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

Ulick Burke: Why did the Minister withdraw the first-time buyer's grant?

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

Ulick Burke: It could be done by keeping the developers on site.

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

Ulick Burke: Not much.

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

Ulick Burke: Dream on.

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

Ulick Burke: They did it and the Minister's Department stopped it.

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

Ulick Burke: The Minister will just have to take it even if he does not want to.

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

Ulick Burke: Is there funding available?

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

Ulick Burke: Is there funding?

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

Ulick Burke: Why is the Minister changing it?

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

Ulick Burke: The Minister should take his medicine.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader get definitive clarification from the Minister for Finance as to his intention to cut the number of public service staff by 5,000 as indicated in the budget? Will she point out to the Minister the crisis in education where up to 40,000 primary school pupils are being taught by untrained teachers? A freeze on appointments indicates that rather than the promised reduction in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: There is an urgent need for clarification on this matter and I would appreciate the Leader's obtaining from the Minister the information I seek.

Seanad: National Spatial Strategy: Statements. (5 Dec 2002)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State. As a man from the western half of the country, I hope he understands the necessity to implement the strategy. The document is rich in aspiration but the timing of its launch is unfortunate. It was held back and postponed by the previous Minister because he feared fallout in regard to popularity. There would have been an onus on him to identify the hub and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader make time available and ensure the attendance of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform for a debate on the Garda annual report which highlights our alarming crime statistics? The Minister said he was concerned about the 83% increase in the incidence of assault and the 81% increase in sexual crimes. If Members of the Oireachtas allow this report to pass without...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: The third matter I wish to raise relates to flooding and compensation. Six years ago £2 million was supposed to have been provided for flood relief in south Galway—

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: I support the call for a debate on flood relief. Six years on and the money has not been spent in south Galway. That is not fair and we want the issue of compensation investigated.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: It has not been spent.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: It came from the Minister for Education and Science.

Seanad: Report on Immigration Policy: Statements. (27 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: That is not a point of order, Senator, and it is not in order to refer to the absence of other Members.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Nov 2002)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader indicate—