has arisen is of the making of the Minister for Education and Science. When he gave an interview to The Irish Times last September in which he floated kites as to his intentions, people in the media and education thought they were witnessing a visionary Minister for Education and Science....

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Spin doctors, no doubt.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Face them.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Cuts of €36 million.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: The temperature has melted the glue.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will fees be reintroduced?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Are the Senator's colleagues elitist?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Senator should ask the Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Including the elitists?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Is this a new twist on it?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: And the glass is half empty.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Exhibits A, B and C so far.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Three holidays a year.