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Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to say to the Minister of State and those involved in this legislation that it is not the Labour Party's intention to delay this Bill in any way. It is too vital for that and too many people are waiting on it. That is the reason we have continuously asked questions about ensuring that it is delivered on time. We are talking about an issue that is controlled by time. Pregnancy lasts for...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I still do not understand why the Legislature cannot do something of its own accord without referring to the group conducting centralised bargaining and perhaps the Minister of State could explain it. The Opposition Deputies will need to write to those negotiating on behalf of workers in these talks and insist that a timeframe is laid down in respect of advances on parental leave. When the...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputy on this matter. We will give employers greater flexibility if we extend the time, particularly if we continue to allow it at 14 weeks. I take it that the approach to this Bill on the part of the Government and those involved in centralised bargaining was more concerned with employment than with how we treat our children, which is very unfortunate. It is also...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be brief. Am I right in my understanding that this debate will continue until 7 o'clock?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: That is all right. I wanted to make sure of the arrangements. I support amendment No. 10, in the name of Deputy English. I know several instances where both partners work for the same company and there can be a lack of flexibility in the arrangements that such people can make. I accept that the Minister of State is very much constrained by the negotiations that took place four years ago. I do...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: When dealing with legislation that affects children of a very young age, the main concern should be flexibility. That is all the amendment asks. There will be times when a manufacturer in September, for example, is preparing to fulfil an order for the Christmas market. Everyone accepts that it might not be possible for someone to take the extended time-off entitlement at that time. The same...

Pyramid Schemes Bill 2006: First Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the inducing of persons to participate in certain multi-level or pyramid schemes and to provide for other matters connected with such schemes. I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle allowing me to introduce this Bill.

Pyramid Schemes Bill 2006: First Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received and reviewed a copy of the European Commission's report, Bridging the Broadband Gap; the implications of the document for the Irish broadband market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13614/06]

Telecommunications Services. (6 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the implications for Ireland's national telecommunications infrastructure if Eircom is taken over by investment group Babcock & Brown; if he has met Babcock & Brown, Eircom management and other stakeholders on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13613/06]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (5 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the necessary resources to the National Educational Welfare Board in order that it can carry out its statutory duty under the Education Welfare Act 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13503/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases the professional judgment of educational psychologists is being over-ruled in the determination of the support given to children with special learning needs in schools; if she will ensure that budgetary constraints on SENOs do not determine if a child is assigned...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Why not invest in it?

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the information he has received regarding a reported concentration camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning province in China where, reportedly, 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners are detained (details supplied); the help the Government will offer in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13132/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Abuses: Human Rights Abuses (4 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views of the trial of over 120 opposition leaders, journalists and dissenters in Ethiopia which is ongoing; his views on whether the Government of that nation is effectively engaged in the violent suppression to any form of protest; the actions the EU has taken or plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (4 Apr 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is currently taking to ensure that people with reduced mobility are protected from discrimination when travelling by air; when the EU regulation on this matter will be adopted by member states; when his Department's sectoral plan under the Disability Act 2005 covering accessible transport will be finalised; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (30 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies which meet minimum standards in terms of pay, working conditions and pension entitlements, in view of the increasing disclosures of underpayments to foreign workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/06]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (30 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners in regard to measures to deal with the problem of bogus subcontractor and agency worker phenomenon in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12381/06]

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: With regard to the health Bill, the national strategy on diabetes has been on the Minister for Health and Children's desk for a considerable time. There is a crisis at Cork University Hospital in respect of children with diabetes. The strategy would put in place the group of staff needed to deal with this situation. It will come under the health Bill. When will the Bill be published and will...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an urgent and specific matter of public interest, namely the revelation that the company brought in to mediate in the dispute between the Cork and Dublin Airport authorities over the debt liability that Cork Airport is expected to carry into the future has still not engaged with the Cork Airport Authority in any...