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- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister. The insurance industry has brought about and lobbied for a substantial change in the law. We have a situation where insurance companies still make substantial profits from premiums and we have not seen a significant reduction in insurance premiums over the years. There have been many changes, including the abolition of juries, the changes of procedures in courts and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: I am very impressed by the presentations that have been made here in respect of the children's hospital by people who do not know what they are talking about. This project began in 2007 but the wrong site was identified because politics was played with it. The Mater Hospital site was chosen but An Bord Pleanála refused to grant planning permission.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The former leader of Fianna Fáil, Bertie Ahern, appeared on a radio programme on Sunday last and Conor Lenihan, a former Deputy, was also in the public domain claiming that this Government changed the location of the hospital. That is not correct. An Bord Pleanála set out the reasons that the hospital could not be built on the Mater site. Let us get that clear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: Let us get that clear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: I know that the Senators do not like to hear-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The Senators do not like to hear the truth.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The second issue-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The second issue is that the planning permission refusal happened in February 2012.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: Planning permission was refused in February 2012. Planning permission for the new hospital was granted in April 2016. In that period, the plans were drawn up and the bill of quantities was sent out to the builders to enable them to quote. However, the minute detail was not set out because it would have taken 12 months to facilitate this. I wish to give Senators an idea of the scale of...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: This hospital will be the length of Grafton Street.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: This hospital will be the length of Grafton Street.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The cost of building a hotel bedroom is €120,000.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: I know I am over time but I want to get the truth out.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: A new hospital being built in Ontario is costing €1.608 billion-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The Senators should check the costings on this and stop trying to delay the project.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: Fianna Fáil wasted five years on the Mater site. It wasted five years on the wrong site.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: It was the wrong place and that Government took the wrong decision.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: All of the information is available. The Senator needs to stop giving out false information.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: There is no spin, just facts.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Colm Burke: The Senator should check the facts.