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- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Tandems.
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: It is a bit rich to get sensitive about being called a liar.
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: This is probably the most unequal and unjust budget I have seen in my time in this House. We know the reasons for this. A widow under 66 years of age will lose â¬8 from her payment. I have never understood why younger widows are discriminated against in this way. My sister was widowed at the age of 34 and left with six children. Why was she not entitled to the household packages, when...
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: -----and 24 hours a day. To tackle the deep inequality in this country we must convince working-class people that they are as good as anyone else and should not accept the type of treatment the Government has meted out to them. They are not there to go to work when times are good to sustain the economy. They are worth far more than that. Their children are as good as anyone else's...
- Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: On behalf of Deputy Rabbitte and the Labour Party I thank the Minister for accepting what are reasonable amendments that clarify the position and give some security to people coming forward. We accept there is always the danger of vexatious reporting but people must be secure in the knowledge that if they legitimately suspect corruption they can report it and are secure as a result of these...
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Card carrying members.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Divine intervention.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Gogarty is a novice.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: It is very hard.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: And we are not?
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: He is suffering from sleep deprivation.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: What has the Minister against widows? Widows have been always treated badly in this country.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Why pay a third child more?
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Minister's reasoning. I just wanted to hear it.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Which defeats the purpose of the measures.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: I listened to the speech of the Minister for Social Protection. Those of us who know the Minister accept that he has a certain degree of sympathy for people who are underprivileged and marginalised. However, in this instance, he has lost the battle to protect those people. I was more than surprised. I know this is not the budget the Minister would like to have seen, but it is the budget...
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: It is this Government's budget.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: It is not like the Minister to get nasty.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: Smash and grab.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)
Kathleen Lynch: I spoke on the budget and on the Social Welfare Bill and now we have the final piece of the jigsaw that will deal with the immediate cuts that will come into effect as a result of the mismanagement of the economy. We could speak all day about the issues but every time a member of the Government stands up to speak, he tells us about the international crisis and the banking crisis. The last...