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Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Following the publication several weeks ago of a Comhairle na nOspidéal report on neurosurgical services, it became clear there was to be the continuation of only two units in the country. Galway was not to have a unit. The report claimed the provision of a third unit would impinge on the viability of the other two. However, the report makes the best case possible in support of the...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: With regard to transport, the helipad and telemedicine, it will take €11.5 million in capital costs to provide helicopter transport and €4.1 million running costs per annum, making a total of more than €15 million. That sum would resource a three consultant unit in Galway. The HSE is part of a situation in which the west does not count. The composition of that committee was biased in...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The committee ignored the terms of reference it was given.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: What does that mean?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: In the past few years road safety has been foremost in all our minds and has been debated on numerous occasions in the House. The responsibility for road safety falls in large part on the Garda Síochána. One of today's newspapers reports a worrying statistic that 2,013 vehicles driven by gardaí have been involved in accidents in recent years, resulting in large compensation claims...

Seanad: Home-School Liaison Scheme. (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I apologise for my late arrival. I believed the previous business was to conclude at 8 o'clock. My motion refers to the need for the Minister for Education and Science to rescind her decision to withdraw the home-school-community liaison scheme at St. Brigid's vocational school, Loughrea, County Galway, from September 2007. St. Brigid's vocational school is one of the largest rural...

Seanad: Home-School Liaison Scheme. (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Is the Minister of State indicating the home-school liaison service at the school in question will not be renewed after September 2007?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is well for some.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Senator should keep going.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Up the trees.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Did Senator White make a promise?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The tail is wagging again.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: On several occasions over recent months, I have asked the Minister for Education and Science to intervene, as a matter of urgency, in what was described in The Irish Times today by a former principal of Newpark comprehensive school as enclaves of segregation in Dublin schools. The failure of the Minister to intervene to ensure equity within the education system at secondary level will return...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Since last August, sections of the media have established mock league tables but the many schools which offer equality in education are being overlooked in the media's focus on feeder schools for third level institutions. That is unfair and the Minister must intervene to reintroduce equality to education.

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: They are being withdrawn everywhere.

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, to the House in the absence of the Minister for Finance. To say the Estimates as presented are of any significant importance is overkill in so far as most people say this is a book exercise delivering figures and their meaning. If this is the sum total of the Government's intentions for the coming year, it is a retrograde step. The...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I appreciate the Chair's indulgence and will be very brief. Throughout the country, especially in County Galway, we are told there are many projects for improvement in water and sewerage infrastructure. At the same time, IDA Ireland says it cannot provide jobs in a particular area because it lacks the infrastructure. Although, we are told by Government public representatives that there is...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: We are bottom of the league.

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Class sizes have increased.

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Home-school-community liaison officers have been withdrawn.