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Seanad: Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Second Stage. (9 Dec 2003)

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

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements. (10 Dec 2003)

Ulick Burke: Lord, deliver us.

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements. (10 Dec 2003)

Ulick Burke: Did the Government lose the spin?

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements. (10 Dec 2003)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and welcome the debate as a preamble to legislation. Until Senator Ó Murchú's contribution, I thought the Minister was open to consultation. Then I heard Senator Ó Murchú's comments about a culture in which newspaper editors send reporters out to get a story at all costs and to bring back a sensational one, probably written before arrival at their...

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements. (10 Dec 2003)

Ulick Burke: Indeed, it was. The same sentiment was there to a lesser extent in 2002 and indulging in it fattened the Government of the day. No one in this House can deny that had a bearing on the outcome of the election in favour of the Government at the time. Let us clarify some points. One cannot have one's loaf and eat it, although that belief was emanating from the other side of the House today.

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements. (10 Dec 2003)

Ulick Burke: There is an important task to be done and that is a very serious responsibility for the Minister who must bring clarity to the situation. At the symposium on freedom of expression last week in Trinity College he noted that "growing attention was being paid to the right of freedom of expression and the responsibilities that flow from the exercise of that right." That is a very important...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: Since we last met the Minister for Education and Science has directed the inspectorate in his Department to adopt an investigative role in that he directed it to check schools on 23 December to see which teachers were present. As a former Minister of Education, the Leader would have valued the advisory and supportive role of the inspectorate at all times. It was a complete departure from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: I am. The Minister has questioned the examinations process. He has called in what heretofore would have been termed the partners in education. He has now told the teachers they are no longer to be at the front of the class. Where are they to go?

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: At one stage, the Minister wanted to ensure teachers were in class and now he does not want them to stand in front of the class. The Minister's credibility is fading quickly. He should come to the House to outline his vision, if he has any, for education.

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the discussion on this NDA report. It is very important that we discuss it. However, we are discussing it at the first sitting of 2004 and it is a pity that we did not deal with it during 2003, which was the year of people with disabilities. I have two great concerns. As a member of the Western Health Board over several years, I know that tremendous...

Seanad: Recognition of the Irish Language: Motion. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir Higgins as ucht cúpla noiméid a thabhairt dom. Tá náire orainn go léir nach mbaintear úsáid as an Ghaeilge níos minice sa Teach seo agus sa Dáil. In a way it is hypocritical of us all as parliamentarians in both Houses to ask for Irish to be recognised as an official language at European level, because we have made very little use of it. It was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader request the Minister for Health and Children to review his position regarding the Hanly report? The British Health Secretary recently made a statement which contradicts the view of our Minister that major centres of excellence are the best way to deliver an adequate health service. He said that biggest is not best and, having realised the mistake they made in the delivery of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: I hope the Leader will ensure there will be a debate on crime and the failure of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to do anything but twist the figures, such as those he presented last week.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern. This is an important Bill, but I wish to qualify my remarks by saying that previous departmental funding for upgrading private group water schemes was very welcome. Prior to the provision of such funding some older group schemes were not working effectively due to leaks and so on and this funding ensured people were provided with quality...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: For the time being.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Senator never gives up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: What kind of sports?

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is appreciated by those in Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: As the preparations for the State examinations come around again, students, parents and teachers are concerned that the Department of Education and Science does not have sufficient examiners to conduct the oral Irish examinations. The shortfall in numbers has never been as great as this year. This is a consequence of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Dempsey's, continuous...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is his only vision.