Results 1,081-1,100 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: When the Minister of State replied, she may not have understood that we are only seeking a change. The Bill already involves, in addition to the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Education and Science, the Minister for Health and Children and potentially the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. A situation could arise where consent is required from all four Ministers. A...
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: Senator Fitzgerald is splitting hairs.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: What about the record? For how long must children wait?
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: It is not likely to happen.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: The Senator should tell that to parents in Counties Donegal or Kerry.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: Some 5,000 children have been denied assessment and are still waiting.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: That is unlikely.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: He has given a good example.
- Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: There are thousands of children for whom funding for special educational needs is required. Over the years many backbenchers, Ministers of State and some Ministers in the area of education and in other areas have been crying out for the required funding. As Senators McCarthy and O'Toole said, the Minister for Finance has held the reins tightly, as is his prerogative. The best legislation in...
- Seanad: Barron Report: Statements. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: It is proposed to allow Senator Jim Walsh to speak for 15 minutes as he was a member of the Sub-Committee on the Barron Report. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: The Minister has it all.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: That is what the Minister claims. Who has the say in that case?
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: It is very hard to listen to that.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: Is the Minister open to suggestions?
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: Now we are getting to the kernel of the matter.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: The Minister certainly has, and reaped the rewards.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: What is that?
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: The Senator should keep going. He is hitting the nail on the head.
- Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)
Ulick Burke: Regarding the disbursements plan, can the Minister reconcile what is stated in the proposed section 42(2)(b) of the principal Actââ