Results 821-840 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I take it as an absolute compliment to be accused of being a bleeding heart.

Written Answers — Private Sector Debt: Private Sector Debt (28 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of private sector debt following the report from the Central Bank on the 31 May 2006 that private sector borrowing grew in April 2006 to 29.6 per cent, its fastest rate in more than six years; if his Department has carried out an assessment of the likely implications for the economy of the increased rate of private...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the latest negotiation with the European Commission on the issue of the stallion tax exemption scheme; if he has received a final position from the Commission on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/06]

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The Tánaiste is being misled.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is doing more than that.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: We are being misled.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: In respect of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006——

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: My question is very specific. Is it normal that a Bill is published without an explanatory memorandum because this is what has happened in the case of this Bill? Is it proposed to circulate an explanatory memorandum?

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: That is not the case.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the relevant Standing Orders, is it legitimate to bring this Bill before the Dáil if it does not have an explanatory memorandum? I am not as familiar with Standing Orders as is the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: They are.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: On a point of order, this is exactly what happened a while ago. People were very confused about the last vote because they thought they were voting on the Institutes of Technology Bill 2006——

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: ——when, in fact, we had moved on to the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I was on my feet asking for the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006 to be referred back. I could not be heard in the confusion, however. Nobody clearly heard what the Ceann Comhairle was saying. I am not saying that was his fault as it was clearly the fault of those who were making noise. I was not given an opportunity to make my proposal before the vote took place. I...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: That will be allowed.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: A Cheann Comhairle, you must accept it is confusing when one cannot hear what you are saying.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is especially confusing when we are dealing with a sensitive issue like this one.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Where?

Northern Ireland Issues. (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to all parties in Northern Ireland expressing their support for the PSNI; when he expects Sinn Féin to be in a position to take their seats on the policing board; the efforts he has been making in this regard in recent months; if he expects movement on this issue before, during, or after the summer 2006; and if he...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I concur to a great extent with many of the last speaker's comments. Having this legislation before the House that has been in the making for the past nine years and on which there was extensive consultation in the past two years beggars belief. The people who entered the negotiations with the Tánaiste's officials did so in good faith. They are not unreasonable people. If we were dealing...