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Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State. Few towns have suffered so badly in recent employment history as Ballinasloe. It is regrettable that as far back as two and a half years ago the Tánaiste established a task force representative of all the agencies and said Ballinasloe would become an industrial development priority for the future. Two and a half years on, no commitment from any Government...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: We have heard it all before.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: What will the Government do?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: They are all located in Galway, where the Minister told people to go to get jobs.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: We have heard it all before. This is what I feared.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: In 25 years it did not create a single job. That is its record.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: Promises again.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: We have been listening to this for two and a half years. I am disappointed that the Minister of State has lent himself to this statement.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (29 Jan 2003)

Ulick Burke: There is no job creation in the town.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: We will get them in the scrum.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to indicate his plans for funding for people with intellectual and physical disabilities because it is becoming more apparent that the agencies charged with the responsibility of delivering services, either on a voluntary or statutory basis, are cutting back by making staff redundant or withdrawing services because...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: Has Senator Mansergh forgotten who abolished rates?

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate, but I regret that the Minister is not present. He stated earlier: "In a democratic society legislation is the foundation for action in the interests of the common good." In the past, his Department produced documents entitled, Better Local Government and Changing our Ways. The public has responded to a great extent to requests for change...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: That is what I said earlier. I said in the Minister's absence that if the contents of this Bill were being put into practice by his Department, we would willing accept it but that is not the case in many instances. In the last two days, a transport carrier brought a consignment of goods from Northern Ireland to Cork. On the return journey to the North, the licensed carrier took on board a...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister's acceptance that it is not in order.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: All I am asking the Minister to do is to get the EPA to report. If, as the Minister said, it is widespread, he should make it a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: I am asking the Minister to verify that this was legal. There is serious concern about the use of nitrates, particularly by the agriculture sector. The Minister expressed the wish that the country be treated as one unit in terms of measures which he hopes will be introduced in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Food in regard to the use of nitrates. Most experienced...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: However, most of the recent reports on the quality of water indicate that where there are private group water schemes, the quality of water on average is far better than that in many outdated public water systems. Will the Minister differentiate the different areas of the country with regard to nitrate usage? This Bill which implements an EU directive is important. However, when I see the...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Senator is trying very hard.