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Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this issue and the Minister of State, Deputy de Valera, for addressing it. I propose to share time with Senator Kitt.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: For the past seven years, there have been rumours about the replacement of the existing facilities at St. Brendan's Hospital, Loughrea, County Galway. In the recent past, it housed and provided facilities for some 220 patients. However, given that its buildings were old, with many narrow stairs and so on, health and safety concerns necessitated that, over the years, when patients vacated...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: To clear up the mess created by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: The mess was created by Fianna Fáil and was recognised as such.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: It is difficult to keep Fianna Fáil on that road.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to the House. I note that when the Minister, Deputy Roche, addressed the House, he complimented himself and this was repeated by Members from the side opposite throughout the debate.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I remind the Members opposite that as we speak, there are more than 50,000 on the housing lists. This situation will probably continue and worsen because more people are going onto the lists. I have some issues to highlight for the Minister of State. At this time of year, every year, the housing sections and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government know what the...

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (22 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (22 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I am in agreement with the statements of many Senators on the lists of feeder schools which were published yesterday and the farcical situation which has developed with regard to them. On close examination of the lists published yesterday in The Irish Times, I noted that one school which is known to me had a figure of 50% of its pupils going to third level institutions, despite the fact that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: ——and for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Anything the Minister can do to divert attention from these feeder lists which are a farcical exercise is to be welcomed. Certain schools are at the top of this so-called league, while being socially divisive at the same time by providing no facilities for people with special needs who are as entitled as anybody else to proper facilities...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: On numerous occasions over the past 12 months many Members from this side of the House have called for a debate on the Border, midlands and western region and the worsening imbalance in investment. The report published this week, Rural Ireland 2025 — Foresight Perspectives, endorses everything that has been said on this issue. Last week the Government compounded this imbalance with the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: A very urgent debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: "Romantic Ireland's dead and gone".

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: Dancing maidens, dream on.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: We have all become accustomed to hearing various Ministers using such terms in the course of their speeches as "rolling out" and "going forward". These phrases might mean something but in this instance it is a total contradiction of what they are actually doing. Earlier this year, 1,522 national schools were without access to the National Educational Psychological Service. At the end of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I am. I will finish on this point. Things are getting worse. We are told that recruitment will have to be subject to the availability of resources and the Government policy on public service numbers. What we can take from that is that we will get a worse service for those who are in greatest need in the education system. The Minister for Education and Science should come to the House to...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: Is that a promise?

Seanad: Departmental Properties. (16 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State and thank Senator Kitt for sharing time. I endorse what Senator Kitt has said. The rumour in east Galway as a result of statements by a particular councillor has brought uncertainty to the issue, particularly in the case of Tuam where the proposal to sell off six acres of land would eliminate the possibility of ever providing a much needed health facility in...

Seanad: Departmental Properties. (16 Nov 2005)

Ulick Burke: As the lands in Tuam are centrally located it is believed they will be used for speculative purposes. In Portumna, South East Galway Integrated Rural Development Limited has a plan for sheltered housing for people with great needs. I presume that a certain proportion of the lands at Ballinasloe will be sold for affordable housing. The spin put on the matter was that the Taoiseach directed...