Results 201-220 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: We had no control over how they were grouped. We would clearly have asked for them to be taken separately in the case where if one falls, they all fall.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Does it follow that if we win the vote, we can then move the other two amendments?

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I support Deputy Stanton's amendment. We will all make statements about particular amendments but from our experience on Committee Stage we know none of them will be accepted. It is important that the arguments are made, however, and the reasons the amendments are being tabled outlined. The Minister of State will say in his reply that resources are the problem. Anyone put in charge of this...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Although I covered this point earlier, it would be remiss of me not to re-iterate my belief that it is unconstitutional to prevent anyone from vindicating their rights in court. I am not the only one who believes that. I know of no other legislation in which people are deliberately prevented from vindicating their rights in court. I could cite how many cases have come before the High Court...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, to delete lines 31 to 36 and in page 6, to delete lines 1 to 8. I was not satisfied with the answers given by the Minister of State during a lengthy Committee Stage debate on a similar amendment. Usually a Bill automatically enters into force when it is signed by the President. Under the current provisions, the Minister may delay the Bill or introduce it in...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent statement from the new chief executive of Údarás na Gaeltachta that he plans to take a vigorous range of language initiatives to support and revitalise the Irish language as the community language of the Gaeltacht; if he will support Údarás na Gaeltachta in this respect; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland, regarding the proposed decentralisation of Foras na Gaeilge; if agreements have been reached in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/05]

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Kathleen Lynch: They do not pay tax.

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.

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...