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Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: People would say a person had "the other thing".

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: People are waiting on this legislation to be enacted. We are all conscious of this having been lobbied by and met with the people involved who, while not a large group, are a sincere group of people whose relatives, perhaps sons, husbands, wives and so on could, but for a lack of legislation, be at home with their families at Christmas. As Deputy Neville correctly said, language changes...

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: I will not press the amendment.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: I congratulate Deputy Penrose on introducing this motion. Most of us were shocked and amazed at the details of the budget. When the Minister for Finance made his Budget Statement there was no detail in it, but when the details emerged we were shocked. I am not sure why we were. After all, we have had 13 years of Fianna Fáil rule and we know at this stage that members of the Fianna Fáil...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: So we are all in it together.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Who?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Why does the Government not stop them?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: I spoke on the budget and on the Social Welfare Bill and now we have the final piece of the jigsaw that will deal with the immediate cuts that will come into effect as a result of the mismanagement of the economy. We could speak all day about the issues but every time a member of the Government stands up to speak, he tells us about the international crisis and the banking crisis. The last...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: They never recall the things they got wrong. The human condition is fascinating. I am no different, except that I cannot remember what I got right or wrong. Child care was the main issue in the by-election held in County Kildare prior to the 2007 general election. Fianna Fáil introduced the early child care supplement just before that general election. Governments usually know when an...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: It is this Government's budget.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not like the Minister to get nasty.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Smash and grab.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Which defeats the purpose of the measures.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: I listened to the speech of the Minister for Social Protection. Those of us who know the Minister accept that he has a certain degree of sympathy for people who are underprivileged and marginalised. However, in this instance, he has lost the battle to protect those people. I was more than surprised. I know this is not the budget the Minister would like to have seen, but it is the budget...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: What has the Minister against widows? Widows have been always treated badly in this country.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Why pay a third child more?

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Minister's reasoning. I just wanted to hear it.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Card carrying members.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Divine intervention.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Gogarty is a novice.