Results 521-540 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Exactly. That group was running a parallel investigation. My information is that it did not speak to any of the multiples or to Aldi or Lidl. It simply put a basket of goods together. Deputy O'Connor spoke earlier and I feel slightly car sick after the journey, given that he has been everywhere in the country with regard to his position on the grocery trade. I have a background in groceries...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes, but with Ryanair we can get there easily. This Bill is not about the protection of consumers, it is about letting the market rip. It is an outrageous stroke when this is an area the Minister did not need to tackle. He should be increasing the labour inspectorate with a view to the protection of workers, but that would cost the Department money. Who would see that money spent? One cannot...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (1 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in facilitating private sector players in the freight market here. [3109/06]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to increase bus licence fees; and the reason he has not done so in view of the huge commercial value of same. [3108/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of children with diabetes being treated by the paediatric diabetes unit at the Cork University Hospital has risen from 120 patients in 2002 to a current level of 207; the extra resources which have been given to the unit to cope with that extra demand; her views...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (2 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in the application for repatriation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3499/06]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the calls by the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of Dublin to regularise the status of asylum seekers who have been five years or more in the asylum process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3561/06]

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: When will the national strategy on diabetes be published? It has been on the Minister for Health and Children's desk for a considerable length of time.

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a strategy report.

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (7 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State, at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries instigated by or on behalf of his Department; the element of these costs which have been recovered from any of the other parties involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4084/06]

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (7 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the complement of labour inspectors will be sufficient to ensure compliance with the legal duty on employers prescribed in the new Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, in addition to the range of duties already undertaken by the labour inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (7 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason payment of the mobility allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been discontinued. [3824/06]

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a simple question. Where?

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: No.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The Taoiseach has been misled by his brother, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It should be good as it took five years to build.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: So the Taoiseach has decided to sell them.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if officials from his Department and the Department of Agriculture and Food have finished preparing the national strategy for rural development; if the strategy is ready to be agreed and formally adopted; the process in regard to the development of a national programme for rural development once the strategy is...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will commission the new comprehensive drugs prevalence survey in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4443/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to address continuing concerns regarding reported large scale abuse of the construction industry pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4712/06]