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Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I ask the Leader to ask the Tánaiste to come to the House to debate the question of food costs, particularly the charging mechanisms of the major supermarket groupings. Last week, a representative of Tesco said it had the highest profits in the world from its Irish outlets. Yesterday, Londis said it had 10% gross profit from its outlets here. All of these profits are made on the backs of...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs. (28 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with it. St. Colman's national school, Corofin, Cummer, Tuam, County Galway, has an enrolment of 190 children and has been clustered for many years with four other national schools for learning support services. The current learning support teacher is based in Belclare...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs. (28 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Not in Corofin.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs. (28 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: There is no clarification in that response.

Seanad: Disabilities Bill: Motion. (28 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I second and am delighted to support the Labour Party motion. The delivery of rights-based disability legislation has been debated time and again in both Houses. On numerous occasions we have seen people outside the gates coming to demand action. The Government Chief Whip listed the Government's legislative programme on 29 September 2003 clearly outlining the Bills expected to be published....

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Are we to get spin doctoring from the Department of Agriculture and Food, similar to that provided by the Department of Education and Science? If that is the content of it, cancel the printing immediately. As Senator Callanan should know, the greatest fall in income in agriculture is in dairying sector. The decline in income from dairying was 23%. The current exodus from dairying is causing...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: There is a fair old crowd on the fence now.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Government has certainly abandoned many of its positions.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: There has not been a farming policy for the past seven years.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Ask Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: They are looking for a scapegoat.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alyward. In his concluding remarks the Minister of State said "we are on the threshold of a new era", but I am not sure that it is a new era for agriculture. How prepared are we for this new era? In the past two decades we have survived under Fianna Fáil Ministers for Agriculture and Food who had no policy or indication of a policy for any aspect of...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: If the Minister for Agriculture and Food was to provide leadership to the staff in Agriculture House to formulate policies of real substance to the people who work the land, then I am sure we would not say we are on the threshold of a new era but we would be en route to a progressive agricultural policy, which we have not had for the past ten years or so. That is fact — ask any farmer. When...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator jealous?

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Does he regret that? We are entitled to it and it is no thanks to a Fianna Fáil led Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: Through Senator Leyden's name and shame campaign.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: I support my colleague, Senator Brian Hayes, and Senator O'Toole on their request that the Minister for Education and Science come into the House and explain his actions over the past couple of days. The Leader of the House is aware, from her own experience in the run-up to the last general election, of the importance and the effect of ministerial letters. However, when it consists of a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: We all welcome the improvements in infrastructure, particularly in roads throughout the country. However, it has gone too far when one of the most important world heritage centres is being decimated by road development. This is the case with Ardsallagh, Tara and the Boyne Valley. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or the Minister for Transport should come before...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Ulick Burke: First edition.