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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...offering an opinion, Mr. Torpey, if it's within the terms of the reference. I will give you the freedom to offer an opinion on the specific matter with regard to the guarantee. The world and its dog has a view on it, you're more than welcome to give yours here this morning if you wish. The question is, how pertinent and related is it in terms of evidential information that informs this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: ...the approach of Sir Humphrey, I have heard the mental reservation response been used to such requests. Whenever I hear that type of response it reminds me of Peter Sellers in the sketch "Does your dog bite" where he said, "No, my dog does not bite". Eventually the man walked up to the counter and dog bit him and he said, "I thought you said your dog does not bite" to which he replied,...

Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (resumed) (23 May 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: ...50th anniversary of 1916 something could have been done, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary there was an opportunity to do something and on the 90th anniversary, only a few years ago, when the dogs were literally eating the cheques in this country and there was plenty of money to do something nothing was done. What we have seen, not only in Moore Street but in all the area north of...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (8 Dec 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of dogs now in the Irish Prison Service dog unit; the number of staff involved in this unit; the cost per annum of this unit; if such costs are included in the average costs given now in annual reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/10]

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ..., 16 members also. One does not need to be a genius to understand that a plethora of committees will be created. Since I got a copy of the Bill, I have read it from front to back. I have it dog-eared, foot-noted and everything else, but I cannot figure out what these committees will do in terms of legislation and what new powers they will have. As I said at the outset we need a Bill...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ...debacle over caravans and mobile homes. It was a good idea badly managed and we are seeing the same this evening. The vehicle registration tax proposal was a good idea that was badly managed. The dogs in the street know cars are bought between January and March but at the start of the year the Minister announced that he would change the taxation system for cars in the middle of the year....

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ...Another simple suggestion was that the Bill could have been future-proofed. The Minister could have regulated rather than proscribed the identification measures to be used for different breeds of dog. DNA sampling may well become the methodology of the future and, if that takes place, the Minister will have to write a whole new Bill. There is a great deal of insufficiency in this...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Regrettably, the Minister has made a dog's dinner of it, if the House will excuse the pun.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ...households in this country in which human beings are living and the Government has an inspection rate of 5.5% or 6% in this area, so I would not be too hopeful about the inspection regime for dogs. The inspection regime needs to be clarified, not in terms of methodology and standards but in terms of who is carrying out the inspections. The regime has an entry point and an exit point. We...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I will simplify the problem. From the outset, the difficulty was the inclusion of the greyhound industry in the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill because another Act covers the greyhound industry. That is a recognised difficulty with the Bill. Last week the Minister indicated he would try to tidy up this but no material change has been made to the Bill. If greyhounds were included in the...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: .... Where stands the greyhound industry on 2 January, if the conditions to which the Minister referred last Friday are implemented? Does the greyhound industry still remain within the remit of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 and if not, because it is not specified in the Bill, by what means will it be incorporated into the 1958 Act? These measures will result in an outcome that...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Perhaps the Minister can correct me, because his signature appears at the end of this letter. He stated: Given that the primary objective of the proposed regulations is to regulate commercial dog breeding, and in view of the stricter standards which apply to the members of the Hunting Association of Ireland, it is my intention that groups affiliated to the HAI be granted an exemption from...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: .... It does not matter what we propose, such is his intransigence on this issue. This is regrettable because he has not been able to explain how the greyhound industry will be exempted from the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill when the commencement order is made. On that basis, I will press my amendment.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ..., the welfare of the IGB registered greyhounds will be addressed through the amended 1958 Act and would then replace for IGB registered greyhounds, breeders and trainers only, the provisions of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009. I am not too sure where the Minister is going and whether he is creating a legislative difficulty. He does not cite the 1958 Act in this Bill. By his...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: ...as the capital of the European puppy farming industry. It is estimated that the industry, if I can use that term, is trading in pups to the value of €29 million per annum. The intensive dog breeding industry is estimated to produce approximately 90,000 pups per annum, half of which are exported overseas, predominantly to the UK puppy market. For too long in Ireland, this intensive...

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Second, a number of Bills are passing through the Oireachtas at present. For example, the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill is completing its passage through the Seanad at present and will come before the Dáil some time after the Easter recess. In whose Department will the aforementioned Bill now lie? I noticed that when the Taoiseach spoke in the House yesterday, he referred-----

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Oct 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation regarding dog breeding establishments will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36592/09]

Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: ...and good governance. The vehicle registration tax makes sense but should have been introduced on 1 January of any given year. The Minister introduced it in the middle of the calendar year. The dogs in the street know that the state of the motor industry is determined by cars being bought at the start of the year. The second hand car market is also dependent on turnover at this time....

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The dogs in the street know that these machines will not be used in the local elections in a couple of weeks' time or in the European elections.

Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The dog ate the Minister's paper.