Results 15,041-15,060 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Two months and 28 days.

Research Funding. (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in regard to her speech at the opening of the Teagasc biotechnology centre on 6 May 2005, she intends to take steps to promote or encourage investment in research and development for the food and agricultural sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17385/05]

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: That is exactly what the Minister of State said.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The grouping includes amendments Nos. 51 to 56, inclusive. Amendment No. 51 is straightforward and offers a more concrete wording by the substitution of "shall" for "may". This will ensure that the matter is not open to discretion, and that it shall happen. The Minister will make provision for what is sought in amendment No. 51 and I shall withdraw amendment No. 52 on that basis. I wish to...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not even a technical amendment. It relates to the language and the attitude involved. I appreciate the Minister taking that on board and changing the terminology for how consultations would be notified rather than the present wording that virtually commands people to appear before an assessment officer.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: This amendment seeks to make sense of the Bill. It is incredible that the officer who performs an assessment will take no account of the availability of resources. The assessment is then passed to another officer who must take this availability into account. The Minister accepts that this Bill will be dependent on capacity, which we all know is not sufficient. There is not a sufficient number...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Has the figure increased? I would accept that argument if the money which was supposed to be made available this year was allocated, but the Minister of State accepted that did not happen. Areas now experience cutbacks because money is not flowing as it should. I am not saying that the money is not available, but that it is not allocated as it should be. There is already a difficulty with...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The amendment is sensible. A person with disabilities would meet an assessment officer who would draw up a service statement. A liaison officer would not be sitting outside the door of the assessment officer so that he or she could immediately act on the service statement. The proposed system would cause delays, additional journeys and confusion. In the first instance a person would be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reforms he has recently introduced to the annual grant for full-time carers of older or disabled persons; if he proposes to introduce further reforms or benefits for payments to carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17123/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the application for the appointment of a consultant haematologist at the Mercy University Hospital Cork has to date not been approved; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current consultant to the children's leukaemia unit at the Mercy Hospital is due to retire in 2005 and that any undue delay...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manpower levels in each of the three divisional Garda areas of Mayfield, Gurranabraher and Cobh in the years from 2001 to 2005; the number of personnel available for active patrolling duties on each evening in these areas; if the strength of this deployment is adequate to respond to the rising incidents of anti-social...

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Is the Taoiseach concerned about the withdrawal of all the disability representative groups from the disability legislation consultation group, leaving only the service providers?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: The review period, which was discussed at great length on Committee Stage, is still too long. It should begin after a three-year period. Legislation of this magnitude, which covers in great detail how people will live their lives and have services delivered, will require a 12 to 18-month period to review. Amendment No. 32 seeks to provide that a review would commence in year three and,...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Does the Minister of State mean treatable rather than curable?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Yet.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Or started.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: When the dual mandate was abolished — one might question what this has to do with the Disability Bill — the relevant legislation stated that local authority management would have to meet, consult and inform Members of the Oireachtas within a 12-month period. The manager of Cork City Council called the relevant Deputies in for consultations on Christmas Eve. He gave us mince pies and...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: However, it need not take place for four and a half years.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Is that why it says it will be completed within five years?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: No, that is not correct.