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Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (22 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to advise importers of livestock from Bluetongue affected areas to the new EU regulations governing the control, movement, monitoring and surveillance of Bluetongue susceptible animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30088/07]

Written Answers — Food Prices: Food Prices (22 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that consumers are facing an imminent 15% rise in the price of chicken due to the escalating cost of wheat and soya protein due to the drop in supply of wheat because of ethanol production droughts in Australia and poor wheat harvests in Europe; and if she will make a statement on...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: I was a member of what is now deemed an old-fashioned system, the old health boards. Old-fashioned as the system was, as members we could hold both the consultants and the administrators to account, and the people could come directly to us, as public representatives, and tell us their concerns. In came a new broom, deciding to get rid of these old tired administrations and put in place a...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (27 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the research programme proposed for Irish Aid in the coming year; and if such a programme includes research on technology transfer, good governance, or strategies for indigenous development. [30889/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (27 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions, under the rubric of constructive engagement, held between his Department and representatives of the Chinese Government in advance of the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing; the progress made in particular areas in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/07]

Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: I deputise for Deputy Willie Penrose, who took the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. The area of copyright and intellectual property is complicated and it was very necessary that this piece of legislation be enacted as quickly as possible. I thank the Minister of State and the staff in his Department, the Bills Office and the Whips' Office because complicated pieces of legislation are...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: And making sure it does not recur.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: So she should.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: No one is responsible.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Who is responsible?

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Who will do that?

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is looking through green tinted glasses.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The crisis happened anyway.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: That was a different time in a different country.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister wants them to go into the private hospitals that the Government is building.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: What is the Minister's point?

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, in respect of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, remaining to be implemented; the directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (28 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reports of recent substantial increases in prices of a range of food prices and forecasts that food prices will rise further by the end of 2007; if he is satisfied that sufficient protection is available to protect consumers against unwarranted price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of the population regarded as being in consistent poverty; when he expects the targeted reductions to be met; the principal reason they have not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32181/07]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (4 Dec 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on establishing a payment to assist older people in the maintenance of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/07]