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Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Not during Lent.

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Caoláin. The Finance Bill is the most important Bill that is debated in this Chamber. It is about how the Government decides to spend taxpayers' money and it affects everybody. There are very few Bills about which one can say that. I listened to the Government Deputies and while I agree with some of what they said, I would probably place a different...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am not certain that anybody knows. Maybe the problem with this Government is that certain Ministers believe that they actually do know everything. Maybe the Minister, Deputy Power, is right and he does have all the answers. He is a unique individual if he has them all, but if he believes that, I wish him the best of luck.

Overseas Development Aid. (6 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on such requests as he has had for aid and assistance following on from the recent natural disaster in Indonesia. [3694/08]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The individual concerned left of his own initiative. There should be a report on his appointment.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (5 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on Irish roads; if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on a county basis; if he is planning initiatives to tackle the problem of speeding on Irish roads; if he has issued any directive or instruction to the Road Safety Authority regarding excessive and dangerous speeding; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (5 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Road Safety Authority's recommendations to strengthen the HGV roadworthiness testing regime which he has accepted; when he will publish the requisite legislation to implement these regulations; the number of inspections that were carried out on HGVs in 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number of inspectors employed to monitor...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (5 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the fees paid by her Department per year over the past five years to psychologists and other expert witnesses in legal proceedings involving children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3325/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position following the Dillon versus the Director of Public Prosecutions ruling on begging; the impact this will have on the ability of the Gardaí to deal with the problem; the action being taken to tackle the practice among some parents using their children for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Cancer Treatment Services: Cancer Treatment Services (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by Professor Tom Keane on the development of cancer services; if a budget has been determined for 2008 to commence the implementation of his proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2703/08]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has given consideration to alternative funding mechanisms for the care of older people in nursing homes instead of the proposal to include a portion of the value of the estate of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2702/08]

Barron Reports: Statements (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I was a member of the Oireachtas sub-committee which dealt with the final report from Mr. Justice Barron. I listened to the stories of the relatives and some survivors and it was a time that will change every one of us forever. The reports by the Oireachtas Joint Committee into collusion between the British security forces and loyalist paramilitary organisations relating to a series of...

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: From my discussions with disability groups, I know the interest the Tánaiste took in this matter when he was Minister for Health and Children for a very short time. Keeping in mind what happened in the courts this week and the report which was given to the Minister for Education and Science in October 2006 which recommended the mechanism for appeals but which still has not been introduced,...

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that perfectly.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to make a point.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The problem is that so long as an appeals mechanism is not in place, the only appeals mechanism available is through the courts and none of us thinks that is where people should be.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify the element of EU legislation the reduction of VAT on condoms is incompatible with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2311/08]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (30 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of persistently high inflation, averaging nearly 5% for 2007, he will take steps to protect real incomes of ordinary workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss an urgent and important matter of public interest, namely, the statement by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, that the building of a private hospital in the grounds of Cork University Hospital under the Government's co-location policy is not sustainable and he intends to object to it....

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not a debate.