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Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: They would not be misrepresented.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Will the Minister not campaign?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children to the House to debate the issue of health insurance. Yesterday, VHI Healthcare clearly stated that it would allow the company to go bankrupt rather than charge increases in premia next September. The Health Insurance Agency has a duty to recognise the difficulties faced by VHI Healthcare compared with the other health insurance...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The other side is very tetchy this morning.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 30 and 31 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 2 and 7 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is out of order.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Yes.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 6, 22 and 23 are related. Amendment No. 22 is consequential on amendment No. 23 and these amendments may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, amendments Nos. 13 to 18, inclusive and amendment No. 21 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator trying to justify the practice?

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State. The measure is disappointing in its treatment of Irish producers and packers of potatoes. Growers and packers already have licence numbers and their products are quality guaranteed. No matter how the Department legislates for the identification of imported foreign products, we cannot have the same confidence in such products. In the next few weeks, imports of...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: That is a pity. There is no indication that we have the capacity or willingness to scrutinise the origins and traceability of imported products, particularly food products, with which we are competing and probably will have to compete with to a greater degree in the future.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Government is not doing so.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Féile Bia was pushed into it. The Minister of State is misrepresenting what happened.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: What chance do I have?

Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 103, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked upon as the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is easily known there is an election in the offing.