Results 401-420 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: It is a painful extraction.
- Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (28 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: Amendment No. 7 cannot be moved. It has been ruled out of order as it would involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: In both Houses over the years, Members have been continually reminded that Ministers have little influence in the work of various agencies, such as the NRA, and that they are not responsible to the Oireachtas for the workings of those agencies. A quick glance at the NRA's recent report and the allocation of funding to local authorities clearly indicates political input and influence. It is no...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: County Galway received one of the lowest allocations despite being the second largest county in Ireland. This is a disgrace and the matter must be taken up with the NRA. I took up the matter of the inaccuracies in the allocations for 2003, as shown in the appendix of the report, with the NRA yesterday but did not get much of a report on the reasons for them. The fact that a major national...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: The Senator should read theOfficial Report.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 May 2003)
Ulick Burke: We are not suggestingâ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: On numerous occasions in the past ten weeks I have asked the Leader to intercede on behalf of members of the farming community â particularly those who live on the west coast â who have suffered severe losses as a result of the ongoing strike. It is difficult to surmise the Department's position in regard to this matter and a serious situation has developed. We have seen senior officers...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: Will the Deputy Leader ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to come into the House to deal with yesterday's admission by the chief executive of the IDA of its failure to bring industry into the regions, particularly the BMW region? Various Members on this side of the House have requested a debate on the region and the failure of the Government to acknowledge that it has...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: That is PD policy.
- Seanad: Dublin Traffic Congestion: Motion. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: Is the Minister of State going to Europe?
- Seanad: Dublin Traffic Congestion: Motion. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: The Dublin Port Tunnel is the one thing about which the Senator is always complaining.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item on the Adjournment and the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, for being present. There is an urgent need for additional funding for service provision from the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, for the health boards and service providers for people with disabilities. It is important that the Minister realises that there is a...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: That is the road the Minister of State is going down.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: The Government is denying provision for those over the age of 18 years.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: What about the waiting lists?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: It is money they want, not facts.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: Have the letters been withdrawn?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: What about continuing education?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: Will the Minister of State comment on provision for those over the age of 18 years?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State. The Seanad adjourned at 8.30 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 12 June 2003.