Results 81-100 of 3,555 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch in 'Dáil debates'

EU Directives. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister was to bring it before the House on 14 December but it is now 18 December. He was in Bali at the time.

EU Directives. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: First, the Minister should read up on the matter because there are two current test cases concerning it. Second, Germany was the last European country, apart from Ireland, to ratify the Aarhus Convention in January this year so the Minister might do some further reading on that. Third, when will we see its full ratification? Will it be before autumn or December 2008? In what timeframe...

EU Directives. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister was in Bali last week.

Private Rented Accommodation. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: We appear to be back in the same situation as a month ago, with the Minister confusing registration with licensing. The key issue is standards. According to today's Irish Independent, a report from the Institute of Public Health in Ireland warned that the death rate linked to damp houses in this country is among the highest in Europe. More than 2,800 Irish people die every winter after...

Private Rented Accommodation. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: That is a quantum leap from a month ago when the Minister gave no such indication when he was asked about it.

Private Rented Accommodation. (18 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister was confused but he has now offered clarity, which I welcome. Fair play to the Minister, he has read his brief a little more since then.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: Under the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, will measures be introduced to outlaw the purchase of Samarai swords? A decision was made to do that in the United Kingdom last week. I raise this matter because in three incidents that occurred in the past week Samarai swords, purchased in shops, were used to assault gardaí and citizens in Louth, Dublin and in my constituency of...

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, there is a list of banned weapons and the weapons on it are not half as dangerous as these swords.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: Does the Minister concerned intend to introduce legislation on this matter?

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: They are not banned.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: I have the list of the banned weapons and the Samarai sword is not on it.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank my Labour Party colleague, Deputy Michael D. Higgins, for introducing this Bill and I commend him on the extensive work that went into its preparation and the detail it contains. Hopefully, through the acceptance of this Bill today, Members will move beyond the impasse that exists between the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, IPU. I intend to refer to three issues today,...

Public Service Pay. (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It is a fortune cookie.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It will be like the wedding feast at Cana. On forthcoming Bills outlined in the legislative programme, which was given to Members, item 24 under the Department for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is the designated land (housing development) Bill. This is to provide for a "use it or lose it" scheme which could be deployed by local authorities on a selective basis to accelerate...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I appreciate the Taoiseach's frankness because in pursuing this matter with the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government with responsibility for housing, one is literally chasing him around the House. This is a long standing issue. I accept that many aspects of the housing (miscellaneous) Bill have to be dealt with and that much has to be...

Care of the Elderly. (31 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation she and her Department have undertaken with groups and bodies which represent the interests of older people regarding the fair deal legislation; the bodies that were consulted; the account that has been taken of their views in drafting the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2738/08]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek the Ceann Comhairle's guidance on the spending of public moneys. In 2006, the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Dick Roche, announced with great fanfare that a number of measures would be put in place in regard to noise reduction and that they would rectify the situation in respect of motorways built before compliances were in place. Recently, I...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I congratulate Deputy Hayes on this motion. Sometimes one must revert to the origin in examining a problem. The day a parent learns that a child is autistic is a day the parent learns that life will be full of challenges. These challenges should not be met by obstacles placed by Government, as seen in recent court cases. How much money has the Minister spent on legal fees challenging...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Last night, the Minister referred to a complete transformation in the area. She referred to catching up over the past decade because we started from such a low base. The reason is not because of Government policy or initiative, but because parents have taken the Government to court. As a result of positive action and rulings by judges, we have seen measures forced upon the Government. The...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: In the context of the Finance Bill and a reply to a parliamentary question which I received yesterday, it has been brought to my attention that tenants living in this country who are paying rent directly to a landlord living outside the State are liable for the taxation owed by that landlord. When I asked the Minister for Finance yesterday how much money was collected, how many tenants were...