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Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: We have heard that before.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Where is the evidence?

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Not for primary schools.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: The Senator is in a different world.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Diverse is the word. There is no water nor are there proper toilets in some schools.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Now we are getting it.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Another promise.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: There is another one in The Irish Times.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: We have had enough.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Into the corridors and cloakrooms.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: That was evident in the budget.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: There was no queue jumping.

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Ministers of State, Deputies Brian Lenihan and Síle de Valera, for their presence. I thank my colleagues in the Fine Gael Party and the other Senators who spoke. It is an important debate and I hope that by moving this motion we can in some way help to make progress in what is an appalling situation for children and parents also. The Minister of State, Deputy Síle de Valera,...

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: That type of activity was duplicated so many times around the country, and we were all victims of that deception. We do not want the Minister of State simply telling us and the parents that she has a list of 400 schools on a website. We want the Minister of State to be full and frank with the boards of management of schools and to give them some guidelines as to when work will start. Nothing...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader arrange for an urgent debate with the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, following the announcement today of the pending abolition of the Western Development Commission? There was a severe cut in funding for the Western Development Commission in the Estimates from €6.35 million to €2 million. From an appraisal of its history in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I am calling for an urgent debate. Will the Leader communicate with the Minister for Social and Family Affairs regarding to today's announcement of what is an additional mini-budget for many people? The Minister proposes that people will have to be unemployed for five years before they will be able receive the important back to work allowance which previously encouraged people to return to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: That is double speak.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: He is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: What is the Senator suggesting?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this legislation, the purpose of which is to amend Part V of the original Act. Many of us remember the bullishness of the Minister's predecessor in pushing through legislation which, according to advice from all quarters, not necessarily the Opposition, was unworkable. It is a pity the Minister had to inherit such a disaster. It is...