Results 261-280 of 3,553 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch in 'Dáil debates'

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Government changed in 1997.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister for his response. I welcome that he will put a timeframe on this. Can he tell us when that timeframe will be set, how much the cost of the works will be and the extent of those works? Second, on a question I put to him earlier, I have been informed this morning that the contractor is due to resume work on Monday morning. Can the Minister confirm to the House whether...

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: That was never answered.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Housing or a hotel has been suggested.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government explained this week that a problem has arisen in respect of the Attorney General and that the amending regulation is intended to tidy up legal issues. I listened to a discussion of environmental impact studies on "Morning Ireland" and I accept that the intent behind this is to prevent duplication in the planning process....

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill come before the House before the Dáil goes into recess next week? The Minister, Deputy Gormley, met with residents in Cork last week——

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——and stated that mechanisms allowing them to purchase their homes under the tenant purchase scheme would be put in place, but there is no legislation.

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: While listening to Deputy Flanagan talking about the weather, it is true that on a day in the first week of July——

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: —— and considering the weather, one must restate one's commitment to tackle climate change, given that it is pouring from the heavens outside. The term "climate change" has become part of daily discourse. However, what are people saying when they use the term? In particular, how does it connect to them on a day-to-day level? One aspect to be feared is that people may consider tackling...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: From the Seanad (8 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the amendments. The Minister of State said he would go to the Seanad and rectify the anomalies contained in this Bill. The series of amendments before the House rectify the anomalies pointed out on Committee Stage and on the last occasion the Minister of State was in the House in respect of this matter.

Waste Management. (8 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister for attending the Chamber to address this issue. This is the fourth occasion on which I have sought a reply to this matter. On the day the story broke, I asked a junior Minister to clarify this issue and I did not receive an adequate response. When the Minister was in the House last week, I asked about this matter and received no response. This evening I received a...

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing, by local authority, and in total in tabular form; the steps being taken by him to ensure that the number of people on social housing waiting lists is reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/08]

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I see under the Order of Business that the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is to come before the House. In section 36 of the Bill the incremental tenant purchase scheme is mentioned. In particular, it is stated that residents of flats and apartments will be prohibited from availing of this scheme. Does this mean also that the long-standing issue of the sale of council flats under...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: So it is not in the Bill.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Having listened to the Minister and Deputy Terence Flanagan speak about this Bill and considering the Dáil has been in recess for a number of months, I wondered what would I expect to hear debated in the Chamber today if I was a visitor in the Visitors Gallery. If I was a school boy leaving the Visitors Gallery today and I asked my teacher what Members were talking about, the response would...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will summarise the point I made earlier, given the gravity of the debate which has concluded. One must ask about today's Order of Business. Why is the House discussing the Electoral (Amendment) Bill when people outside it are talking about the economy, job losses, the health service and other important matters? If a child in the Visitors Gallery heard the debate which just took place, he...

National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to publish a revised statement of the capital expenditure programme for the next five years; the proposals under consideration by his Department to cut, postpone or cancel elements of the national development plan; if so, the elements of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/08]

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes. As my party leader pointed out this morning, two illegal appointments were made to the Private Residential Tenancies Board. One hundred cases which were under investigation must now be reviewed.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be before the House soon.