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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I endorse the call by many colleagues for a debate on the health services but for a different reason. The Health Service Executive, HSE, is seeking a review of funding of more than â¬500 million for what are termed front-line services, comprising primary care, community care and continuing care, on the basis of value for money. If front-line services are affected to this extent, what will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: What about returning to Roscommon for the Senator's next stop?
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, my seconder, and all those Senators who have contributed to this debate. It is unfortunate that the Government has failed to address the real problems of education today. While the Minister of State says we are having a revolution in primary schools, with fewer pupils in classes of 30 or more, the sad reality is that we have more than 101,000...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item and I thank the Minister of State for taking it in the House. In a debate earlier I mentioned the slow pace of progress in dealing with applications from national schools throughout the country and the response from the Department of Education and Science, particularly the planning section. I instanced the case of Killimor national school,...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I am delighted the Senator is saying it.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: The Senator was not listening.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: That is only aspirational. The Minister said it. The Senator should quote the Minister.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Senator Minihan has doubts about that.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: It only goes back to 1997.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: After 20 years waiting.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: It has not become much clearer since.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Nil.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I move: That Seanad Ãireann, noting that: the physical condition of many schools is poor, yet the delivery of new classrooms and buildings proceeds at a snail's pace; 30% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds have serious reading problems, three times the national average; 110,000 primary schoolchildren are in classes of 30 or more, with 10,000 of these children in classes of 35 and up,...
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Reducing class size requires substantial investment. We know from OECD reports that Ireland's expenditure on education, at 4.5% of GDP, is the second lowest of 30 OECD countries. This figure is indicative of our lack of commitment to primary education. In recent years, we have repeatedly argued that failure to invest in primary education will result in children being lost forever. Every...
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I will conclude shortly and hand over to my colleague, Senator Browne. The position regarding the National Educational Psychological Service â NEPS â is a sorry one. I will give two examples, one from Dublin and another from Galway, to allow the Minister of State to judge the gravity of the problem. The position as regards early childhood services at the Brothers of Charity service in...
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: It is argued that parents can secure services privately. One cannot get access to private services. Last year, the parents of a child in Dublin who is waiting for an appointment to see an ophthalmic paediatrician and a psychiatrist had to pay â¬3,310 to have a private assessment of the child carried out. This year, they expect to pay â¬4,500 to access the service. Is this the type of...
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Did it hurt?
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Will Senator Fitzgerald be the hangman?
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: On a point of order, the amendment has nine scattered issues.