Results 401-420 of 3,550 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch in 'Dáil debates'
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Some 60% of the total number ofââ.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State should speak through the Chair rather than to me.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Without mentioning Tallaght.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I suggest the Minister should implement it.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: The Government is not even enforcing the current legislation.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: It took four years to get rid of bed-sits.
- Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: Thousands of bed-sits still have outside toilets.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the Minister's response on this matter. The Labour Party will withdraw the amendment. I commend the Minister for the consideration he gave to the amendment as presented by Deputy Tuffy and for taking on board its intent.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 5: In page 20, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: "15.âIt shall be a function of each local authority to prepare and make available to the public without charge accurate and up to date maps of the local electoral areas within the functional area of the authority.". This concerns a simple day to day aspect of the efficient management of elections and local...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: One could write about this matter to local authorities until the cows come home because, in the absence of legislation, there is no directive or direction. The Minister is correct when he states there is no legislative function. The amendment in question proposes to put a legislative function in place. It is also about accuracy. If people walk into their franchise office or local post...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: The Labour Party will withdraw the amendment. While I take on board the issue raised by the Minister with regard to legal standing, there is an issue of good practice. The Labour Party would be happy to withdraw the amendment if the Minister were to give an assurance to the House that this is a matterââ
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: In withdrawing the amendment, can I ask the Minister of Stateââ
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: In that case, I withdraw the amendment.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2008)
Ciarán Lynch: At the beginning of this debate, the whole area of how the drafting process works and the formation of electoral commissions was questioned. One of the issues we need to consider in future, and Limerick is a case in point, is that when the commission brings its report before us, it is a fait accompli. The Labour Party argues that there needs to be a draft process whereby the commission...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Tomorrow morning every man, woman and child in this country will wake up owning this bank as a result of the decision we are making today. Every child born tomorrow may also be inheriting the liabilities and costs of this decision. How we have come to own this bank may never be known, because of the way business is being conducted in the House today. Like many people watching this debate,...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I will deal with the amendment. This has to do with the inspection regime and I will not be too much longer.
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: This is not the type of banking that most people in this country are familiar with. Returning to the amendment, this is the reason we need an assessor and a regulator for this area. The type of bank with which most people are familiar is one with a lot of customers who have loans. This bank had very few customers and a lot of loans which makes it unique in the banking sector. With this...
- Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second and Subsequent Stages (27 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I hoped, when putting my notes together this evening, that the Minister would be in the Chamber for this debate. It is unfortunate he is not here given the debacle of his two earlier appointments to the PRTB and the similarity of the situation in which we now find ourselves. The Minister of State is proposing this evening to introduce retrospective legislation. We are going down the...
- (27 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: In reference to the Minister's remarks, it is almost a common occurrence that every week emergency legislation goes through the House in one fashion or another, whether a residency or banking Bill. The difficulty with crisis-driven legislation is that it may lead to further crises. For the Minister's benefit I will note some issues he and his departmental staff may make note of. Earlier in...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: This arises from an undertaking which the Taoiseach made here yesterday in response to my question, that he would provide the information to me. I have it here. He said, "I shall have to get more details before I can respond fully to Deputy Gilmore". He then gave me an estimate for what 100,000 people unemployed would mean, in terms of social welfare payments. I want to ask the Taoiseach...