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Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to each of the inquiries being carried out by or on behalf of his Department; the projected date for the conclusion of each such investigation; the inquiries in respect of which reports have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37892/05]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on community employment places at 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1 January 2005 and the anticipated numbers at 31 December 2005; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by many community and voluntary groups due to the shortage of community employment places; if changes are planned...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the target date of 2007 for the roll-out of the BreastCheck programme to the Munster region can be met in view of the delay in submitting a planning application for the South Infirmary and Victoria Hospital site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38194/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report of the working group on possible changes to public service spouses' and children's schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38183/05]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Cork city and county Garda stations for each year from 1997 to date in 2005; the population covered by each station formulated from the figures gathered in the 2002 census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38190/05]

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Never.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Like my colleague, Deputy McManus, I congratulate Deputy Timmins on bringing forward the proposed legislation. As she said, it is no easy task. The Opposition has to do this work with the help of——

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Having examined Government legislation, I can say Opposition draftsmen are not the only ones to get things wrong.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: That is not the point I am making.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The point I am trying to make is that when the Opposition gets proposed legislation wrong the Government does not accept it. The Government does not accept Bills proposed by the Opposition, except on rare occasions. However, when the Government gets it wrong, it usually just forces the legislation through anyway. That is the major difference between the two types of proposed legislation. This...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: We need it because people are afraid of becoming involved in cases where they could be sued. Society is so litigious that even people who are being assisted could well consider suing. I found this concept difficult to take on board and asked myself who would do such a thing. I cannot imagine suing someone who came to my aid if I was involved in a crash. However, I heard of a case which...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: ——victims about taking off their belts to tie around their arms so they would lose a lot less blood in the following half hour while we phone the emergency services. I am not that type of person but there are people who have a degree of knowledge and believe they could be of some comfort to an accident victim and at the very least prevent him or her from further injury. People who work in...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: We do not want the Minister to be a good samaritan. I am not certain he has reached that level of enlightenment but at least we would like him to be tolerant——

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: All I say to the Minister is that the Good Samaritan Bill is so called for a very good reason. It should engender in all of us the need to do good. As I said, I am not certain the Minister has reached that level of enlightenment, or that he ever will, but he should at least be tolerant and recognise that the Bill is worthwhile. It aims to protect people and put in place a particular set of...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is misinterpreting it.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister certainly is misinterpreting it. It would not be the first matter the Minister misinterpreted but that is beside the point.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The GP in question cannot possibly know whether it is his or her patient.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I do not know of any GP who, on receiving an emergency call, asks for a name and address in order to ascertain whether the patient is a client.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps his Department is taking to address continuing concerns regarding reported large scale abuse of the construction industry pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37211/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have taken out PRSAs at the latest date for which figures are available; the overall proportion of the eligible workforce this represents; his plans to review the scheme in view of the low take up rate to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37210/05]