Results 561-580 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (16 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views regarding EU food security due to excessive dependence on imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5933/06]

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (21 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals for An Post to establish a new banking operation in conjunction with a Belgian-Dutch financial services group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6734/06]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children how far advanced her plans are for the roll-out of a cervical screening programme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that we have in Ireland one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in western Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7129/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to alleviate overcrowding at Cork University Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that on the week commencing 6 February 2006 there were 35 patients on trolleys waiting for beds in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7140/06]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (21 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application fee to the Small Claims Court has been increased by 67% from €9 to €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7145/06]

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It has become the maximum wage.

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: His time has concluded.

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I congratulate Sinn Féin on the motion before the House. In Government the natural instinct is to defend against any suggestion. It is ridiculous that both Government parties claim responsibility for all good things in life. The Progressive Democrats and Fianna Fáil both suggest our achievements are due to their respective Ministers. This is ludicrous and not the behaviour one expects of...

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is important to realise that a combined effort brought us to this point. The difficulty is that the 1990 Act, introduced by Deputy Bertie Ahern, who is now Taoiseach, provided major protection for employers. It defined how workers could picket and outlawed secondary picketing but never asserted the right of workers to join a trade union or granted a trade union an automatic right of...

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I see young people leaving school to work in supermarkets or the lower ranks of other industries after the leaving or junior certificate and they are treated appallingly. They do not know their rights nor who to turn to for protection. They are not aware they do not have to accept the conditions or the terms of abuse they encounter in their job. Thankfully, we have many good employers in this...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of Irish aid to Ethiopia that is on a Government basis; the proportion that is spent through regional and sectoral agencies autonomous from the federal government; and if he will ensure that no aid is discontinued to those in need in the areas of health, education and special needs such as HIV and AIDS. [6997/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent meetings between the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Mr. Louis Michel on behalf of the European Union; if Ireland will be represented at the court hearings at which members of the opposition will be arraigned; if he has further proposals for mediation on the internal difficulties...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the bullying guidelines that were put in place in 2003 need to be reviewed due to the increasing prevalence of bullying by mobile phones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7229/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a specific and urgent matter of public interest, namely, the revelation that the company brought in to mediate between Cork Airport and the Dublin Airport Authority over the debt liability that Cork Airport is expected to carry into the future, is the same company that acted as adviser to the Dublin Airport Authority...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It explains much.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Someone has to have it.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Bearing in mind that the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill is time-constrained for those who await it, when is it expected to reappear in committee?

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: On the basis that committees have a majority of Government Deputies and are usually chaired by Government Deputies it is a matter for the Minister who heads the Department to ensure that it comes before the committee. It is time-constrained. Women who are pregnant or who have already had their babies could be excluded from availing of it if it does not come before the committee soon. For that...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Minister for attending. He has been here for a considerable time and he is to be commended on that for it is often the case that Ministers of State attend for Ministers. I will take up where the previous speaker left off on innovation and imaginative structures to be put in place to deal with a world which has changed dramatically since the introduction of the social welfare code...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I take that as a huge compliment from Deputy Ardagh.