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Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 33 to 37, inclusive, 43 to 46, inclusive, and 49 are related and may be taken together by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: They are all going to Tesco.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: There is more property for sale now.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendment Nos. 14, 53 and 61 are cognate and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Is the Senator agreeing to the amendment?

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendment No. 17 is out of order, as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendments Nos. 18, 20 to 26, inclusive, and 31 are consequential on amendments Nos. 19, 29 and 30, and are related. Therefore, amendments Nos. 18 to 26, inclusive, 29, 30 and 31 may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: The Senator may raise the point when we deal with the section.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: It has already been discussed with amendment No. 18.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Minister, can you comment on amendment No. 25?

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: The Senator can raise that point when we discuss the section.

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Committee Stage (Resumed). (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: Amendment No. 28 is consequential on amendment No. 27 and these amendments may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Ulick Burke: The findings of a report on mental health in Irish prisons were published recently. They are a shocking indictment of our system and how we care for people with mental illness. If a homeless person suffering from a mental illness comes to the attention of gardaí, he or she is, despite being in distress and in need of treatment, taken to a prison instead of to a mental institution for proper...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I support Senator Bradford's call for an amendment to the Order of Business. It is important to have the Minister for Agriculture and Food here because, since we joined the EU, no agriculture Minister representing Ireland has presided over the demise of an Irish agricultural industry. This is the oldest Irish industrial process relating to agriculture. As Senator Kitt said, we know what...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I am. Will the Leader reconcile the current attitude of the Government to the Irish Ferries workers with its total opposition last year, with three other countries, to a European directive which would have guaranteed ferry workers proper conditions and pay as Europeans?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: Indeed. Last week and the week before, he said he was helpless. He was criticised by his own members for his stance on the matter and now the Government is changing course. However, the sad reality is that it opposed the conditions Irish workers could have today if the directive was implemented.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: It is important that the Leader ask whoever was responsible and represented the Government during these discussions to declare why that stance was taken on that occasion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: And the farmers.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: Senator Callanan should tell that to the sugar beet growers.