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Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: My vote did not register.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I voted but it did not register.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I am notifying the Cathaoirleach now.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister and the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I am fully aware the Minister inherited a difficult situation in which many bridges were broken from previous occupants of her position. All those who were abused look to the Minister to confidently rebuild those bridges. I hope she has, through this legislation, set about the initial steps and will continue to address...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: This week and next week, the school bus fleet will be taken off the roads until next September. It is not long since the Members of this House, the media, parents, school boards of management and so on mourned the tragic loss of the children in Meath. Last week a school bus went on fire but luckily there were no children on board and a child remains in a critical condition after falling...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Indemnities) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: On behalf of Senator Feighan, I thank the Minister of State and officials from the Department for bringing this legislation forward. Senator Feighan was delighted to co-operate fully with the legislation and hopes its implementation will be speedy and effective.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: Yesterday I raised the issue of the National Roads Authority and its policy of opposition to every application to develop service stations along national motorways. This policy was published in the authority's annual report and confirmed on radio yesterday by the head of corporate affairs, Mr. Michael Egan. Today we have learned that the NRA has had discussions on the provision of six service...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: Over the years we have debated road deaths and carnage and their causes and all possible measures to improve road safety have been proposed. It is strange, therefore, that the National Roads Authority, NRA, has decided to object to the provision of off-road facilities on new road projects. It has joined groups like An Taisce, Dúchas and others, in objecting to improved infrastructure. The...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to the House. Is the Minister for Health and Children aware that in the funding allocation announced recently, no additional funding was provided for the Health Service Executive, western region, for children under the age of 12 years with special needs? All resources were allocated to adults. It is...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, to the House and wish her well. Although she has been in the House for many debates since she was appointed Minister for Education and Science, this is the first time she has brought legislation to the House. It is important for me to indicate at the outset that Fine Gael will co-operate fully with the Minister's attempts to steer this Bill through the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: Representative groups within the BMW region have made many calls for regional balance. The most recent came from the western bishops as part of the Western Development Commission. The gap between east and west is widening each day with regard to the provision of proper infrastructure, roads and public transport. It is galling to discover that there has been an underspend of €2 billion in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I ask for a debate and that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government come to the House and explains where the unspent €2 billion has gone.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: You will see a few of them yourself in Longford before too long.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: That is agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I will be brief. Yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government advertised for the appointment of consultants to once more examine the reliability, efficiency and accuracy of voting machines. Everyone in the country is well aware of the inefficiency, unreliability and the lack of secrecy inherent in the machines, which are already costing a great deal of money to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: The Leyden motion.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and the opportunity to contribute to the Bill. I cannot but remark on the body language of the Minister of State which is indicative of many of the sentiments behind the legislation. The Minister of State's comment last week in the Dáil that there was no opportunity to change disability legislation indicates it was resource-based from the start. The Government...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I accept that in the context of the timeframe involved. The Minister of State is in a straitjacket and must pursue the current policy.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Ulick Burke: I imagine he is not happy with that.