Results 1,841-1,860 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: It will be some time before Roscommon achieves that. A group of parents are protesting outside of the gates of Leinster House to highlight the failure by Minister for Education and Science to deliver the necessary funding for the maintenance of St. Catherine's school for children with autism. Given that this is a pre-school facility which prepares children for integration into mainstream...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage. (21 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: I welcome Deputy Brennan to the House and I welcome many of the provisions of the Bill before us. It is a substantial piece of legislation and great change will follow from its implementation. Has the Minister any indication of the costs of changing the names of the allowances? New application forms and supporting documentation will have to be changed as a result of this proposal. Does the...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time. I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome many aspects of the Finance Bill and the last budget, in so far as they have reduced the PAYE burden, as well as the tax take in general. In that regard, is it possible to find some mechanism for people who have overpaid their tax? I refer to those who are not particularly vigilant and are not...
- Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley. The matter concerns the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to intervene with the western health executive to appoint a school dentist in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, where there are 24 national schools in the area without a dental service for the past...
- Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: Will the posts be advertised?
- Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: So an appointment will be made.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: Yesterday the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children declared the accident and emergency department crisis a "national emergency", having had two years to rectify the problem. In tandem with her statement yesterday, consultants were appointed to review acute hospital services in the west and mid-west, particularly in smaller hospitals. Professor Drumm, the head of the HSE, maintains...
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: That is what the Senator just said though.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: The Senator did not say that at the time.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: The Senator would.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: I could not resist.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: Stop. That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: We must censure this immediately.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: They sell an animal for â¬5 and Senator Quinn gets â¬15.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: The Senator did not do badly out of it.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: It is a long time since the Senator took a trip down to a farm.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: There will be no core soon.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: That is when the prices will really go up.
- Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)
Ulick Burke: What about Greencore?