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Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It would go some way towards doing it. The Bill states "The employee shall cease to be entitled to any leave not by then taken." I want this deleted and the amendment would go some way towards doing so. The provision in the Bill is almost a virtual punishment. Some women who adopt children will become ill and will not take what they naturally would, such as disability benefit, in between the...

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister of State is correct in that the amendment would not have that effect but if the subsection were deleted, it would clearly be optional then.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. As matters stand, and we have had this argument before, what is in the Bill will be applied and rightly so. This is what legislation is about. the new subsection (4) states: (a) The absence from work of the employee owing to sickness after the termination shall be treated in the same way as any other absence from work of the employee owing to sickness, and (b) the employee shall cease to...

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I clearly did not initiate this Bill. If the Minister of State agrees with what I am saying, he should amend it to ensure that what I am asking for happens.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The person might not have that choice.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. It is compulsory.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It is still available.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: We have a very clear law but it is unjust, which is not what the Minister of State wanted.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It is unjust. To deprive someone of what they expected to have at the onset of a particular situation due to events they did not foresee and could not possibly control is unjust. A clear law is one matter but an unjust law is another matter entirely.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: That, in accordance with Standing Order 128(1), the Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 be recommitted in respect of amendment No. 23.

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad] : Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. The drafting of legislation is never easy and formulating answers to our opposition to most new legislation is equally difficult. One must be on top form and on one's toes. As the Minister of State said, this legislation is long overdue and will make life for people who form families by adopting children much easier. I wish each and every one...

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The Taoiseach should explain the reductions.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the failure to provide adequate funding for the supports necessary for older persons to remain in their own homes was increasingly forcing many of them into nursing homes; if her attention has further been drawn to the significant reduction in the number of home help hours...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to continue the roll out of BreastCheck; the proportion of the population which is currently covered; when the service will be available in all areas of the country and to all women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28797/05]

Tourism Industry. (13 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to implement the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on regional tourism structures; his views on whether the existing structures are able to meet the needs of modern tourists; the timeframe for the implementation of this report's recommendations; the main findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It is the job of the Ceann Comhairle to make sure we know what the Tánaiste is saying.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Is she not supposed to tell us the truth?

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The Tánaiste might want another concept.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Oct 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of NORA; the timeframe for the establishment of the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27889/05]