Results 721-740 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

EU Programmes. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sure these units go across all Departments, and the response would probably be the same. I have a question relating to Mallow sugar factory. The Department of Agriculture and Food negotiated a comprehensive deal for the producers. Does the Minister intend to make a case for the workers who lost their jobs? Would the Minister argue for a common industrial policy, to deliver the same...

EU Programmes. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: From the Minister for Finance.

Job Losses. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on possible job losses at a plant (details supplied) in County Cork; the discussions his Department has had with the plant on the matter; the steps he intends to take to safeguard those jobs; his plans to bring other jobs to the area in the event of job losses going ahead at the plant; and if he will make a...

Job Losses. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Like me, the Minister is aware that while it is not the largest employer in Cork, Motorola makes a substantial contribution to Cork in terms of employment and access to the rest of Europe and the knowledge based, networks business sector in which it operates. While I do not expect the company to provide specific information on internal redeployment given the fears it may have about...

Job Losses. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I fully accept that the situation in Motorola is still fluid and the introduction of other companies is very welcome. We were all there for the announcement. Politicians, whether local or national, are always conscious of ensuring that people feel welcome and needed in any area. I understand the broadband programme but I still ask questions about it. New companies come into an area because...

Health and Safety Regulations. (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: No, it is not.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I congratulate the proposers of the motion, Deputy O'Sullivan and Deputy Enright. The motion is timely because we accept education and appreciate its benefits. By choice, by inclination and by right of birth our children are citizens of the world. Right around the globe young Irish people are making their way and succeeding in every walk of life. As time goes on they will do so more and more...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional consultancy services that his Department proposes to utilise in 2006; the reason an increase of 66 per cent for consultancy fees has been provided in the estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/06]

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will allow local authorities to sell flats if the courts so decide, thus allowing tenants, some of 40 years' standing, to buy their rented dwelling. The difficulty caused by the delay in introducing the legislation is that the cost of housing is increasing by an estimated 10% per annum and the prices of the dwellings in question are becoming...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: He will be on the subs bench.

Food Safety. (18 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps her Department has taken in 2006 to raise awareness of animal health conditions regarding personal imports of meat and milk; the methods she is considering to overcome the problem of targeting non-EU originating passengers who arrive here via hub airports from high risk countries such as Nigeria, China, Malaysia, Thailand and...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (18 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has determined the lessons which should be learned from the reason the European Court of Justice was able to find Ireland in breach of so many different parts of the Nitrates Directive; if so, the lessons which were learned; and the way in which they are being internalised by her Department in the treatment of other...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (23 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first four months of 2006. [19283/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (23 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the report Outsourcing Ireland, Public Bodies and Accountability published in May 2006 by TASC; the public bodies operating under the umbrella of his Department; the bodies which are not subject to FOI legislation; the annual budget of each of the above agencies; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (23 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school completion programmes that are established under the social inclusion unit of her Department; the number of schools in each of these projects; the number of project workers allocated to each of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19111/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received literature from the Bahá'i community here expressing their concern at the treatment of their co-religionists in Iran; the discussions which have been held between members of his Department and members of the Baha'i faith in this regard; the progress being made at United Nations level with respect to this issue and the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with respect to the ongoing difficulties being experienced by the Kurdish community in Turkey; if he is in receipt of submissions from Kurdish groups here seeking aid and assistance in this regard; if such offers of assistance have been made by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19714/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (25 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to a request for funding on behalf of the union of school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19893/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (25 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for recognition by her Department of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the uncertainty surrounding a completion date for the review of this application is causing great anxiety to parents who have enrolled their children in the school; when a...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (30 May 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his position on budget proposals for the European Fisheries Fund; the areas he is prioritising for the 2007 to 2013 regime; if he is seeking national specific measures on fisheries to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/06]