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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: It is 30 cent per day.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: What about the third broken promise?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Will they believe it?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and wish her great success in her portfolio. It must have been difficult for the Minister, in presenting her first Social Welfare Bill, to have to enter both Houses with her hands up – as described in sections of the media – following the announcement of a disappointing budget. The Minister said this year's social welfare package is a reflection of the...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: In view of the fact that there will be monitoring of all vehicles coming to this country, does the Minister envisage that huge numbers of personnel will have to be recruited to carry out these checks rather than putting the obligation on the commercial carriers, which we thought would be the case up to a few moments ago? Obviously this is a huge task. Given that the Minister's colleagues have...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Recently, 19 students were refused visas which would have enabled them to study at business and language schools here. At the same time, schools in Dublin such as Portobello College, the American College Dublin and the Dublin Business School, can freely accept students from the same international agency. Because these students want to study in the provinces, they are being denied access for...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I endorse the requests of Senators O'Toole and Kitt regarding the denial to 906 students of their junior certificates. Will the Leader impress upon the Minister the fact that, for many of the students concerned, this would be the only certification available to them? They are now officially classed as failures among their peer group. Will the Leader ask the Minister to forward the...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (19 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Perhaps I could beg the indulgence of the Leas-Chathaoirleach on this question to the Minister of State. It is entirely inappropriate for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to discriminate against legitimate students wishing to enter the country by denying them visa access. They come here through a proper internationally recognised agency and have free access to Dublin...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (19 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: They are being classed as illegal immigrants, which is not fair to a legitimate business opportunity. They came through an internationally recognised agency. The Minister should intercede as a matter of urgency so these groups are not so classified and denied access to this country.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (19 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: In practice, it is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader arrange an early debate with the Minister for Education and Science about the situation faced by many communities, parents, boards of management and students? The Minister has confirmed that only 12 national schools out of a total of 840 will be upgraded in the coming year. This is an indication of total disregard for the plight of students at primary level. It is now time for...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is high-handed, selfish and vindictive in the extreme of Senator Norris to rubbish any suggestion of any group that put a motion before the House—

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: He has often used the House for his own selfish interests and has done so in a manner—

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is vindictive in the extreme of Senator Norris—

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: —and, to a lesser extent, Senator Ryan to advance this opinion.

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: I second the motion. I am glad the House is showing cross-party interest in this subject. I sternly disagree with the people who rubbished this motion earlier today. The IRFU is a national organisation and is responsible for fostering games on a 32 county basis. While I am conscious that all sporting organisations are suspicious when politicians involve themselves in debates concerning the...

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: —and Ciaran Fitzgerald, who captained Ireland. They all came up through the ranks and represented Connacht. If this IRFU proposal goes through, it will end the aspirations of many young people now involved at youth and school level who want, first and foremost, to represent their province and later their country. That parallels the aspiration of people who play Gaelic football or hurling to...

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: This is outrageous. He is picking up where his colleague left off.

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Senator is missing the point.

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.