Results 741-760 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage except in the case of a proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on it. Each amendment must be seconded on Report Stage.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the amendment seconded? If it not, it will fall.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I call Senator Dooley. The Senator must formally second the amendment if he wishes to speak on it.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Therefore, the amendment falls and there can be no further debate on it.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I congratulate the Minister for Health and Children on his determination in seeing this legislation through. It is welcomed by many people. The various interest groups which raised difficulties in recent months have come to realise that there is widespread public support for the banning of smoking in public places. There is particularly strong support for the banning of smoking in licensed...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Senator did not get very far.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, to the House in view of the fact that during the week Teagasc, at its seminar in the midlands on rural development and rural decline, indicated the serious situation in regard to agriculture and the declining income from agriculture. In the 1990s, 14% of the population was solely dependent on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: People prided themselves on the application of the three Rs in education. A survey on education today in the Irish Independent highlights the plague of the three Ds, drink, drugs and Deputy Noel Dempsey, the Minister for Education and Science. We have invited the Minister to the Seanad to outline his policies to deal with the problems in education, many of which he has exacerbated by...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Education and Science to review the allocation of teachers on post-leaving certificate courses? PLCs have provided an important opportunity to many people from disadvantaged backgrounds to re-enter the education system or engage in training. It is of the utmost importance that such courses should be retrained. Under the new allocation, many of the courses...

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: : The Minister certainly got away with a great deal.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The proof is here in my hands.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I will and I hope the Minister will wait to listen to me unlike the last day.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: On a point of order, a Chathaoirligh, the Minister stated that he was not present in the House when I spoke on the last occasion. He walked out but I was here.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The record shows that. Stop avoiding the issues.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Read the record. Do not be selective.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Minister did not read the letter. The same letter was sent to his colleague. I have it here and his reply.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: There was no skulduggery.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Arrogance.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: With the permission of the Chair, I will reply to those points.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is there a mirror for the Minister?