Results 15,161-15,180 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his response, which indicates that the average lease arrangement will cost €10,000 per year, which works out at €200,000 over the 20-year lease period and that the rent accrued during this period will be offset against the maintenance of the properties. Based on a rent of €100 per week on the differential, this goes into sums of nearly €100,000 over...

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: No, I stated-----

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: That amount is for 20,000 houses, but we are only discussing 2,000 houses.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State has been flogging that figure for quite some time, but his sums are wrong.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Minister of State confirm in the House that he will spend €400 million in the next 20 years to lease 2,000 houses and that the rent accrued during that period will be ring-fenced for those properties' maintenance?

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: That is not the question that I asked.

Social and Affordable Housing. (7 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The leasing arrangements have no opt-out clauses. They are ten year or 20 year leases. Other schemes are different, but the Minister of State is committing the taxpayer to paying €400 million over 20 years. It is unbelievable and inexplicable that the properties' rents will not be held by the local authorities. Rather, they will be ring-fenced so that the developers can maintain their...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to share my time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Ó Caoláin, Upton and McManus.

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (6 May 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Deputy Hayes for bringing this motion before the House and share with him the Labour Party's concern regarding the withdrawal of classes for children with mild general learning disabilities. The decision by the Minister, Deputy O'Keeffe, to cut special teacher support in over 100 schools is a clear indication that vulnerable children are a target of this callous Government. As the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to retrieve the €7 million that is lost each year by the non-retrieval of rent supplement deposits from landlords. [16984/09]

Written Answers — Registered Moneylenders: Registered Moneylenders (30 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders operating in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17289/09]

Written Answers — Drug Addiction: Drug Addiction (30 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of registered heroin addicts in the Cork City and Cork County areas in each year since 2000 to date in 2009; the number of such registered addicts who have been incarcerated at any time since 2004 to date in 2009; the prisons in which they were incarcerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17285/09]

Written Answers — Electronic Voting Machines: Electronic Voting Machines (30 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new information which prompted him to make his recent decision to scrap electronic voting machines; if he received a report on the Electoral Commission which examined the e-voting issue as stated in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 28 October 2008; if he will make that report available to the House; and...

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for receiving reports from the remaining local authorities regarding the National Audit of Sports Facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/09]

Written Answers — Investment Securities: Investment Securities (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of funds held in bearer bonds here; the way such bonds are assessed by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16294/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is awaiting surgery will be treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16273/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if antenatal classes will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16528/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of places available in antenatal classes at Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of applicants for such classes; the provision made to accommodate expectant mothers who are public patients in circumstances where there is no place available at CUMH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16529/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that general medical services patients are charged for the taking of cervical smears under the cervical cancer screening programme for women aged 25 to 60 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16534/09]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for refugee status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16219/09]