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Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the amendment seconded? If it not, it will fall.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I call Senator Dooley. The Senator must formally second the amendment if he wishes to speak on it.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (31 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Therefore, the amendment falls and there can be no further debate on it.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2004 [[i]Certified Money Bill[/i]]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I support the amendment on the basis that it is time some recognition was given to those who have given a lifetime of commitment to our national games. The commitment that GAA players must give to their sports is very serious and their livelihood often comes second, with family life coming last. There must be some recognition for that. We are not asking for anything on a par with...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I support Senator Cummins's amendment. I remind the Minister for Social and Family Affairs that this is not the first time widows have been targeted and been made beggars of. I assume the Department of Finance is responsible for the predicament faced by the Minister today. The Department has levied serious inheritance tax on widows in the past. Many widows had to dispose of their property to...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: That is the reasoning behind the cuts.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: The Government had beggared a population.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: They must flee the home to survive.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: He did not cut their entitlements.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: They could at least live on it.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: We are getting some of Senator Dardis's deceit.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator hoping for a change of mind?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Is the party listening to them?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Who wanted to close them down?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Pay the widows.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader request the Minister for Health and Children to attend the House to discuss the recently published strategy plan by the Mental Health Commission? The plan indicates clearly that there has been a failure to implement the Mental Health Act 2001. Up to 3,000 patients are involuntarily admitted to mental institutions annually because there has been a steady decline in resourcing...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (23 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: It is republicanism gone wrong.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (23 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: That was the policy only when Fianna Fáil was in opposition.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (23 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coughlan. She said in her statement she is proud of the commitment to fostering an inclusive society. If this particular Social Welfare Bill is her contribution to an inclusive society, what about the 16 cutbacks included in it? Considering any one of them, or all together, if this is what inclusiveness amounts to in the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (23 Mar 2004)

Ulick Burke: Senator Cox might not understand this because of her urban background. However, I remind her that if she wants to be facetious, as she can be, she should return to her statement in the 2002 election when she told people if they needed support for elderly people they should go elsewhere, as these people would die anyway. Subsequently, she was silent for the rest of the campaign and that is why...