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Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: I am dealing with the disbursements plan to which the Minister referred and I beg the indulgence of the Acting Chairman. The proposed subsection (2)(b) states that the plan must be prepared in a form and manner in accordance with any guidelines and directions that may be issued by the Minister. Can the Minister reconcile that provision with a statement made by the Minister for Finance in the...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Government got away with it for seven years.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: On a point of order, will the Minister examine the record pertaining to when he last dealt with this item in this House to see what he said at the time——

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: ——and how it contradicts with his last statement? It is unbelievable that the Minister can turn this on its head within such a short period.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: For as long as.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: He created a few more.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Minister has always done that.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Minister——

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: We heard this.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Minister should quote himself and not mind Deputy McGinley, who is not in the House.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The majority was spent in his own constituency in west Galway.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: I brought them in and showed them to the Minister——

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: ——in the House under those circumstances.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Minister takes exception to that suggestion.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: On what the Minister said with regard to the fairness with which he will deal with all representations to him, I remind him of what he said in the House. At, Official Report, 7 April 2004, vol. 176, col. 276, he said: It is only a short time ago that Senator Ulick Burke was strongly critical in the House of the proposals of the Government to change the governance of the dormant accounts. He...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: In the run up to the last abortion referendum in 2002, much play was made of the fact that substantial resources, personnel and expertise would be put in place to help people with crisis pregnancies. In recent days, at least two women, and probably many more, have resorted to backstreet abortions. This is another clear example of the failure to implement the promises made then of support...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Ulick Burke: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 103, it is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question, "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked upon as the report of the Dáil amendments to the Seanad. For Senators' convenience, I...