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Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...to mine. What if a student does not get on with the designated person? What if the principal put him or her outside the door with an instruction to approach the designated person and the student is feeling down because he or she feels unable to speak to that person? Surely the caretaker and the secretary should also be involved. In regard to the repeated accusation that we waited a...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...this are fully fleshed out in debate. It is a significant motion. Let us be quite honest about that. Senator Bacik made a point I was thinking of myself. On the one hand, the Garda Commissioner feels the provisions are necessary as part of the Garda armoury to ensure that gangland crime is dealt with, while on the other hand we can take significant comfort from the fact that no case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...to see how many students were involved. These were people whose whole lives were ahead of them. They were at college and living the dream, but there appears to have been an absence of hope and a feeling that there was nothing worth living for. Suicide is quite a complex issue and is not one that lends itself to just one strategy or a one size fits all approach.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...to the debate so far I am reminded of one thing I have learned in life: that there is only one thing worse than being offended, that is to have others be offended on one’s behalf because one feels one has to react and support them. That is what has happened in this case. The Minister’s indiscretion should not have happened and he has now apologised twice for it. Deputy...

Topical Issue Debate: Stardust Fire Coroner's Report (27 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Broughan. No one could possibly imagine how people must feel in this regard, no matter the length of time that has passed. Closure is often very difficult. The Deputy is quite correct that where an event has generated panic, it can be difficult to ascertain how it started and finished and the cause. One cannot say for certain what exactly happened and where responsibility...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...Senator Norris who actually remembers what I have described. The Government welcomes the attention that Senator Bacik has brought to the position of LGBT people in the teaching profession who feel compelled to hide their real identify for fear of victimisation. As Senators will know, the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputies Shatter and...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...to the women directly concerned. People can judge for themselves the fact that Members opposite are condemning the Government for failing to do in hours what they themselves chose not to do during 14 years in government. There was one honourable exception in Fianna Fáil, former Deputy Tom Kitt. I feel I need to say that. The Government received the report last Tuesday and was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be brief as we are all probably feeling a little tired. When we get someone in to look at this, the comprehensive review required will be considered and if that can be done in a shorter period than six months, we will be very happy. We need to emphasise again that this should not be an exercise that will drive fear into people. We must be careful about this because people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...person to have in-depth consultation with people with disabilities. There are probably solutions that we have not thought of and it is only the lived experience that will give us that type of feel for the work. I hope that answers some of the Deputy's questions and that he understands the complexity of what we are trying to do.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Station Closures (30 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...day. This was unusual but nevertheless the consequences are enormous for Detective Garda Donohoe's family and our deepest sympathies go to his immediate family and his wife and children who will feel his loss more than anyone else. The Minister has asked me to thank the Senator for raising this matter of significant public importance as it provides me with an opportunity to set out in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ..., this legislation is not set in stone. The Minister's position is that we should wait and see how this works. It is not as if he will not have the energy to come back to this legislation if he feels it must be changed.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...envisage an open-ended, rolling spending of convictions throughout someone's life. It is legislation for those people who contact our clinics every day who ran foul of the law in their youth and feel it has the potential to stand against them when looking for a job. They want to put it behind them and the legislation is intended to assist those people. They are not career criminals. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...issue of emotional well-being. As he has heard me say previously and as I will say again, in this issue language is vitally important. We are beginning on a new phase in our approach to those who feel that there is no hope out there and that they have an option of taking their lives by suicide. We need to start a new phase. The world has moved on, where people are at has moved on and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care of the Elderly (19 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is always a pleasure to be in the Seanad. I sometimes feel like I am a Member of this House I am so often here. I thank Senator Burke for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House on policy and services for older people. Close co-operation has long been a hallmark of the way both statutory and non-statutory organisations do business in the area of...

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: ...been in the Seanad all day and is unable to be present. I am sure she will take on board all the contributions that have been made and will be present for the conclusion of the debate tomorrow night. I now turn to the motion before the House. The Minister for Social Protection has provided considerable and consistent support for carers. Although carers can sometimes feel that their...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: ...If one has a child with particular needs, or needs that are different from those of other children, there is always a fear the needs of the child will not be met into the future. That is a normal feeling, something one must accept and realise happens. On the mapping, the implementation groups and whether the mapping should be in place, I reiterate what I said at that meeting, namely,...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: ...If one has a child with particular needs, or needs that are different from those of other children, there is always a fear the needs of the child will not be met into the future. That is a normal feeling, something one must accept and realise happens. On the mapping, the implementation groups and whether the mapping should be in place, I reiterate what I said at that meeting, namely,...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There are times when language is inadequate and words cannot express the sentiment we feel in terms of offering condolences to particular families for the circumstances in which they find themselves. We have all been there. Last week, when the news broke about Savita's death, there was a sense of undying sadness that once again we were faced with the death of a young, vibrant mother. We do...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Crime Prevention (14 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I will convey the sentiments of the Senator to the Minister. We are all agreed that ensuring people feel secure in their community is very important. We do not want everyone migrating to large population bases just because they do not feel secure in their own community.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Services (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputy. Unfortunately, however, every other group approaching us feels that it should be top of the priority list. That is the balancing act that one is constantly trying to achieve in order to ensure a degree of fairness. That is the difficulty. St. Michael's House has done all the things we would expect other service providers to do and, in fairness, a lot of them have...