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Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be very brief.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I will be very brief.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: On the same issue——

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme and who subsequently withdrew their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7877/06]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (28 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the level of supervision of the financial sector and particularly firms operating out of the Irish Financial Services Centre especially in view of indictments issued in the United States by the corporate crime task force relating to two reinsurances designed and executed through the Dublin bases subsidy of the US...

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister should say that to Deputy O'Donoghue.

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the Government plans to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme later in 2006; if there will be military involvement in any commemoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7176/06]

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Minister for attending. He has been here for a considerable time and he is to be commended on that for it is often the case that Ministers of State attend for Ministers. I will take up where the previous speaker left off on innovation and imaginative structures to be put in place to deal with a world which has changed dramatically since the introduction of the social welfare code...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I take that as a huge compliment from Deputy Ardagh.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Although I do not pretend there are no widows over 65 or 66, we nonetheless have a group of young widows and widowers. This category of people do not do very well under the State. There has been an historic and deliberate attempt by all Governments to ignore this group as its circumstances will not always exist. The people involved, the Government and everyone else know that the group is in a...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Someone has to have it.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Bearing in mind that the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill is time-constrained for those who await it, when is it expected to reappear in committee?

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: On the basis that committees have a majority of Government Deputies and are usually chaired by Government Deputies it is a matter for the Minister who heads the Department to ensure that it comes before the committee. It is time-constrained. Women who are pregnant or who have already had their babies could be excluded from availing of it if it does not come before the committee soon. For that...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a specific and urgent matter of public interest, namely, the revelation that the company brought in to mediate between Cork Airport and the Dublin Airport Authority over the debt liability that Cork Airport is expected to carry into the future, is the same company that acted as adviser to the Dublin Airport Authority...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It explains much.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of Irish aid to Ethiopia that is on a Government basis; the proportion that is spent through regional and sectoral agencies autonomous from the federal government; and if he will ensure that no aid is discontinued to those in need in the areas of health, education and special needs such as HIV and AIDS. [6997/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent meetings between the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Mr. Louis Michel on behalf of the European Union; if Ireland will be represented at the court hearings at which members of the opposition will be arraigned; if he has further proposals for mediation on the internal difficulties...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the bullying guidelines that were put in place in 2003 need to be reviewed due to the increasing prevalence of bullying by mobile phones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7229/06]

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: I congratulate Sinn Féin on the motion before the House. In Government the natural instinct is to defend against any suggestion. It is ridiculous that both Government parties claim responsibility for all good things in life. The Progressive Democrats and Fianna Fáil both suggest our achievements are due to their respective Ministers. This is ludicrous and not the behaviour one expects of...

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Kathleen Lynch: It is important to realise that a combined effort brought us to this point. The difficulty is that the 1990 Act, introduced by Deputy Bertie Ahern, who is now Taoiseach, provided major protection for employers. It defined how workers could picket and outlawed secondary picketing but never asserted the right of workers to join a trade union or granted a trade union an automatic right of...