Results 861-880 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

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

Kathleen Lynch: It is retrospectively taking away rights from people. That is what the Minister is doing.

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

Kathleen Lynch: These are internationally recognised specialists but their opinion is no longer accepted or valid.

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

Kathleen Lynch: What if it turns out that they are right?

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

Kathleen Lynch: The test is not 100% reliable and cannot be so.

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

Kathleen Lynch: Other tests with a similar failure rate.

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

Kathleen Lynch: No it is not.

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

Kathleen Lynch: There is nothing technical about it at all. I can explain it to the Minister of State if he wishes, in very plain language.

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

Kathleen Lynch: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children is now changing the rules to say that people with this particular complaint can only have one partner and if that partnership fails, tough luck.

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

Kathleen Lynch: These people's cases have been compared with Army deafness claims and road traffic accidents.

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

Kathleen Lynch: The State infected these people.

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

Kathleen Lynch: It has a direct effect on relationships.

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

Kathleen Lynch: They want rather more than sympathy; they want the Government to withdraw this Bill.

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

Kathleen Lynch: This never happened before. How can the Minister of State possibly make such comparisons?

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (29 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the three year plan presented by former chairman of the World Bank (details supplied) for the revitalisation of Gaza. [25261/06]

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister states it is an absolute.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I support Deputy McManus's amendment and those of the other Opposition speakers. In presenting this Bill the Tánaiste outlined the potential appalling vista of the floodgate opening, but she is badly informed. There is no floodgate. The 15,000 to 16,000 people to whom we refer are from 1991 to 1994 and are not queuing up to enter the tribunal or the High Court. Neither do they present in...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Full research had not been completed then into the efficiency of the test.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It prevents them going through the process.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Legal advice.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is legal and financial advice.