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

Ulick Burke: Those officers have been withdrawn.

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

Ulick Burke: We are bottom of the league.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The court decision two days ago in regard to students with dyslexia is welcome because it highlights once again this Government's lack of concern about people with special needs. Traditionally, people with special needs were given an advantage at examinations. They were given special attention to help them through examinations on medical or educational grounds. The fact the Department has...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I hope the Minister will reconsider going to a further court to reverse that decision and provide support for people with special needs rather than highlighting it again in the courts. Let us consider this Government's history on special needs. The first Disability Bill was withdrawn. On the second Bill the Government fought tooth and nail to deny the rights of those people in all areas,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I ask that the Minister come to this House and explain why she supports such an idea.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Comhairle na nOspidéal report on neurosurgical services in Ireland was released yesterday under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and its contents will be viewed with alarm throughout the country. Professor Ciaran Bolger described such services as a mess and said people were dying unnecessarily as a result. Worse than this, for the people of the west, the report states it is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: A person from Cork suggested the provision of such services in Galway would encroach on Cork's catchment area and this indicates catchment area is deemed of greater importance in the health service than the provision of facilities to deserving people. The report should be published and a debate held on it immediately. We have a two-tier service, best described as "the west versus the rest"....

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: It does not sting.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: She has done nothing about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: She has done nothing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Yesterday, The Irish Times published a comprehensive listing, on a county by county basis, of the main feeder schools to third level institutes and universities throughout the country. The fee-paying schools, particularly those in Dublin, were on top of the list, which demonstrates the imbalance that exists. A hidden factor in the statistics is that many of the fee-paying schools do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Whose decision is that?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Shame.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Senator can speak for himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator referring to public or private nursing homes?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Every day, one reads in the national newspapers or sees on television that health specialists encourage active lives and lifestyles for young people. However, in the past three years, a crisis has developed within schools, and in particular within national schools, in which the authorities who try to run them are obliged to fundraise for all items, including cleaning, water charges, hygiene,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Members have tried to have a debate with the Minister in attendance on this matter on numerous occasions. However, she has not appeared before the House to debate education for a long time. The Leader should invite the Minister before the House in order that Members can discuss the crisis that now emanates from many fronts in education.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: It would be the first time the Senator faced competition in his own constituency.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: I already have a constituency.