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Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I see the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is sitting beside the Taoiseach. When will the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill be introduced, on the basis that thousands of people wish to purchase their homes from local authorities? In some cases they have lived in their homes for 40 years. Another matter that needs to be dealt with is the whole area of...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is in the House and he has ultimate responsibility.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sorry, but I did not hear the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Does that mean August, when the Houses will be on holidays?

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Ciarán Lynch has 30 minutes.

Agency Workers: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I congratulate Deputy Willie Penrose on tabling this motion. Although that might appear somewhat hollow as he is my party colleague, it is important nevertheless. For as long as I have known Deputy Penrose, he always has been a strong and highly vocal supporter of the underdog. History will judge us harshly. When the Celtic tiger first started to roar, there were no agency workers in...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the cash flow problems which aggravate the inadequate funding arrangements for primary schools, she will introduce a new administrative scheme whereby the capitation grant for primary schools is paid quarterly, in January, April, July and October, involving no additional or extra cost to her Department but ensuring a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 969 and 970 of 30 January 2008, the annual cost for employment of the 9,800 special needs assistants in the primary, post primary and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6049/08]

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to contribute. To be fair to the Irish people, they are still very active in donating blood. This astonishes me in light of my having had some dealings with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service and in the knowledge that its history is not great. The latest episode involving the service is probably very minor by comparison with what happened in the...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister for Health and Children comes in as if she is Joan of Arc and basically she is not up to the job. It is not that no one else wanted it——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It was recommended by an international body——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: ——and in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service legislation.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a matter of public safety. The service should not be centralised in Dublin.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: With a view to safeguarding the service and the blood for the public, which any of us could need in the morning, I ask when we are to have the second centre, as recommended by an international body on grounds of safety.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Can I ask the Ceann Comhairle a question?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: When will it be possible to receive an answer from the Minister for Health and Children? If I ask her my question, she will tell me it is a matter for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. If I ask the IBTS, it will write back a month later stating it has been considering the matter. It has been considering it for ten years since the hepatitis C scandal exploded. It is a matter of safety.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a question of the safety of the population and the blood supply.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but it is impossible to get answers.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the current proposals by Sustainable Industries Ireland to build a €200 million bio-refinery in County Carlow, and that it will convert agricultural products including beet, oats and wheat into bio-ethanol; if such a proposal would be eligible for grant approval; and if she will make a...

Broadband Services: Motion (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is remarkable how accurate the Deputy is about time.