Results 601-620 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (7 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the arbitrator appointed to mediate between Cork and Dublin Airport Authorities on the projected €200 million debt arising from the construction of a new terminal at Cork Airport is truly independent of both parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9185/06]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (7 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the progress in introducing quality standards into the taxi industry; and when he envisages the commencement and full operation of section 36 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003. [9179/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public patients in Cork are having to wait for up to four years to see a consultant; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that of the 40,000 plus patients treated by National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception in 2002 only 6.5% or 2,600 of those were...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of Garda personnel stationed at the Watercourse Road Garda station in Blackpool, Cork, has increased from 30 gardaí to 60 gardaí since the McCurtain Street Garda station closed in 2002; his views on whether this has led to a very cramped work environment for the...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: A sociopath.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is very appropriate the House is having this debate on International Women's Day. It seems women have always been the victims in cases such as this where groups of people have been hurt by others. I will not give a litany of those people. This report is not just about a man but also about an ethos, a culture and an organisation that allowed things to happen because there was such deference...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I withdraw that. We must seriously examine how pregnancy is managed, and Judge Harding Clark referred to this. Unless one is very determined and makes out a plan before approaching the gynaecologist or hospital, somebody else takes over. That person specifies the date on which one attends hospital regardless of one's delivery date, and induces labour regardless of one's wishes. Due to the...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: On 3 March 2006, proceedings against a Cork doctor alleging 212 cases of serious sexual assault were stopped by the Cork Circuit Court. These charges related to a period from 1966 to 1995 and affected in one way or another hundreds of women in Cork. A total of 600 complaints were received from former patients of this doctor and 145 patients made formal statements to the Garda. People do not...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made to date on implementing the recommendations of the report Review of Fire Safety and Fire Services in Ireland, 2002; the progress which has been made to date towards modernising the fire service under Government strategy; and if he intends to review his decision to shelve plans...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish and fund a proper and consistent fire policing regime to ensure that fire chiefs have the resources to carry out spot checks on entertainment venues and to inform owners of such premises of their responsibilities, following recent revelations by the Chief Fire Officers' Association...

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: There should be zero tolerance.

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I promise to be brief. I do not want to be specific, although 49 people remain on trolleys in Cork. Does the Tánaiste believe the crisis has reached such a stage that it is now imperative for her to introduce a Supplementary Estimate to deal with it? I accept we should travel abroad on St. Patrick's Day but, given that desperately ill people are being cared for on trolleys and chairs, the...

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is all crisis stuff.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (9 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí who have been attached to each Garda station in the Dublin metropolitan area for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/06]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (21 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with Pobal regarding the rural transport initiative; the content and issues raised during those discussions; his priority issues in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10810/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (21 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the next drugs prevalence survey will be published; the timeframe of this survey; if a special study will be conducted into the use of crack cocaine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/06]

Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Why?

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for a clampdown on pension abuses in the construction industry; the action he intends to take arising from this call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps his Department 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. [11010/06]

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: We are not asking him but the Minister.