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

Ulick Burke: This Government will not give back what it took off them today —€6,000 per annum.

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

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I acknowledge that many aspects of the budget were welcome in that they were corrective of what was done a year ago. While Senator Wilson wildly embraces many aspects of the budget, the reality is that many of the measures in it merely compensate for the cutbacks made last year and the many stealth taxes imposed in the intervening period. The increased...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is totally unacceptable that up to 20,000 people have had to pay in the region of €6,500 per annum to be maintained in long-stay care places. They had to sell their family homes and now the Tánaiste and the Government is offering them a sop of €2,000.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I will do that because it is important that we do not dismiss this as Senator Minihan did.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: The sort of argument he offered is the reason so many elderly people have been officially robbed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: Senator Kitt was a member of a health board and both he and the chairperson stood by the decision over the years.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: For the information of the House, the footnote refers to section 107 in subsection (6) and to section 107(3) in subsection (8).

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: A footnote to that amendment refers to section 109(3) in subsection (1).

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I support the call for a debate on Northern Ireland with the Taoiseach as soon as possible. Will the Leader ask the Taoiseach to bring the SDLP centre stage once more? The party is the moderate voice of Nationalists in Northern Ireland and it has been central to the peace process from the beginning. It is important that its voice is heard again as we approach the final step. The Taoiseach...

Seanad: Schools Refurbishment. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking this matter on the need for the Minister for Education and Science to approve the selected tender for the extension and refurbishment at Moyglass national school, Loughrea, County Galway, because the school has waited for more than five years for works to commence. Moyglass national school has two teachers and 37 pupils....

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: When the Minister advertises for nominations from community and interest groups, would it be more appropriate that such nominations should be made to him by these groups so that he could then make the appointments with due caution rather than adopting the modus operandi he proposes? A Minister should not put himself or herself in that position and it would be much fairer if the groups knew...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: Has the Minister been stabbed?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is dangerous ground.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: Senator Ó Murchú stated the Minister is passionate about most of his deliberations on this Bill. I would agree with him and I know his reason. Why is it necessary to allay fears? Everything I see permeating through sections of the Bill clearly indicates that the Minister will take on board more and more of the decisions. It is good that there is a board, representing the Minister's nominees...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: The criterion "having regard to" would come into play in that instance.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: The ones closest to his heart.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: They were prioritised.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendment No. 37 is an alternative to amendments Nos. 38 to 40, inclusive, and amendment No. 53 is consequential. Therefore, amendments Nos. 37 to 40, inclusive, and amendment No. 53 may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Dec 2004)

Ulick Burke: As amendment No. 37 has been agreed, amendments Nos. 38, 39 and 40 cannot be moved.