Results 261-280 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Having listened to the debate on this amendment, I accept the sincerity of Deputy Cowley. He is sincere about anything to which he puts his mind. However, although I accept the spirit of his amendment, I am not certain I agree with the introduction of a separate medical card for people with disabilities. I am concerned that it would be regarded as segregating the disabled even further. It is...

Written Answers — Horse Breeding: Horse Breeding (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed at the recent Teagasc national breeding conference that Ireland's traditional workhorse, the Irish draught, is in danger of becoming extinct; if she will take steps to ensure the continuation of this breed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17384/05]

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Has the Minister written a cheque recently?

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: When will the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 come before the House?

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: When will Second Stage be taken?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: While this section addresses complaints on assessment or service statements regarding matters including delays, time periods and how and by whom matters are arranged, it does not address content. Amendment No. 99, which provides that the content of an assessment be open to complaint, encapsulates the proper intent of this section. Assessment and liaison officers occasionally will be cranky or...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: When it is completed. Deputies merely put forward arguments on behalf of others who desperately depend on them to do so. The Minister of State is telling people with disabilities to trust him. I am sure they ask themselves why they should. This is an opportunity to convince them.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Where is it?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: We know it will be spent but will it be sufficient?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: If the Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, were over here he would hound us out of office on this Bill.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Trust me.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: When an appeal is made to an appeals officer about the adequacy of the content of the assessment, will the appeals officer have to take resources and availability into account? This Bill leads me to believe this will be the case. Bearing in mind the Minister of State's reference to the meeting between himself, his officials, the Taoiseach and the DLCG, how many groups are left in the process?...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It is probably the Basque country.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 99: In page 17, to delete lines 16 to 18 and substitute the following: "(b) the contents of the assessment;". Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 105: In page 17, to delete lines 28 to 32. This amendment seeks the deletion of section 14(2) which makes this entire section irrelevant. Subsection (2) reads: A complaint under subsection (1) shall be made by the applicant concerned or a person referred to in section 9(2) as soon as reasonably may be after the cause of the complaint has arisen and in any case within such...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 109: In page 17, line 40, after "shall" to insert "within 7 days". This amendment proposes to tidy up. I recognise that people who have a disability need the flexibility to be able to put together a cogent case for an appeal. If the executive or the person in receipt of the complaint is not to investigate, I do not understand the reason there should be a delay. My...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I will withdraw amendment No. 109. I had mislaid the Government amendments but have been reading them. I will withdraw amendment No. 109 in favour of the Minister of State's which I feel is reasonable and worthwhile. It is important that we tie down timeframes. Regarding the appeals system, I want flexibility, but where possible we should be careful not to let things drift. We should ensure...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I am withdrawing amendment No. 109 in favour of that of the Minister of State which is close enough to doing what I ask.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 114: In page 18, line 45, after "person" to insert "has or".

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 116: In page 18, to delete lines 48 to 51 and in page 19, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: "(c) if the report contains a finding that the contents of the assessment are inadequate, a recommendation that the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive cause the assessment or a specified part of it to be amended or to be carried out as directed by...