Results 221-240 of 3,553 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Ciarán Lynch

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I strongly state my party's opposition to dealing with the matter in the House without debate.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Taoiseach facilitate this side of the House to have the matter debated, given the extended consequences of the secondary legislation?

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 34, after "text" to insert "in the English language". Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are contextual, while amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are more substantive. However, the Bill has been translated into a number of languages following the initial draft. This is a technical amendment. The Bill is described as being translated into the English language but the Bill...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete lines 18 to 30. I will take the Minister of State's response to amendment No. 1 as appropriate to this amendment and I will withdraw it.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 3: In page 11, lines 4 to 6, to delete all words from and including "liable" in line 4 down to and including "both" in line 6 and substitute the following: "liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or both". The Minister of State referred to Committee Stage, which was the first time he was...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to raise a number of issues. On several occasions, I requested an explanatory memorandum to accompany the Bill, which was never provided. I was given a one-page sheet on the day the Bill was debated on Committee Stage.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The amendments are pertinent to this issue. The facilitation of the Bill has been very shoddy. An explanatory memorandum was not provided when the Bill was published. I requested such a memorandum and the Taoiseach said there would be a memorandum before the Bill reached Committee Stage. It was not provided. We received a one-page note with an outline of the legislation. A memorandum...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I have the record of the Minister of State's discrimination between one and the other. Is he conceding that his current position is different from his position on Committee Stage, namely, that the Bill relates to nuclear explosions and bombs?

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Minister of State explain what devices are there other than bombs?

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, we are discussing this matter due to the Department's failure to provide explanatory documentation. On Committee Stage, the Minister of State referred to another aspect of the Bill. I gave him grace because it was his first outing in his current position. However, I told him that, as he was unable to answer my question appropriately, I would raise it again on Report Stage....

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We are discussing nuclear explosions and bombs. I welcome the Minister of State's late clarification because all of us on Committee Stage were of an understanding not shared by him. The proposition of the amendments is simple. The Labour Party seeks to amend the Bill in two respects. The Bill suggests that a year in jail or a fine of €5,000 is a sufficient sentence or penalty for...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will be succinct. The Minister of State's response had positive aspects and he identified problems in the legislation. While I welcome and take on board his comments concerning Seanad amendments, will he provide further information on them this afternoon? Amendments Nos. 3 and 4, while similar, are separate. The former's removal of a part of the Bill would rectify the issue and allow a...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I might clarify the position, given it appears from the Minister of State's response that we seem to be in agreement and working towards resolving this matter. Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are being considered together. I accept the Minister of State's point that the level of a fine and jail sentence in the subsection must be commensurate or comparative. If he is saying that this issue will be...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: That relates to amendment No. 4.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 3 relates to the first part of the Bill, which deals with the substantive issue of a nuclear explosion, and it proposes a jail sentence of one year or a fine of €5,000. Amendment No. 4 relates to the associated relationship to the crime, a second or third party relationship to the event. What is proposed in amendment No. 4 can be further examined in the debate on the Bill in...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: On the basis that the Minister has given a commitment to amend these two areas on Committee Stage in the Seanad, it only fair to withdraw the amendments.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to share my time with Deputy Rabbitte.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: This Bill, if colleagues will excuse the pun, has been doing the rounds in recent days. It appeared in one manifestation but will leave the House in another, not unlike what happens on a Saturday night. We need to ask ourselves what is the intent of the Bill. Is it to resolve an issue, deal with the problem of alcohol in society or is it a PR exercise by a Minister who has now gone on, to...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: That is fine.

Hospital Staff. (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We have nothing short of an unprecedented crisis at the CUH. Last week I questioned the removal of the breast cancer unit from the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital to the CUH. The question has been answered tonight. There has been a litany of mismanagement at CUH over the past three years, in respect of referral rates to the national treatment purchase fund, which are the worst...