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Seanad: Schools Building Programme. (27 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: Given the current climate, when the Minister of State says "the earliest date", is he indicating it will be before the end of May?

Seanad: Schools Building Programme. (27 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Senator showed scant regard during his time in that office.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: As far as Colombia.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I support my colleagues who have called on the NRA to take immediate action to provide safety alert mechanisms for our national motorways, bearing in mind the incident that occurred today. It is unacceptable that roadways are being built throughout the country without proper and complete planning. Although the emergency services were on hand very quickly today, which is a credit to all...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister and her officials for introducing this Bill, which has been widely acknowledged as important. I hope it will give balance to the situations which arise within schools. The Minister has stated her wish to introduce root and branch reform. Some roots have been certainly established through this Bill. Other roots will also have to be planted in the future, as will...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 28, to delete "relevant." and substitute the following: "relevant, and where an appeals committee finds that a school has acted— (i) properly, in terms of notifying the student and his or her parent or parents at each step of the process towards sanction, (ii) reasonably, in terms of taking the final decision to sanction the student, and (iii) in...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: Does the Secretary General not have the privilege of extending it if he or she so requests?

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: The Minister may have forgotten to deal with one matter. I welcome her comments on the question of an independent appeals board not comprising personnel within the Department. I accept fully the professionalism of the people chosen, the high esteem in which are held and their capacity to do the job, but as representatives of the Department of Education and Science, they obviously would have...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I am not surprised.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: The record shows that has not been the case.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: They should be.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: We recently discovered that.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (22 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: That is the basis of my amendments. Situations like that would never arise again.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: Senator Norris, without interruption.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I would ask Senator Norris to stick with the amendments and leave aside Joyce.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: Likewise, I asked the Tánaiste to restrain himself.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I wonder whether the Senator should withdraw that unparliamentary remark.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister to the House and I also welcome the Bill. Most people directly and indirectly involved in education are pleased that measures are being brought forward to help lighten the burden on teachers, who are the everyday practitioners in education, and on pupils who wish to work without hindrance in a school environment. At a time when almost everyone avails of second-level...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Ulick Burke: We have disappointed the Senator.