Results 1,401-1,420 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: When she came into the House the Minister said it was aspirational to have reduced class sizes. They have got worse in some cases.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: A few of the partners are opting out.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: That is the problem. The Government does not know how to break through the logjam.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I think 1997 is stuck in the Senator's brain. He cannot get beyond that.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: It is a pity they did not deal with the issue of class size.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Every principal must fund-raise to keep his or her school operating.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: The Senator will have to go to his constituency and meet the people on the doorsteps.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: The Government was forced to do it through legislation.
- Seanad: Education System: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: They make promises and renege on them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: I agree with Senator Ross about the underlying trend that has begun in terms of job losses. Everybody here is genuinely concerned about the job losses in Nenagh and in Limerick. This is an ongoing issue. In parallel to the manufacturing and service industries, many people have lost sight of the fact that the agriculture sector has been losing jobs at the rate of 10% per annum. This is a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Senator White is usurping ministerial and Cathaoirleach functions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: She did not get to ageism yet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: When will we hear chapter 2?
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: There have been no closures in County Tipperary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: The World Health Organisation report on the state of nation's children has generated many headlines over recent days in the media and much attention in the other House, but a serious comment on the education system in Ireland is hidden in the text. According to the report, 10% of children aged ten years and over exceed the 20-day limit for missed school days, at which point educational...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: Obviously, Senator Mansergh does not live in the west.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)
Ulick Burke: There are only site visits; there are no jobs.
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)
Ulick Burke: I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy but I point out that amendment No. 14 has not yet been discussed. We will come to it.
- Seanad: Learning to Teach Report: Statements. (27 Feb 2007)
Ulick Burke: In any event, the Minister has done nothing since. Although three reports have been produced in the period from 1995 to the present that have urged and demanded a proper review and assessment of the modern needs of teacher training, nothing was done by either the Department of Education of Science or successive predecessors of the Minister. When one considers the report's foreword by the...
- Seanad: Learning to Teach Report: Statements. (27 Feb 2007)
Ulick Burke: That coloured the outcome.