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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: —is contagious from the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is, a Chathaoirligh. Emerging from all this confusion, the building unit of the Department of Education and Children has been replaced by an emergency response unit. This morning a full list of schools was published. The clock is being turned back by at least a decade and we will see the re-emergence of the shanty towns around the schools of Ireland. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: We are now providing resources for the establishment of prefabricated schools which, over the years, Fianna Fáil Ministers have indicated— (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: We are welcoming that time once more and it is a retrograde step. I ask that the Minister come to the House and declare once and for all, without any further confusion, what his policy is and not allow it to be dictated, as today's newspapers suggest, by the cumanns and the various constituencies. He should come to the House as a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Nobody can find them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: A new twist.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I support the requests from various Members on this side of the House for an immediate statement from the Minister for Education and Science to indicate whether he is going to take responsibility for the area of education and this particular matter. I know that on the other side of the House, behind the Leader, there are dissenting voices in regard to what the Minister and the Government are...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: They are everywhere. They are sitting behind the Minister in the Dáil as well. When we brought a motion before the House last October, the Minister stated that he was reintroducing fees in order to refinance access for the disadvantaged to education. A week or two later the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Coughlan, withdrew the back to education allowances. Thankfully,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I want to raise another matter. I ask the Leader to request the Minister to come before the House to clear up the position in respect of this matter, once and for all, in order that we can know where we stand. I hope we do not return to a situation where covenants will be allowed. It is the old scapegoat. We abolish fees at a certain level and then introduce covenants—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to come before the House as a matter of urgency? Over the years the Department of Lands acquired lands for forestry at ridiculously low prices from various people who had commonage and other lands. In some cases, Coillte is now offering some of this land for sale at exorbitant prices. The Minister should direct...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: That is a new dimension to Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is seldom the Department of Health and Children receives an offer of $4 million. The latter is a rare occurrence. In light of the current crisis in health, will the Leader intervene with the Minister for Health and Children and Comhairle na nOspidéal and seek a response in respect of this matter? Professor Patrick Kelly has, for three years, been waiting for a response from the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is important that the Minister, despite all his difficulties, should extract a speedy response from his officials and Comhairle na nOspidéal, furnish it to the House and not deny people in the west services any longer.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Neither do members of the public.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Deputy McGuinness might not say that. Order of Business agreed to.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill 2003: Second Stage. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill 2003: Second Stage. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for stopping Senator Leyden in his tracks before he could pursue that line again. While I welcome the Minister of State, I regret the Minister had to leave. As in the case of undertakings given in the case of the company in Kilkenny which has been mentioned frequently, similar, less forthcoming undertakings were given with regard to another company. It is ironic that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: In Fianna Fáil terms that will be reinterpreted to mean—

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: And the Minister of State, Deputy Aylward.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Ulick Burke: Who needs a spin doctor when one has Senator Leyden?