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Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Michael Kennedy has 20 minutes.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: There are just 11 minutes left in this slot. The Deputy has one minute left of his own time.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Well done on the use of Irish.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: A little bit.

Written Answers — National Cultural Institutions: National Cultural Institutions (13 Mar 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the supports his Department is providing to ensure that national cultural institutions here reach their target of 3 million guests in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10827/08]

Order of Business (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to withdraw his provocative remark.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Will the social housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill be brought to the House before it rises for the summer?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to complete his Department's technical review of the entire social welfare code to examine its compatibility with the Equal Status Act 2000. [12198/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the issues that emerged from the review of guardian's payment; the way these are being worked through at present with other Departments; the main conclusions reached; and the changes to the scheme that will result from this review. [12199/08]

Written Answers — Legal Cases: Legal Cases (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases the Attorney General's Office are currently involved in with parents of children with special needs who have initiated legal proceedings against the State; the estimated legal cost of these actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/08]

Written Answers — Legal Cases: Legal Cases (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the costs charged to the Chief Solicitor's Office per year for the past five years in legal proceedings involving children with special needs who have taken legal action against the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10257/08]

Written Answers — Legal Cases: Legal Cases (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the compensation or damages charged to the Chief Solicitor's Office as sanctioned by the Attorney General in legal settlements involving children with special needs who have taken legal action against the State for each year over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10265/08]

Written Answers — Legal Cases: Legal Cases (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach the fees paid by the Chief Solicitor's Office as sanctioned by the Attorney General for each year over the past five years to psychologists and other expert witnesses in legal proceedings involving children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/08]

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (2 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to ban smoking in cars in which children under 16 are being transported in view of the fact that passive smoking is particularly harmful to children and evidence which shows that passive smoke can reach high levels in motor cars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11432/08]

Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The motion being taken in Private Members' time this week is slightly overshadowed, perhaps, by other political events, but is timely, nevertheless, and should be part of an ongoing debate in this country. Sometimes it is easy to forget that the timeframe of Ireland's relative prosperity is very short, indeed. We should never forget what "the good old days" were like and none of us, either...

Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: They did. I have the information in front of me.

Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: No.

Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: There were three companies. Jobs are announced years before elections and sometimes they are never created, just like those announced before the election in 2002. Kildare was promised 400 civil servants during that election campaign but never received them. In the 2007 general election campaign, there was a big announcement that Amgen would create jobs. This was a particularly bad case as...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 Apr 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings he or his officials have had or are proposing to have with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to discuss and agree a common platform for the inclusion in county or town or area development plans, guidelines, that effect community development , regional drug task forces,...