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Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)

Ulick Burke: Everybody in the House is aware that few concerns bring communities together more than the proposal for the construction of a mast. Every public representative, both local and national, has been called to meetings in communities in his or her area because of concerns and objections to the proposal for the construction of a mast. People's concerns arise from fear of the inherent danger of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: Ireland prides itself at being at the forefront of the knowledge economy. This was a result of large investment in the area. The Minister for Education and Science, however, has failed to live up to this commitment. Last year only €2.3 million was spent on the upgrading and provision of IT facilities in schools. Some 10,000 computers in primary schools are in need of upgrading. At...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: It is an urgent case. While Minister after Minister promotes Ireland as being at the forefront of the knowledge economy, the Minister for Education and Science is failing in her duties to ensure it is.

Seanad: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item for discussion. What is happening in the Health Service Executive, HSE, western region in regard to providing for the needs of the elderly is nothing short of a scandal and it greatly discriminates against the elderly in the west. The failure of the HSE to rectify the position must be seen as a failure in the organising and carrying out of...

Seanad: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: In cases where a glaring inequity between one patient and another existed and equalisation measures are put in place, will retrospective compensation be given to those who were penalised by the system, particularly in the west?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I support calls for a debate on road safety. Many Members have mentioned target groups but one group has escaped the net in that regard, namely, the local authorities. It is alarming to see that the Health and Safety Authority has issued proceedings against 29 local authorities with regard to sections of the roads which are being repaired or realigned, etc. As long as local authorities...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: Will the Leader ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who also has a role to play, to advise local authorities that road safety is of the utmost importance, especially when so many road repairs are under way around the country?

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Register (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Minister of State might regret that.

Seanad: School Closures (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I thank Senator Kitt for sharing time. We have previously spoken on school transport difficulties regarding Seamount College, Kinvara. The suddenness and secrecy of this decision has shocked the community, the teaching staff, the board of management and parents. Today, the Department of Education and Science informed me of confidential negotiations between the trustees of the college and...

Seanad: School Closures (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: The figures used by the Department of Education and Science to date are, for want of a better word, questionable. I ask that the view of the local committee, which knows best about the population, intakes and projected figures in that catchment area for the future, be taken into account before any decision is taken to close the school. The figures at both ends of this stick are unreliable...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: One cannot ask the Taoiseach for clarity.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: Every ESB customer in the country faces energy cost increases of 20% form 1 January 2007. Last week we discussed the green paper on energy. Throughout that document we find the words "transparent" and "cost-effectiveness".

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I do. I have tried on five different occasions, through every method open to me, including a parliamentary question in the Dáil through a colleague, in debate here on numerous occasions, as recently as last Wednesday when I asked the Minister if he would provide details of a contract given to Tynagh Energy——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: Although it was debated, we were not answered. I want an answer now. It is a simple process. I ask the Acting Leader if we can have the details of a contract which states that 100% of the capacity of that generating station is to be paid for by the Government and the contract that was done for the ESB, while as little as 25% of that capacity might be used on any given day. That is what...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: It was not.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: On a point of order, the propriety of the Acting Leader's responses to Members today and the fact that he wrote them on the back of the Order Paper is proof that since no answers are given, this is a waste of time.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: He does not know the half of it.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I second the amendment. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Green Paper is aspirational and vague, and no costings are indicated, as Senator Finucane noted. While everybody understands the importance of the maintenance of security of supply, we must realise the crisis in Ireland with regard to future development. A few days before Christmas last year, we were in the amber...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: I am delighted the Senator recognises that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Ulick Burke: Will Senator Leyden resume his old campaign?