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Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Is the Minister satisfied with that?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: That is not the point.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Minister does not want to listen to us saying that, does she?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Was the Minister happy with that decision?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: On a point of information, his studies are ongoing. That is the kind of person he is.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Does the Minister not believe in excellence?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: I hate to interrupt the Minister—

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: —but she spent more money promoting farm assist last year. That money would have allowed everybody in the scheme to continue.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is a fact.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: And the back-to-education allowance.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Minister uses the words "at the moment". Is she considering a change?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Three years is too late for many of those participating.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: I thank Senator Browne for sharing his time. I support the Labour Party motion. The Minister for Health and Children's speech was provocative and will anger most people who will read and analyse it. The jargon he used shows how out of touch he is. His recent actions indicate that his hands are tied, perhaps because he is being constrained by the Minister for Finance. We have been told on many...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: It is obvious that it is being revised at his request.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Many people in the health sector, particularly those involved in the delivery of medical services and in hospital management boards, are terrified about the contents of the report. I ask the Minister, in the context of the great tension that exists with regard to the report, which will have been revised because of its political sensitivities, to publish it as soon as it is available.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: Who is the Senator pointing the finger at?

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Senator has enough spin doctors to do that.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: The Government dropped it.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: It shows our failure.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to attend the House to debate the withdrawal of the back to education allowance scheme. Last year more than 3,600 people benefited from the scheme, but they are now unsure if they will be able to complete their studies. The withdrawal of the scheme is at variance with the express wishes of the Minister for Education...