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Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Out of hours? That will be a first.

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government side has had the Minister on her feet for the last hour answering questions and making statements. It is deeply unfair that the Government side should get speaking slots as well.

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The age profile of the pharmacists at the meetings we attended was surprising. They are not elderly pharmacists working into their 80s but a second generation of young pharmacists who have taken on massive mortgages to finance their entry into this business. Have any studies been conducted on the age profile of pharmacists? These people have been given loans on the basis of projected...

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I bet they are sorry they approached the Minister now.

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It has to be in order.

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is the last day, a Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions taken as a result of any reports concluded to date (details supplied); when reports not completed are due to be completed; when the committees groups and commissions are due to commence and complete their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8048/08]

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 28: In page 14, lines 14 and 15, to delete all words from and including "(other" in line 14 down to and including "citizen)" in line 15.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be brief because I understand Deputy Timmins's point. I am not certain that this relates entirely to time limits, though specific time limits are important. Normally there is a 28 day period during which one may appeal, whether with regard to planning, social welfare or any such area. This is usually transposed from one piece of legislation to another so I do not understand why it...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 33: In page 15, line 37, after "abroad)," to insert the following: "otherwise than in circumstances referred to in subsection (2),". Deputy Higgins's thinking on this is that using one's sibling's passport to get into a pub, as is specifically stated in section 5 of the legislation, or for another reason, will carry a fine of €500. His amendment would clarify this...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is wrong to leave the legislation as loose as this; it seems draconian on one hand and on the other it can be interpreted that no offence has occurred. The Minister of State said that he will leave interpretation of the legislation to the good sense of the Judiciary and the Director of Public Prosecutions, and this worries me because, depending on one's background, circumstances in life...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: If I do not press the amendment, does it automatically fall? If I press it does it carry on to the Seanad debate?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Can it be re-entered?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: In that case I will not press it.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 35: In page 18, line 43, after "accordingly" to insert the following: ", and a passport issued before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 shall not be deemed invalid solely on the grounds that it was not issued under any express power conferred by an enactment". Will the Minister of State explain if passports issued before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 are deemed...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Is the Minister of State saying that both systems will run parallel until the passports issued under a previous power expire and are renewed and reissued under the new legislation? Is that the position?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his indulgence on my own behalf and on behalf of Deputy Michael D. Higgins. I thank also the staff who have put so much work into this legislation. From time to time it must be awful to hear the Opposition try to pick holes and find fault with legislation that has been worked on for a considerable time but we appreciate that and understand things have to be...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: This is round two.

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he or his officials have received and studied the special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General into the Financial Regulator of May 2007; his views on the findings of the report; the discussions that have taken place with the Financial Regulator arising from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7716/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will introduce legislation requiring banks and financial institutions to inform customers on an annual basis of the amount of DIRT tax deducted from their account; if he will provide information for those who claim DIRT tax on the way to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7715/08]