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Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: I join Senators O'Meara and Ormonde in requesting an early debate on the annual ESRI survey on school leavers. It is a frightening indictment of Government inactivity in this area that 68% of the students who leave school without a qualification are without a job one year later, at a time when we have a booming economy. For students who leave with a junior certificate, the jobless figure...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: An independent voice.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. Everybody welcomes improvements in the education system, which provide children with an opportunity to improve their lot. Earlier on the Order of Business, I again raised an education issue, which is the failure of more than 1,000 children to transfer from primary to second level education...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: All I ask is that the Minister would clarify the position definitively. She provided these figures in reply to parliamentary questions tabled in the Lower House in recent weeks.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Minister provided this figures to Members in the Lower House. She should provide the definitive, true and accurate figures so that people will not be misled further on class sizes. Everybody welcomes the improvement in special needs provision, particularly the appointment of additional resource teachers and personal assistants. Most schools are in receipt of such support, although a...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Wait until the election.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: He was also everything in between.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Off to the AGM again.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader speak with the Minister for Transport, as a matter of urgency, regarding his proposal to contract out the appointment of a group of testers to expedite the backlog of driving test applications? I recently met a delegation of people from the west who are involved in testing. They have grave concerns about the Minister contracting out such appointments to people who have no...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and I congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him well in his new brief, which he has taken up at an important time. Energy provision is at crisis point. IBEC's recent report outlined its concerns about Ireland's production methods and its dependency on oil importation. I support Senator MacSharry regarding energy availability. Nothing is being done to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Another task force.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: In the past week many local authority tenants have received notice of rent increases. This increase is savage, particularly for those in receipt of social welfare. Old-age pensioners have received an increase of approximately €14 per week. Three constituents of mine have received notice of an €11 per week increase in their rent on top of increases in charges for refuse and water services...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: I want the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, to come to the House and justify why he is allowed to take back the money that was given in what was supposedly the most generous budget in the history of the country.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Ulick Burke: I understand the reason for the Minister's outbursts given that his colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, has decided he will not allow an incinerator to be built in Ringsend in his Dublin constituency.