Results 201-220 of 3,553 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Ciarán Lynch

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, it may not be normal to give a date but there are only nine working days left during this term.

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will it come before the House during this session?

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I am asking the Taoiseach a simple question.

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will it come before the House during this session? Will the Taoiseach answer this question?

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: That is the same response we have received on this issue for the past three years.

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Towards 2016.

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Does the Minister of State believe the best interests of the women of Cork are served by transferring the breast unit at the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital to Cork University Hospital, CUH, where the treatment experience of breast disease is much less significant? Does she believe the closure of the internationally acclaimed unit in favour of a service that is yet ill-defined...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I reckon he does not go to bed at all.

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek from the Minister an assurance in response to the genuine concern that the housing aid for the elderly programme is about to collapse because it is a victim of its own success. There is real concern among people who are old, ill or disabled that the badly needed stair lift, bathroom conversion, downstairs toilet or extension will not happen because the money is not with the local...

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the Minister of State——

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the Minister of State to clarify a point, which would allow him to resolve this matter

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State talked about the combined allocation.

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Since last November the housing aid for the elderly programme has been switching between the local authorities and the HSE.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to raise two matters that relate to the brief of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. It is unfortunate that he has just left the Chamber because he could have advised the Taoiseach on his reply. The first question relates to the social housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. I believe the Minister, Deputy Gormley, is meeting tenants in...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Does the Taoiseach have a date for when the legislation will come before us? The second matter relates to the planning and development regulations, which is secondary legislation that will come before the House tomorrow without debate. I wish to raise a number of matters in connection with the issue. The Labour Party is fully supportive of increasing renewable energy capacities but this——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——should not be at the expense of transparency and due process. A number of issues are involved. Given that we are identifying a specific type of industry that would be exempt from planning permission, has the Minister sought legal advice on the matter?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I refer to secondary legislation, a Cheann Comhairle. The other two matters are——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We accept that the planning system is far from perfect——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——but what the Minister proposes to do tomorrow——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——is to make changes to the legislation.