Results 481-500 of 3,551 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch in 'Dáil debates'

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister seems to be bringing us all around the House on this matter. He is going from 2009 to 1999 and 1997. We are well aware that when Deputy Howlin was the Minister in 1997 substantial changes were made, which were subsequently diluted and diminished by his successor, the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, when a whole range of provisions that would have facilitated electoral control...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Perhaps it has got something to do with the Litter Pollution Act 1997.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: On a point of information, I believe the incident can be viewed on the "Youtube" website.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Is he getting to the punch line?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the amendment and the move to the census reports. However, the issue of the link between the personal public service number, PPSN, registration system and the register of electors must be attended to, because the register of electors and the census figures for given areas are showing great disparities throughout the country. In some cases, there are more people on the register of...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, line 1, to delete "50" and substitute "182". On behalf of the Labour Party, I moved a Private Members' Bill more than one year ago on the issue of electoral spending. Earlier in his address, I note the Minister mentioned and gave credit to the Labour Party as the party which has consistently called for this move and that it has been a driving force on this...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: There is no legal difficulty with the amendments, nor do problems arise in the context of retrospection. While I accept this is new legislation and its implementation in the coming months will give rise to difficulties, it is in the nature of legislation that minor difficulties and anomalies will emerge. The fundamental principle arising from the amendments is whether the Minister is...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, line 2, to delete "60" and substitute "365".

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The principle behind section 4 is setting a timeline for election spending. After listening to the previous speaker, I am at a loss as to the direction in which this debate is proceeding. My colleagues in the Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government agreed that election spending should be measured and limited. Various suggestions were made regarding methodologies...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, before section 9, to insert the following new section: "9.—The Schedule to the Act of 1999 is amended in paragraph 1(a) by the insertion after "disseminating such advertising" of "and in this paragraph, 'advertising' in the case of advertising in any newspaper or other periodical publication means advertising in a publication which was first published...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister for his response. I am sure he will acknowledge that any of the amendments moved today were not prescriptive in tone, with the possible exception of the one on which we called a vote. The amendment does not seek to assist the Minister, but rather candidates in the field. We have all been candidates at one stage or another, and surely will be again when the next general...

Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: A report was brought before the Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this week which shows that in excess of 3,000 affordable homes are currently vacant and unsold. Committee members were told that this figure is expected to increase to more than 4,000 by the end of the year. There are many reasons for this, one of which is the downturn in the housing market....

Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I will come to the question on legislation presently.

Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The valuers are putting the value of these properties at less than the prices sought by local authorities. In the context of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, which is currently on Second Stage in this House, does the Minister intend to bring forward amendments that will facilitate a situation whereby local authorities can go back to developers and renegotiate costs in order...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: On the same point, perhaps we could recycle the e-voting machines into tags for tax exiles?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: There are ongoing reports that 4,000, if not 6,000, affordable homes will be vacant by the end of this year. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is before the House. I understand the Minister's Department is drafting no further amendments to the Bill. Given that this problem will develop further over the year, will the Government consider the introduction of emergency legislation...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to finish the point.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, it depends on how one defines a housing crisis. We had a housing crisis——

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: ——as far as the Government was concerned, when house prices were dropping.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: If I can continue, I will remain in order.