Results 61-80 of 3,623 for speaker:Ulick Burke

School Staffing (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: It is wrong for the Minister to say a post of responsibility is an advancement in pay and opportunity. She is rejecting the valuable work that was done by post holders over the years, which was an integral part of the operation of the schools. We talk of the importance of liaison between the school and the home but that is dead, gone, finished. How can the Minister justify this kind of change?

School Staffing (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Tánaiste should not load it.

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Minister is inconsistent because she is introducing legislation that will regularise the employment of untrained teachers while at the same time she says it is her Department's policy not to employ any untrained teachers. I ask her to clarify her intentions in this regard. Have whole-school evaluations been conducted in any of the schools employing untrained teachers? If so, there...

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: They are not teachers.

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Minister is undermining the Teaching Council.

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Minister should instruct them.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (4 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this Bill in terms of its many amendments to existing legislation. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak to a number of them in the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, given his association with the Department of Health and Children. The provisions in regard to alcohol and the practice of the sale of alcohol are important in...

Irish Language Strategy (3 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: Tacaím leis an scéim chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn ach sa Teach seo, cuireadh deireadh leis na ranganna a bhí ar siúl do Theachtaí, do Sheanadóirí agus do dhaoine atá ag obair anseo. Chuir Gaeleagras ar bun iad agus cuireadh deireadh leis na ranganna ag deireadh mhí Iúil. Níl na ranganna ar fáil anois. An féidir leis an Aire a rá leis an Teach cén fáth?

Irish Language Strategy (3 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: Tá brón mór orm nach bhfuil na ranganna Gaeilge le fáil. Nach bhfuil sé suimiúil go bhfuil ranganna Fraincíse ar fáil sa Teach nuair nach bhfuil ranganna Gaeilge ann?

Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: I support Deputy Shortall's request for a review of this scheme. I had the case of a young girl on jobseeker's allowance who fell four weeks short of the time criteria for qualifying for the back to education scheme. She was accepted, however, into the first year of a nursing course but was denied the back to education allowance. She appealed the decision and continued to participate in...

Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Minister's Department is making it difficult to get on the scheme.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their single farm payment and area aid grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39533/10]

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: The Deputy has changed his tack since then.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Fine Gael Deputies have repeatedly argued in this debate that a growth and jobs plan must be introduced in parallel with a fiscal plan for recovery. It is difficult to create jobs in the current environment. Many companies have gone out of business owing to the burden of rates and service charges. To ensure local authorities do not seek court orders against employers or developers, the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new school (details supplied) as the local board of management has provided a site as the present school is overcrowded, on a restricted site, with health risks for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39420/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for the delay in carrying out works at Ballinasloe, County Galway to alleviate the danger of flooding for residents, especially in the Derrymullen and Ashfield areas, which were prioritised in February 2010 and has not yet started; the funds already spent in Ballinasloe flood alleviation to date by the local Council; and if he will...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the final report on the south Galway drainage be launched; if he will outline the main proposals of this report as there is great concern that floods may return without any alleviation works being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39419/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of works carried out in the village of Abbey, Loghrea, County Galway to alleviate the danger of flooding in the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39424/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons, at a time when flood alleviation is of primary concern throughout the country, the OPW have deposited several hundred tons of rock into the bed of river (details supplied) at the request of Inland Fisheries Ireland, at a section of the river where flooding has reportedly occurred on the main road at this point; if he will accept that...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Ulick Burke: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to indicate when the three vacant consultants positions at a hospital (details supplied) will be filled; if the funding for these positions will be provided; if she will confirm the filing of these positions at the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39412/10]