Results 2,121-2,140 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Therefore, it was greater in 1997.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "Aware of the real difficulties that parents of children with special educational needs face in accessing resources or assistance for their children; âgravely concerned at the application of the weighted system for resources from next September, which means that children with borderline or mild...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Not a single step has been taken by the Government to achieve that target in the three years which have passed since the promise was made even though, for the first time in many years, there are many qualified primary school teachers available to work. There are 1,600 trainee teachers in the training colleges at present. Some 400 unqualified teachers are teaching in our schools. I would like...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Approximately â¬3.162 billion, or 4.7% of gross domestic product, was spent on education in Ireland in 1997. The Estimates for 2005 have indicated that â¬7.21 billion, or 4.6% of GDP, will be spent on education in this country this year. How can the Minister guarantee the public, including Senators and members of the teaching unions whom she met recently, that she expects and will deliver...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: She cannot do so. I would like to refer to the cases of two small rural schools in County Galway which are about to lose a few students. I ask the Minister to do something about the schools' problems as an act of goodwill. A three-teacher school that has 49 students will be downgraded and will lose a teacher. If a larger school's enrolment drops to 179 students, it will lose other teachers....
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: I will. The two schools will lose teachers in the coming years if the Minister does not use her discretion to give the schools an advantage for a few years, thereby ensuring they do not lose out. If they lose teachers, the pupil-teacher ratio will be 29:1 in the case of Dunmore national school and 26:1 in the case of Lavally national school.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: It is unacceptable that schools which have disadvantaged students will be affected in such a manner.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: The Senator had enough time.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Only to some special needs pupils.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: So it is a selective response.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: One would have to respond to that.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: The Senator is at it again.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Senator Minihan is getting "McDowellitis".
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Not for all. Provision is selective as the Senator has admitted here tonight.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: The Progressive Democrats Party goes along with it.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Three years on and nothing to show for it.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: We will wait to see if there are any resources available.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Let others go without.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: The Minister got such a soft reception at the teachers' conferences she is being carried away.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Ulick Burke: Tell the truth, some will have to go without.