Results 13,961-13,980 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 6 March 2007, the number of primary schools with access to a qualified physical education teacher; the number of secondary schools which employ at least one qualified PE teacher full-time; the number of primary schools that do not have access to a qualified PE teacher; the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operating theatres in the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of these currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28182/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new Da Vinci operating robot was commissioned at the Cork University Hospital; the cost of this machine; the number of times the machine has been used in robotic assisted surgery to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28183/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of gynaecologists based at the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of hours of operating theatre time each is allotted; the number of patients awaiting gynaecological procedures at the CUH; the average waiting time for these procedures to be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28184/07]

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The mothers of the country. If they want to work they must have their children minded.

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: There is a €750,000 cutback.

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: I would like to share time with Deputies Penrose and Ó Caoláin.

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Listening to the debate has been interesting rather than enlightening. The previous speaker was not lobbied as ferociously as the rest of us. Not for the first time, light was originally cast on this issue in Cork. Public representatives were asked to attend a public meeting last week by the Early Years Network, an umbrella group in Cork city and county. The meeting made it obvious that...

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The Acting Chairman is from Tallaght, so he is tolerant. There is a difficulty regarding the amount of funding in the next tranche. According to the Department's figures, funding of €500 million in the first tranche provided 30,000 places. It is hoped the next tranche's funding of €575 million will provide 50,000 places, but the Government has not made the initial 30,000 places...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (8 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report carried out by the Defence Forces into the circumstances of the road accident at Granard, County Longford in June 2007. [27724/07]

Written Answers — Sale of Alcohol: Sale of Alcohol (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide for the traceability of alcohol sold for consumption off premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27376/07]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Superintendent appointed to carry out an investigation into the circumstances in which the Gardaí failed to act on information supplied through Interpol from the Austrian authorities regarding the alleged involvement of people based in this country in a global child pornography ring has now been concluded; if...

Undocumented Irish in the United States: Motion (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: This motion is obscure but, nevertheless, very worthy. I congratulate and thank Deputy Michael Ring on tabling it. I also thank the Government for agreeing to it and ensuring it has cross-party support because we are talking about approximately 50,000 — it is said that is a conservative enough figure — of our citizens who are undocumented and living in America. When one considers there...

Undocumented Irish in the United States: Motion (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to share time with Deputy Damien English.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: There still is not.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: The Taoiseach should come down to Cork.

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (6 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will demand the publication of the report of the EU Food and Veterinary Office's visit to Brazil in March 2007, and that there be an independent observer included in the party for the next EU visit to Brazil. [27084/07]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (6 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will revise the conditions of the forestry environment scheme to make it more attractive to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27083/07]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (6 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on recent changes in adoption regulations which require sole applicants to be assessed by the Irish Adoption Board for eligibility before undergoing the Health Service Executive home study and assessment process; her views on whether such a regulation should be extended to all applicants; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Nov 2007)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the preparedness of Ireland to ratify the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption; the efforts being made to sign bilateral agreements with countries such as Russia, China and the Ukraine where many Irish adoptions occur; her proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter....