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Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2005)

Ulick Burke: That is what the Government said when the Tuam factory was closed.

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2005)

Ulick Burke: On behalf of Fine Gael I support the motion proposed by Senators Coonan and Browne. The disarray that is discernible on the Government side of the House is unbelievable. Senator Callanan warned against delay which might jeopardise the future of the industry and, in effect, said to get on with it and do it fast, that Carlow was over. Senator Moylan said it was being done too hastily and we...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2005)

Ulick Burke: I remind Senator Moylan that at the time of these closures, his party politicised the situation to the ultimate degree. It actually recruited the Archbishop of Tuam and dragged him to Government Buildings when he was quite unable to come in order to emphasise how much of a crime the closure was for the west of Ireland. So it was because the jobs that were, and are, in the sugar factories...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2005)

Ulick Burke: I fully empathise with the difficult task the Minister has in fighting for the retention of the quotas and the industry in Ireland. I fully support her and encourage her to do everything possible on this particular issue. However, today it is Carlow and, like Senator Phelan, I believe Mallow is next. That will be the end of the sugar industry in Ireland which was put together by people who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Ulick Burke: The EU yesterday published a report on poverty which showed the living standards and incomes of people in Ireland. It noted that 23% of the population of Ireland are at risk of poverty and that 9% are consistently poor. Among the latter are listed single parents and their families as well as children, and the frightening statistic revealed is that health, food, clothing and heating were the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Cathaoirleach must have noted that when a Government Bill is presented here it is seldom that so few Members support it.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is relevant but the Cathaoirleach must remain at a distance from it. Only one or two Members on the Government side came in to the House today to support this legislation because most Members on that side do not support it. The rest will vote on it and disappear because this legislation will hurt. They have got the message on the ground and are hiding this afternoon. It is a pity. This...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: We will come to that. That is all they have. Does the €2,000 that is to be paid to those concerned represent a first instalment? Let us consider the years from 2001. For 80% of the pensioners, it amounted to IR£80 in 2001, €104 in 2002, €117 in 2003, and €120 in 2004. Senator Leyden should not make a big deal out of that. If one only pays back €2,000, there is still an outstanding...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: If that is your only defence, you should have gone home like the rest of them.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: Some 20,000 people had illegal deductions taken from them. All that is on offer today is €2,000. The remainder is an illegal debt. Let the Minister put the shoe on the other foot and imagine that people had been overpaid social welfare benefits. The Department of Social and Family Affairs would insist that it all be paid back quickly. Why are the demands of the voiceless to have the illegal...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: If he plans to do so, he is more of a hypocrite than I thought.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I qualified it with "if".

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: We might yet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: We are a long way from that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I endorse what Senator Kitt said concerning the EPA report on the quality of our drinking water. It is particularly noticeable that the worst problems are in the BMW region, including counties Sligo, Cavan, Leitrim and Mayo. That clearly indicates that the infrastructural funding that was promised for the west to upgrade group and public water schemes has failed to materialise. I ask the...

Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I wish to share my time with Senator Kitt.

Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I wish to highlight the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to indicate her Department's plans for the Bon Secours hospital, formerly the Grove Hospital, in Tuam. It was purchased by the Western Health Board over five years ago and is now lying abandoned. Will she indicate whether plans submitted by the health board have been approved by her Department?...

Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: What does all that mean? It is the same response.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I thank Senator Kitt for sharing time with me. I wholeheartedly support his proposal. I raised this issue approximately two years ago, and Senator Kitt shared time with me on that occasion too. This time around, it is important to highlight the fact that, in previous years, when anything was attempted regarding an upgrade of the school at Cahergal, the expansion of the site was the stumbling...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is contagious.