Results 681-700 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: The Minister did not stay long.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: I am pleased to have an opportunity to support the Labour Party motion before the House. When one considers the senselessness and severity of what the Minister has done in the case of the Christmas bonus it suggests that the Government does not realise the implication of the measure. The Minister, Deputy Hanafin, stated on 27 October 2008: Even with the challenging budgetary situation, the...
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: Fair enough. The Minister is putting it in context now. She is admitting that the elderly and those in need will pay for her mistakes.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: If it was a priority for the Government last October, why is it a necessity to impose cuts on those vulnerable people?
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: In 1955 a predecessor of the Minister, the late Minister, Mr. Moran, was the first to introduce a double payment at Christmas time, albeit for a selective group. If the Minister can tell social welfare recipients, especially old age pensioners, that times are worse now than in 1955 then the Government has failed to tell the public how deep is the recession. The Minister for Finance has made...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: That was part of the spend-free budget.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: It might not be long.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: The Deputy passed a few bodies lately.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: Wait until after the next one.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: They are afraid of her.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: I wish to share time with Deputy Joe Carey.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: If one was to accept Deputy O'Rourke's claim of a 20% increase in the social welfare budget, one would imagine it applied to every social welfare allowance. Deputy O'Rourke, however, has not recognised the significant increases in unemployment rates across the country. The greater proportion of the budget increase, other than the 3.8% provided in the October budget, is going towards...
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: Hit the elderly again.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: It is extremely difficult to listen in silence to what the Minister is saying.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: The easy option.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: The Minister's attitude is typically dismissive.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: Or three months.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: The bankers could be included in that category.
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)
Ulick Burke: There were no pensioners among them.