Results 741-760 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: I thank Deputy Enright for sharing time. I am pleased to have an opportunity to say a few words on this important motion. Week after week, throughout the country, we hear announcements of job losses. The Government has shown itself to be helpless to take action to stem the tide of unemployment and job losses. In addition to the Minister and the Government, the agencies charged with the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions which have taken place with her regarding the top up scheme to allow jobless people retain their jobseeker's assistance while working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9136/09]
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage. (5 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: I welcome this Bill. When we consider the number of housing-related Bills we have had over the last three or four decades we might expect that the end product would update the many shortfalls exposed in a practical manner as a result of this Bill. Unfortunately I cannot see much improvement in many areas, welcome though many of the Bill's provisions are. Given that the Minister of State is...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to reduce the teacher-pupil ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Galway despite having the required retention number on 30 September 2008; if his attention was drawn to the effect this would have on the delivery of the high quality of education at the school at present; and if he will make a...
- Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: Deputy Fahey is being provocative.
- Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: It is a failure.
- Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: I wish to share time with Deputy Seymour Crawford.
- Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: Last evening the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, introduced Second Stage of this Bill by stating that the Bill was needed "to allow the State, through the National Pensions Reserve Fund, to invest in Allied Irish Bank and the Bank of Ireland under the terms of the recapitalisation programme announced on 11 February." One of the first reasons outlined was that the State would not...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Mar 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will consult with CIÃ and ask for a reduction of the cost of school transport to be implemented before the start of the 2009-10 school year in view of the 33% reduction in the cost of fuel, then stated as the reason for the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8980/09]
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: The Minister is ignoring them.
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: The children are being discarded.
- Adult Literacy. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in reducing the level of restricted literacy to between 10% and 15% by 2016 following the commitment made in 2007, and without measurable indicators; the progress that has been made in achieving this target; the level of funding that has been provided to achieve this target; the progress beyond...
- Adult Literacy. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but the figures he read out indicate that there is a natural reduction in expenditure per capita on adult literacy. We know from the 1997 OECD survey that 25% of the population is at the lowest literacy level. The Government has indicated that there has been an improvement in the relevant figure. It now claims that a reduced number of people â...
- Adult Literacy. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: How can it be measured?
- Adult Literacy. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: The Minister of State claims to have prioritised adult literacy. The overall expenditure plans for 2009 provide for a fund of â¬420.5 million for further education and adult education and a fund of â¬43.6 million for special initiatives in adult education. From which of these funds will adult literacy be funded?
- Adult Literacy. (26 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: From which fund is the provision being made?
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (24 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has reallocated funds originally ring-fenced for the swimming pool at Loughrea, County Galway as a public private partnership; if the project as originally proposed will not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7457/09]
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (24 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, as a result of his recent announcement of delayed staged payments of the farm waste management grants, he will pay interest costs to farmers who will lose out as a result of this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7458/09]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision he will make for special needs pupils who have lost out following his recent cuts at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Feb 2009)
Ulick Burke: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will direct that an audit of the accounts in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo be undertaken for the period from 2000 to date in 2009. [7091/09]